Several people have asked me a relatively simple question over the past few weeks. They realize they need to workout and they know they need to eat healthier. But how?

It’s a very valid question. It’s easy to say what we need to do, but how do we actually do it? One thing my wife and I do is eat dinner about an hour later than we used to. Normally we’d eat around 6pm, but now we sit down around 7p. By the time dinner is done, we’re onto the back half of our night and there isn’t much time to eat a ton of junk, even if we wanted to. Which brings me to the biggest question I get…how do I stop eating all the things that I shouldn’t be eating? I don’t mean to oversimplify it, but the answer is to not have anything in your house that will tempt you. I realize that might sound shocking, but think about it. If you buy ice cream, you are going to eat it. If you buy candy bars, you are going to eat them. If you buy sugar cereals rather than healthy cereals, you (and your kids) will eat them. Life is tempting enough when you’re out of the house, eating lunch on the go, buying lunch at a deli. But at home, think about it differently. Don’t buy it, don’t eat it.