Cyd Notter

Author and Nutrition Educator, Founder of The "Plan A" Diet™

Success Tips for Changing Your Diet

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Are you considering a WFPB eating plan, or new to this way of eating? Are you worried that your new diet will limit your choices to broccoli and lettuce? Let me assure you that nothing could be further from the truth.

The “Plan A” Diet not only allows you to provide a variety of foods that suit your palette, it allows you to eat until you’re satisfied whenever you get hungry. As you get familiar with plant-based cooking, you’ll gain the confidence needed to experiment with different spices or create your own wonderful dishes.

Any challenges to changing your diet will be the greatest when you’re just starting out. Once you’re convinced and committed to the change, however, these tips may prove useful to your success:

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Family and Social Pressure

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The people we hang out with can have a major influence on our food choices; life can be challenging when we’re striving to eat healthy but those in our close circles aren’t on board.

For those of you who are social butterflies, sticking to a plant-based diet can be especially difficult when eating out with friends or family members who love their burgers and buckets of fried chicken. When you observe others eating high-fat, high-calorie foods, you may feel it’s easier to join in than to be scrutinized for your healthy choices.

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If the people in your life aren’t supportive of your diet plan, they may try to make you feel guilty, chide or tease you, refuse to assist with cooking, get mad at you, feel threatened by you, or in some cases, try to sabotage your efforts by tempting you back into old habits.

That’s why dependency upon your family’s approval can easily set you up for failure. If you recognize that peer pressure from family or friends is going to derail your efforts, here are a few tips which could keep you on track:

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Questions to ask when ordering from a menu

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"How to eat out" has always been a topic of interest for those who are striving to eat a healthy diet.

Most of us know that restaurant food is perhaps some of the most unhealthy food out there - filled with hidden fats (butter, oils, creams), added sugars, hidden dairy products, aluminum, excessive sodium, nitrates, and tons of artificial preservatives.

But there are ways to order a decent meal from a menu. And if you know in advance which restaurant you'll be visiting, so much the better. Call ahead, ask the right questions, and ask the chef to prepare something within your guidelines.

If you don't have a chance to pre-plan, this article from the Forks over Knives website features a great list of questions to ask before making your menu choice.

Remember to bring your own salad dressing when you can 🙂

Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. (Romans 12:2(a), NLT)

 

The "Plan A" Diet Kindle and paperback available here.

Signed copies available here.

(This book would be great for a group study - Discussion Questions included!)

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How much do you know about America’s Birthday?

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Happy 4th of July! In observation of today's holiday, let's take a little trivia quiz just for fun.

  1. July 4, 2019, marks the ____ birthday of the U.S.
  2. Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
  3. What do the stripes on the flag represent?
  4. What was the original national bird going to be?
  5. Which President died on July 4?

 

American Flag

Answers:

1) 243rd

2) John Hancock

3) The 13 original colonies

4) Turkey

5) Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Monroe

I find that last one to be amazing!

May your holiday be blessed with family, friends, healthy food, safety, and good weather.

 

Photo credit: West Point - The U.S. Military Academy on Visual Hunt / CC BY-NC-ND

 

 

 

Photo credit: West Point - The U.S. Military Academy on Visual Hunt / CC BY-NC-ND

 

The Last 10 Years of Your Life

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I watched this short video at a class in 2015, and I've never forgotten its powerful impact. It still moves me.

It's a side-by-side portrayal of the same man experiencing very different events in his latter years of life.

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What a striking example of God's reaping and sowing principle.

The seeds we sow today (the foods we currenlty eat) will determine the harvest we reap tomorrow (our health outcomes).

If this video produced by the Canadian Health & Stroke Foundation isn't a motivator to consider our eating habits, I don't know what is. Plant your best crops, my friend, by sowing the seeds of whole food, plant based nutrition.

Don’t be misled; remember that you can’t ignore God and get away with it: a man will always reap just the kind of crop he sows! (Galatians 6:7, TLB)

Read more about Reaping and Sowing in the "Plant Your Best Crops" chapter of The "Plan A" Diet. 

Kindle version available July 2, 2019.

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