When You Make Healthy Changes, But Family Pushes Back!
Here's how you can handle it:
1️⃣ Make small changes.Introduce new food items slowly.Let your family have some choices, so they feel part of the transition.
Begin swapping out unhealthy snacks, for example:Replace unhealthy protein bars with ones that have whole ingredients.
My favorite is RX bars.Add carrot sticks or pea pods for 'chips' at lunch.
2️⃣ Communicate as a couple or family around changes in dietary habits.
Discuss what you want to try for dinner during the week, provide options of what to cook.
Ask the family what they would like for dinner, 'This recipe or that?'
Find a healthy recipe for the requests.
Ask what foods your family would be willing to experiment with.
3️⃣ How to continue eating well and stay on nutrition plan while traveling frequently...
Plan in advance.
Eat dishes when you go out that you don’t have access to at home, like wild-caught fish or seafood.
Make sure you bring healthy snacks like Beef jerky, hard-boiled eggs, raw nuts, protein bars, fresh fruit (clementines are a great traveling fruit)
The BEST way to encourage others in your family to want to adopt healthy eating is to be a great example.
It's crucial that you choose the RIGHT sort of plan that is easy to implement, you aren't starving on and will provide you energy and variety. Obviously, if your family sees you suffering, they will NOT be on board!
Here's to our Journey,
Katie
Katie Osterhoff
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