Ever realize you are thinking thoughts like these? 



It sure would be nice if I had time to prepare good low fat and low calorie meals. I know I would slim down then. I am so tired when I get home from work that I just pop anything I can find into the microwave oven and eat in front of the Television set. The kids occupy so much of my time that I just can't ever get anything prepared that seems to be a wholesome meal.



All these thoughts gang up on people when they are trying to figure out how exactly they are going to lose the weight that they want to. And it's not like these worries aren't valid, you have a life to live and other folks are in your life. It's not like you just can go off by yourself and live in a cave eating brown rice for every meal. This is the real world and you need some help shedding pounds that works in the real world.



First step. This is your life. You are the one who feels bad about being overweight. And it is your right to be able to take good care of yourself in a way that makes you feel great. In a manner that makes you feel healthier and in a way that tells others you are just as important in your life as they are.



That is a fact. It is not like they are going to do the training for you. They are not going to look at you and ask if you want some help figuring out a healthy eating plan.



You will have to tell them. And this is what stops many people cold when it comes time to make that major attitude change. They make up the worst type of things in their minds and think about the other people telling those things to them. True enough, sometimes, your better half is going to whine. Sometimes the children will want pocket pizzas every night just like they used to eat.



But most times, people will just say, Okay, so what can I do to help.



The easiest way to figure out how to make your life work so that you can slim down is to do some advance planning. But you can actually only do this if you decide it is important enough to spend some time on. Meals that are prepared in advance of when you need to eat them are almost always much more nutritious in a healthy way than meals you eat on the go.



Choosing a menu and making a week's meals ahead of time ends up being a lot easier way to eat than almost any other way. You get the chance to work out ahead of time what you need to buy to make the meals and you buy those things. You wind up buying surprisingly few additional high calorie treats.



It is kind of funny. People have this whole mindset against preparing their week's worth of eating, but once they start and keep going for enough time to see some benefits, they become thrilled with their progress.



Fair warning though, it's hard to plan out a year's worth of meals. 



Making a schedule of what you are going to eat and sticking with it is one of the best ways to change your eating habits. And changing your eating habits is about the best way ever to shed weight and keep it off.