Do you ever feel like that your best intentions were ambushed and defeated by life?\u00a0 You intended to eat right and to exercise.\u00a0 Monday came, and you were sure that you would do it right this week.<\/p>\n
And life happened. \u00a0 A busy schedule and unexpected temptations caused you to cave and your plan for a healthy, vibrant life is set back yet again.\u00a0 Since you\u2019ve blown it, and since you are so busy, you decide to wait until it is convenient to start up again.<\/p>\n
It happens to all of us — and it just happened to me.\u00a0 I\u2019m determined to get on track and stay there.\u00a0 A smart soldier is prepared for ambushes and on his guard.<\/p>\n
So here is my plan for staying alert and ready this week, because I REALLY don\u2019t like how I feel when the bad stuff is in my system.<\/p>\n
The biggest factor is planning.\u00a0 <\/em>A soldier doesn\u2019t wander onto the battlefield, but has a plan.\u00a0 So this week, I encourage you to make a plan.\u00a0 And here is the plan\u00a0 — Part 1.<\/p>\n \u00a0Write out exactly what you will eat this week<\/em>.<\/p>\n What are you going to have for breakfast? For mid-morning snack? For lunch?\u00a0 For afternoon snack?\u00a0 For supper?\u00a0 Write it out — and make sure you have the food on hand. \u00a0\u00a0Why is this important?\u00a0 Because if you have to make a decision when you are hungry and tired you will very likely make the wrong one.\u00a0 Sit down when you are at a your best and make out your menu for the week.\u00a0 And make it easy.\u00a0 If it is too difficult to make, you might make a less healthy choice.<\/p>\n Make as much of your meals as possible during the hours when you are at your strongest mentally and physically.\u00a0 For most people, that means first thing in the morning.\u00a0 Your body is in fasting mode and you aren\u2019t hungry. That\u2019s the time to get your food ready for the day.<\/p>\n If you are planning to eat celery sticks with nut butter as a snack, for example, wash and stuff the celery first thing in the morning so they are ready to pick up and crunch.\u00a0 Otherwise you may grab that stray cookie instead.\u00a0 If you are having nuts, measure them out and put them in a baggie so you won\u2019t be tempted to eat too many.\u00a0 You don\u2019t want to be making decisions when you are at a weak point.<\/p>\n You might want to pack your lunch, even if you aren\u2019t going anywhere, so you will have it ready to eat.\u00a0 Put dinner in the crockpot and prepare your salad so it is easy to serve and eat.<\/p>\n The old adage is true — if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.\u00a0 Don\u2019t just think, \u201cI\u2019m going to eat right.\u201d\u00a0 Plan out what you will eat.\u00a0 You will find you are much likely to stick to those good intentions and avoid the pitfalls.<\/p>\n Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you ever feel like that your best intentions were ambushed and defeated by life?\u00a0 You intended to eat right and to exercise.\u00a0 Monday came, and you were sure that you would do it right this week. And life happened. \u00a0 A busy schedule and unexpected temptations caused you to cave and your plan for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,26],"tags":[500,181,18],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eating-plan","category-helpful-tips","tag-ambush","tag-plan","tag-temptation"],"yoast_head":"\n