It's a Think thing. Do thing and Know thing.

Even before you write your grocery list. First thing is to think about what you will buy. And what you are going to do with what you buy?

Also know when you will cook and plan how your plate will look.

We will learn to plan and practice cooking food for dinner and at least two or three more meals for the days ahead.

The goal is to save time and money by eating at home and bringing good, healthy lunches to work, or making breakfast or another meal the next day, out of dinner ingredients. Next

I plan my plate portions when I shop trying to have more than one vegetable on my plate for every meal.

Balancing salt, sugar and other important ingredients in my portions.

Using everything in moderation and nothing in excess.

If one portion has a high amount of something, I try to match it with something that doesn't have the same amount of the same ingredients. To keep my portions balanced.

When you shop, keep an eye on what you put in your basket. Resist buying junk food and unhealthy snacks that will tempt you.

When you shop, why is it important to be a label reader?

It is important to be a label reader because it helps you be aware of the sodium, sugar and other unhealthy ingredients that are in the food that can affect your health.

Label reading helps you be aware of processed foods to avoid which have high levels of negative ingredients.

Label reading helps you balance your plate portions.

When you cook, you have control over what's in your food.

When you shop, look for the best food especially produce.

Good dishes start with good food and good produce. The better the food, the less salt and sugar you need to put in it to make it taste good.

When you shop and buy ingredients that you know you like and that your family likes eating.

Eating is mental.

If you like everything you put in your food, there's no reason for you not to like your dishes. Or like what you put on your plate. You will not have to worry about whether you like it or not. Modify recipes to fit your mirror.

Why eat ingredients that someone else likes in your dish? Different isn't wrong.

See what fits your Mirror. Eat the healthy food that you like.

The myth is that is too expensive to eat healthy. It might be too expensive not to now.

But if you plan right, stick to your list and always figure out easier ways of doing the same thing when you shop and cook. You will save money eating.

Try to avoid fast food take out for lunch. Save money by bringing your own food.

When you cook and bring your own lunches from dinner ingredients you have control over what's in your food all day, which is important.

You will also notice that you feel much better when you bring your own food. Invest in yourself.

Once you start doing this, it will come naturally.

This is what we need to know when we are riding our grocery list.

There's more, but this is a start to putting the Mirror Program in progress.

Next, read the Mirror Program #4. Titled: The Five Prefixes.

If you read the Mirror Programs #1, #2 and# 3. You are ready for number #4.

This is how we will put the Mirror Program into action.

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