Healthy Eating: Starting A Plan For Change

Overview

When you're ready to make some changes to your eating habits, having a plan for how you'll get started can help you succeed. Healthy eating is about balance, variety, and moderation. It means that you eat enough, but not too much, and that you eat a variety of foods that give you the nutrients you need to stay healthy.

Key steps in making a plan include:

• Having your own reason for changing your habits.
• Setting goals you can reach.
• Tracking your progress.
• Preparing for things that might get in your way.

Keep in mind that you don't have to make big changes all at once. You can start by adding one healthy food to one of your daily meals. Small changes add up over time.