Add another piece of fruit, some low-fat chips or a potato and lunch is served. Four hours later, the sounds from your tummy could be defeaning. Don't be surprised. Listen to your body. Here's where you pull out that second low-fat snack you packed this morning.
Planning is everything.
Vegetables, rice, pasta or a piece of bread. It's not enough to have gotten through the emotional highs and lows that the holidays sometimes bring, now you face a different rollercoaster as you contemplate getting started on a healthy new you. Expecting too much too soon will be your first valley. Consider how long it took to gain those holiday extras, then give yourself that much time to get it off. But the emotional high of doing something good for yourself will be immediate.