"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are". - Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

The idea of changing your diet and lifestlye can be a challenging yet exciting one. Here are some suggestions to get you started.

• Remember that health is a direction. It is not a place you arrive at, rather something you move towards.
• Set a goal. Write down your reasons why you want to improve your health - more vitality, look younger, lose weight, feel calm and relaxed, deeper sleep, better mental clarity, less stressed.
• Take an objective look at what you eat. Look at areas you could improve.
• Remember that only we can give ourselves time. Often we think that we don't have enough time to make changes. Plan to spend a certain amount of time each day learning about new foods and how to prepare them. View it as a new hobby.
• Create steps that are easy for you to achieve - include one vegetable at every meal, make one new dish a week, try out a new ingredient each week or make a dessert without sugar.
• Add new foods into your diet rather than worrying about cutting out the so called 'bad ones'.
• Focus on what you can have rather than dwelling on the things you think you can’t.
• View your changes in a positive light. Visualise and imagine how you will look, act and feel.
• Remember that mistakes are opportunities to grow and learn.

Enjoy your new journey. View it with laughter and fun.