Spring clean your diet with Medical Weight Loss Clinic

We’ve got 6 steps to spring clean your routine and get healthy.

Spring is the perfect time to refresh and start anew. And that includes our health and well-being. Holly Cooper has worked with Medical Weight Loss Clinic for 14 years. As manager of the Grandville clinic location, she’s filled with ideas that make spring cleaning our diet routines easier. 

Start Fresh

To start, Holly suggests cleaning out the refrigerator and pantry. Remove any junk food to help remove the temptation to eat items not on your healthy program.

“Each patient has unique habits that will help with their own weight loss journey,” Holly says.

Track your journey

Accountability is one thing that tends to encourage all those looking to lose weight, take fewer medications or improve overall health. Accountability builds as patients keep a journal of what they eat and how they feel.

“Like spring cleaning your house, spring cleaning your food habits and mindset is paramount to maintaining a healthy weight,” says Holly. “Focus on the day. Think ‘what can I do today to make it my very best day?’” 

Spring cleaning your diet begins with your refrigerator.

Eat this instead

When cravings strike, Holly says, it’s important to have lots of fresh fruits and vegetables available.
“Raw veggies have the crunch and are visually appealing,” she says. “Plus, we can make a lot of dips with Medical Weight Loss Clinic supplements.”

Medical Weight Loss Clinic supplements certainly help ease the transition to healthier eating. For those who crave salt or high-calorie carbs, protein snacks in the form of chips or pasta tend to make it much easier to stick to a healthy program. There are plenty of healthy recipes that incorporate these supplements and healthy, fresh foods.

More than food

It’s not just food intake that’s important, Holly reminds us. If you think of your body like it is your home, getting healthier means taking care of each room at a time. Be sure your sleeping habits are helping you get the most restful night’s sleep. Manage your stress. Add movement to your day. These are all important pieces to your health – and key to a whole body reboot any time of year.

Stay motivated

Spring cleaning our diets can also help patients re-set their efforts when it’s tempting to stray from a healthy program. When we’re tempted to add in foods that aren’t on the program the results are as expected – weight loss can stall or weight gain can occur.

That’s when experts like Holly might even be the most helpful.

“It’s our job to redirect them back to the plan,” she says. “Building new habits takes time and commitment.”

Try something new

When patients find they are prone to snacking at night, Holly suggests picking up a new project to break the habit. She also recommends setting up a non-food-related reward system at the same time at the end of the week to help reinforce positive behaviors.

Adding new hobbies, sports and forms of entertainment can be helpful for patients who feel they’re otherwise missing out. A new program brings with it changes. Holly says there are healthy alternatives to eating and encouraging those options can be a great way to Spring Clean a healthy routine.  

Looking for support as you aim to make a healthy change this Spring? We’re here at Medical Weight Loss Clinic to help. Schedule your free consultation online or by calling 1-800-GET-SLIM today.

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When you enroll in a Medical Weight Loss Clinic program, the length of your program will be determined by you and the staff based on the amount of weight you want to lose and how quickly you want to lose it. Your actual weight loss will be determined by many factors, including, but not limited to: your medical circumstances, the plan you choose, adherence to the meal plan and use of nutritional supplements. Your goal and program duration information will be given to you in writing at the time of enrollment. As your program progresses, the rate you lose weight may change and you will have the opportunity to discuss this at every daily visit with your weight loss consultant, where changes to your meal plan and/or program can be made.