If your friends, partner and children are not eating healthy while you are, you will need extra perseverance to maintain your healthy lifestyle. That's how you do it.
Don't force anyone to live a healthier life because you do. Instead, lead by example. Show how tasty healthy food can be and that exercising can be fun.
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A healthy lifestyle is easier to remember when your environment supports you. So let us know that you are trying to live a healthier life and what your goals are. No one has to join you, but they can support and motivate you.
If your partner and children do not eat healthy, the kitchen cupboards and refrigerator will not only be filled with your healthy ingredients. It is quite difficult to resist the temptation. Try to store the unhealthy food out of sight. Use drums and containers that are not transparent and try to ignore the fact that there are unhealthy tasty things in the house.
You don't feel like cooking two meals at a time. So be creative with meals. Prepare a healthy meal and serve things like sauces, cheese and dressing separately. Don't stress how healthy a dish is. That zucchini will probably fit in just fine until you name it.
If your partner does not participate in your new healthy lifestyle, you will have to look elsewhere in this area. There are plenty of healthy websites, Facebook pages and forums where you can share your ups and downs with like-minded people.
