My tips for sticking with it:

- Get your head on straight. Write down your reasons for doing this, your goals, and refer back to it often.

- Never, ever start feeling sorry for yourself because you "have" to eat this way. You're *choosing* to eat this way.

- Don't be a people pleaser when it comes to how you're going to feed yourself. Don't feel you *have* to have carbage in the house for your kids, or *have* to have donuts with your boss. Say NO. Let them get junk food on their own.

- Plan, plan, plan. Have lots of food ready and prepared. Cook more than you need so you'll have leftovers. Multitask - if you're in the kitchen anyway, throw on a pot of hard boiled eggs.

- Treat yourself to kitchen toys that'll make your life easier: next on my list, for example, is a crockpot.