The 12 Habits

Habit 1 | Follow My New Eating Plan:

The Eating Plan I’m following is based on one prescribed by Dr. Frank Aieta, my naturopath. The principles of the eating plan (I hate calling them diets) is relatively easy to understand:

1. Have protein at every meal. (Ideally half your plate should be protein. The other half should be low glycemic index veggies.)
2. Don’t skip meals or go too long without eating.
3. Have more calories early in the day and fewer later. Have 6 meals a day. (A large breakfast, mid-morning protein snack, medium sized lunch, mid afternoon protein snack, a small dinner, evening protein snack.)
4. Avoid any sugar or carbs on your last snack before bed.
5. Avoid all refined sugars and carbohydrates.
6. Drink lots of water. He suggests consuming half your body wieght in ounces.
7. Add additional fiber to meals, like ground flax seed.
8. Sleep 7-8 hours a night.
9. Avoid artificial sweeteners.
10. Consistent exercise.
11. Avoid low-fat anything. Have full fat foods, like whole milk, full fat cheese etc. (Full fat foods will satiate you and you will eat less as a result.)

I have not selected the other habits yet. Here is my running list of candidates.