+Check your labels

Every day, every meal, every snack... we're checking our labels and making sure we are putting FOODS in our bodies. Cut out anything with added sugars, ingredients you don't recognize as foods, food dyes, and anything that has hormones or pesticides added during the growing process.

Clean out your pantry of all things you find with any added toxins and go grocery shopping to replace all your staples and add in my recommendations (or your own!) for healthy options to keep on hand.

This habit will help keep you mindful of what you are putting in your body at all times. Your snacks, your random bites of food -- keep it all as clean as possible, and start a conversation with yourself about why you're eating - hunger? Eat something to nourish your body. Boredom? Have some water, go for a walk, and see if you still want it!

+Plan clean options for meals and snacks

Make a plan for your days and weeks so you always have a nourishing option on hand. Rather than looking for a "diet" option, this week we're cleaning up your choices. So don't worry about calories and weight loss choices, just clean it up!

For your family meals, don't worry about big changes there, either. Just find clean versions of the meals you already enjoy. Sub clean ingredients, and you can begin cutting back on the portions of heavy yadded fats like cheeses, butter, oils, and cream.

+Keep a food journal to start an intake audit

This isn't a calorie counting journal, just an audit of what you put in your body and WHEN. Keep track of the timing of your meals and snacks, we'll be getting into that next week ;)

Use a small spiral notebook or make notes on your phone. I don't recommend the food/calorie tracking apps in the beginning of your healthy journey as they tends to make you focus on calories and over focus on the "skinny" or effects on your weight, not the nourishing aspect of food and making choices that feel good.

+BONUS Fitness Goal:

Get in 20+ minutes of elevated heart rateh This doesn’t have to be high intensity! Make it fit with your goals and lifestyle. Ease in by using this time to move and walk, or get in a strength or cardio workout. Whatever some increase in activity to your day looks like. As long as it feels good and isn't adding stress to your day ;) It can even be broken up into smaller chunks of time throughout the day.