As I mentioned in a recent post, I’m going to try to work on cleaning up my eating a bit this month.  Not only do I have some weight to lose, but I’m hosting a foodie challenge with Allison in June and I’d like to have all my ducks in a row first.

Since I’m also officially starting my classes as a Nutrition student in June, I figured I should turn to the food pyramid for some inspiration.

Goals are always more achievable when you take specific small steps, rather than trying to tackle something big all at once.  I’d like to clean up my eating a bit, what does that mean?  I want to lose some weight.  I’d like to have more energy.  I need to make sure I’m fueling my body properly and staying healthy.  Weighty goals indeed.

So I broke down my big goal into little mini goals, one for each of the first three weeks.

1. May 3rd – May 9th:  Eat 2 cups of fruit every day.
2. May 10th – May 16th:  Eat 2.5 cups of vegetables every day.
3. May 17th – May 23rd:  Eat only 250 discretionary calories per day.

I’ll do a post explaining more about the goal at the beginning of each week.  I will also do daily updates about my progress.

[All images in this post sourced from http://www.mypyramid.gov/]