Eating clean isn't easy when there is so much tempting food out there. But you can do it, if you have the right plan. Find out how to resist bad foods and focus on nutrition that is really good for you.

Fight Temptation

Eating clean helps you maintain your weight, build muscle and just makes you feel good. Even though there are many benefits associated with eating clean, it still can be hard to resist eating in fast food restaurants or eating junk food due to the availability of these foods.

Even though you may have adopted a clean diet, your family and friends probably have not. This adds to the temptation because you may see people eating junk food, and think that you should be able to eat whatever you want as well. Here are some ways you can motivate yourself to resist temptation and eat clean.

Eat Often

One way to resist the temptation of eating food that is not healthy for you is to eat more meals throughout the day. By preparing smaller, healthy meals and eating them every three to four hours, you will stay full and will easily be able to resist eating unhealthy foods.

Keep Snacks Handy

The temptation to eat unhealthy foods will be very easy to resist if you keep snacks handy. Sometimes you will eat junk food because you are hungry and the junk food is readily available.

If you bring snacks like nuts, fruit or even a healthy protein bar, you will be able to eat those healthy snacks instead of getting a candy bar or a bag of potato chips.

Find New Ways to Prepare Healthy Food

Eating clean can get boring if you are eating the same foods all the time. But, there is no reason to deprive yourself of good taste just because you are eating healthy.

You can try to steam your vegetables and let the natural flavor of the food entice you. You can also add a variety of spices to your meat and vegetables to give it different tastes.

You can also grill, fry (with healthy oils) or broil your meat to change the flavor as well. The number of ways that you can prepare healthy food is endless, you just need to do a little research and use a little creativity. If you find new ways to prepare your food, resisting the temptation to eat unhealthy foods will be easy.

Keep a Food Journal

It’s easy to resist temptation when you know exactly what you have been eating, how much of it you are eating and how many calories those foods contain.

Keeping a food journal is a great way to motivate yourself to resist temptation because it will show you exactly what you are consuming. A food journal is kept by writing down everything you eat during a 24 hour time period.

Everything goes into your journal, including breakfast, lunch and dinner and anything you eat between those meals.

A journal will make you think twice about cheating, because if you have an entire meal that equals 500 calories and then you see a slice of cheesecake or beverage that equals 500 calories or more, you will think twice about eating that cheesecake or drinking that beverage.

A food journal keeps you accountable for your actions and motivates you to resist temptation.

Keep The Junk Out Of Your House

If there is nothing to tempt you, there is nothing to resist. One of the best ways to avoid sabotaging your efforts to eat clean is by not bringing junk food into your home.

If you don’t live alone and your spouse or children enjoy eating processed food, it would be good to teach them the benefits of eating clean.

If you can’t completely persuade them to eat clean, you can at least limit the amount of processed food they bring into your home and start preparing healthy foods for them. The body craves healthy food way more than junk food, but it has to be habituated.

​After a while of eating clean, your family members will have more energy, feel better and may even lose weight. In this case, your attempt to keep processed foods out of the home will be easier because they will want to eat healthy foods.

It’s Not Hard To Do

Motivating yourself to resist temptation and eat clean is not hard to do. Eat often, find new ways to prepare healthy food, keep healthy snacks on hand or preparing a food journal will make eating clean a snap.

If you also try and keep junk food out of your house, there will be nothing to tempt you into eating foods that you should not eat.