2. Schedule weekly appointments with yourself to exercise and do not miss them!
3. Add one glass of water to each meal. Your skin will thank you.
4. Freshen up the refrigerator. Toss all foods that have expired, contain hydrogenated oil or high fructose corn syrup or sugar is one of the first four ingredients.
5. Clean out the cupboards. Go through the dry ingredients, packaged items and replace the starches (rice, pasta, pretzels, cereals) that have less than 3g of fiber and greater than 10g of sugar with whole grain/low sugar options.
6. Spice it up. Remove any dressings, soups with greater than 400mg of sodium per serving and replace with herbs, oils, vinegars and low sodium or homemade soups.
7. Plan social events that don’t involve food or alcohol. Some examples: meet a friend at the gym, go ice skating, to a museum, take an art class, go sledding, paint pottery, go for a walk.
8. Eat one meal a day without reading or watching TV, a movie, computer, blackberry, or Ipad/Iphone.
9. Do not skip breakfast. Do you start your car without gas?
10. Get at least 7 hours of sleep. It helps with maintaining a healthy weight.
11. Let go of your fork when eating, no one will take away your food. Try to completely chew your food. Eating slower often leads to eating less.
12. You only have one body.Treat it with respect.™ Farney, a former teacher who describes herself as a common-sense conservative, would bring, but website that writes essays for you for free some speculate that she could prove a less reliable vote for conservatives