Now is the time to make good on New Years resolutions. We all have our own things we would like to improve on in the New year. For many of us this includes changes in diet for many reasons. Health and weight loss is a common theme. It could also be a resolution to broaden your culinary horizons by trying new recipes or experience new cuisines.

Why start now?

Besides the obvious tradition of making resolutions for the New Year there is a good reason to get started now!

Lets face it beginning Thanksgiving our lives have been busy and hectic. The common routines of life have been disrupted and replaced with shopping, Holiday parties,and family celebrations. Many have had numerous vacation days free from work. Use these disruptions to your benefit now.

We are all adjusting to going back to a somewhat normal routine in our lives. That makes now the perfect time to make changes to how we eat that will be a part of our routine for the months to come.

What to do?

• Make your goals
• Plan, Plan, Plan
• Eat breakfast every morning
• Pack your lunch
• Learn some new recipes

By making and setting goals to lose weight or eating healthier you provide direction to what kind of changes of routine you should make.

Planning ahead helps you avoid pitfalls. We always want to have healthy food on hand and don’t skip meals. Lets avoid that temptation of pulling through that drive thru window. When hungry we will eat, so have something healthy around. Especially for snacking. Snacking is not all bad if you have good snacks around.

Breakfast is an important meal of the day. Even a small one helps you avoid hunger pains and over eating later.

Lunch…lets face it. If you don’t pack one you are much more likely to choose badly. Especially if your hungry (skipped breakfast maybe?)

Dinner is a big part of our daily routine and for many of us we eat the same things. Taco Tuesday, Spaghetti Thursday, etc. So find some new recipes now and include them in your weekly dining routine.

These are some simple changes that can be used to different degrees by everyone.

Set good routines now and they can be healthy habits for months to come!