Sticking to your goals to eat healthy can be difficult, and you need an organized approach to avoid getting thrown off track. Here are three tips on how you can stick to your commitment to eat healthy.

1. Stay Hydrated

It can be surprisingly easy to mistake hunger for thirst. Drinking a lot throughout the day can save you from making this mistake and make you feel fuller. It will also help you keep your energy levels balanced by giving your body’s cells the nourishment and hydration that they need to work well. Avoid unhealthy drinks with a lot of sugar or high fructose corn syrup. While it’s okay to have some fruit juice in a day, don’t drink a large volume of it to quench your thirst. Instead, try to make water your go-to drink. If you want to mix it up a little, get some naturally flavored zero-calorie seltzer in a fruit flavor that you especially like.

2. Shop With a Plan Online

Healthy eating habits start with healthy shopping habits. If you go into a market and buy whatever seems to be calling to you, you may end up with a fridge full of unhealthy food. Conversely, if you try to buy only foods that will fit your healthy eating goals, you may end up with a bunch of food that you don’t actually want to eat and ultimately abandon your food for more appealing sustenance elsewhere. A great strategy to stock your fridge well is to order groceries online. You put some careful thought into what you buy and shop at your own pace. You won’t get thrown off your agenda by whatever display of junk food happens to catch your eye.

3. Incorporate Meal Preparation Into Your Busy Schedule

If you’re burning the candle at both ends, you won’t be able to plan your meals well. Being overburdened with work and other commitments sometimes makes you resign yourself to eating whatever’s easiest and readily available. Moreover, if you’re super busy and feeling kind of run down, you may also indulge in whatever you feel like eating as an expression of self-pity. Add some time into your schedule for meal preparation. Fix some quick but healthy snacks that you can take with you to the office or situations where you’ll be away from home for a while. You may find it helpful to prepare large portions of a healthy meal and freeze some so you can easily reheat it later.