I know we all say will start tomorrow and we binge today. Tomorrow comes and goes and we haven’t started the path to healthy living. Guess what? You’re in the majority group who has the same thought process. How do you get started? Just take baby steps!

Instead of going to the extreme, why not just make small changes? You can really make a difference by eliminating some of your eating habits or consumption.

Baby Steps for Food:

1. Replace cereal with fruit (-2 grams of fat at 20 carbs)
2. Replace a hamburger for a grilled chicken sandwich (-12 grams of fat)
3. Replace mayonnaise with mustard or vinegar on your sandwich (-10 grams of fat)
4. Replace soda pop with water, or a diet beverage (-1 gram of fat and 28 carbs
5. Replace chips with celery, fruit, or low fat Jell-O (-16 grams of fat and 20 carbs)
6. Replace ice cream with yogurt (-8 grams of fat and 30 carbs)

Baby Steps for Exercise:

1. Instead of taken the elevator 3 floors, walk up once or twice per day
2. Park your car further from the store or work
3. Walk your dog longer
4. Take a walk during lunch

These changes are not major in any proportion. If you make 2 changes in each list you will make and see a difference on how you feel and eventually how you look.

Are you still reading this? Go outside and walk for 30 minutes, I dare you!