Tips on getting started

If you have arrived at this article, it means you have been reading my 7 life-changing habits
article. In here, I share tips I wish someone could have told me before.

1. Have an honest conversation with yourself.

• It's not about losing weight but adopting a healthy lifestyle for good.
• Something you could practice even on holidays.
• A healthy lifestyle means doing everything you love in a cost-effective manner.
• Cost effective means, no need to reinvent the wheel spending accessively.

2. Review what you do. No rush to get it within the first try. Gradually is the way to go.

• Allow your body and mind time to adapt to the changes you are making.
• Listen to your body - eat when hungry, drink when thirsty, sleep when tired.
• Try not to mistake hunger for thirst. Sometimes that feeling of hunger could be thirst.
• Set an hourly reminder to drink water - there’s an app for it.
• Refrain from eating the same thing every day. It's depressing!
• Honour cravings in an acceptable healthy manner.

3. On days you are out with friends - eat, drink and be merry. No stress.

4. The first day will feel great, 4th - the 5th day your mind will fight you.

• When it does, take a break and continue the next day.

5. Be nice to yourself, take your time to strike a rhythm. It’s a journey after all.

• Keep a food journal.
• Record down what you ate, liked, disliked, mostly how you felt after. 
• The things you like, keep doing it. Things you don’t, tweak it to your taste.

6. Once the 7 days are over. Take a break. 

• Review your results and ask yourself if you could do it for another 7 days? 
• If yes, tweak the plan to your liking and create your own routine and own it. 
• Mine is just a guide to give you structure.

7. No weighing of self, guilt-tripping, calorie counting or getting obsessed with the process.
Once you have had the gruelling conversation with yourself, let's get you started.

What's next?

1. Create a simple timetable
2. Decide when to start.
3. Pen down how to do these activities in a day
4. Advance preparation is key
5. Be present & Experiment away creating the lifestyle you love

Hope the tips are helpful & best of luck!