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Welcome to day six of Vegetarian Awareness Month. And if you’re wondering what happened to yesterday’s post, I’ll be taking Sundays off.

Here’s a tip that can - and should - be applied to many areas of your life. If you’re looking to improve your way of eating and are attempting to move toward a vegetarian diet, you may find it difficult sometimes in the very beginning. What can be done about that?

Have a Plan

Gather up some good looking recipes and plan some meals. You don’t want to wait until meal time before figuring out what you’ll be eating. Write out the meal schedule for the day - or the week if you can. Remember that you don’t need something completely different every day. Take it slowly to start and get used to it.

Be Prepared

What will happen if you really want to do a full day vegetarian but have nothing to eat? You’ll probably go right back to the old habits and eat whatever is around. There’s already enough resistance in changing habits. Make it easy on yourself.

Be sure to keep good food in the house. Make up a big batch of veggie chili and it will be ready for you when you’re hungry. Chili always tastes better the next day anyway. Have a good supply of fresh fruit around, and keep it out where you can see it. Have a basket of fruit as the table center piece. Whatever it is you like, make sure you have easy access to it.

Start Now

There is no perfect time. Take a step now and see where you end up. It doesn’t have to be one giant step either. Sometimes those first small steps don’t seem to be much but they are often the most important. So, go! Do something now!

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