Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's midweek segment called Ask a Nutritionist.

My name is Amy Crum, a registered and licensed dietitian at Nutritional Weight and Wellness.

Today we are tackling the reasons so many of you

gave us when a Dishing Up Nutrition listener asked what trips you up when trying to eat healthy?

I think each of us can relate to this question. We had lots of people respond to this listener

question about what trips them up when it comes to healthy eating. The top three reasons we got were emotional and psychological triggers, lack of planning or convenience, and cravings or specific food temptations. The answers are different for everyone. Some of the responses were beer, soda, pizza, and wings are my kryptonite,

realizing that you're hungry and don't have anything to eat with you,

or my spouse's cooking plan isn't on my program.

I think it can be helpful to see that you aren't alone when it comes to having something

that trips you up when you're trying to eat well.

And it might not surprise you,

but one of the most common denominators from all of the responses was that planning ahead

would make most of these situations easier. So let's dig in to how we can conquer eating healthy

when life gets in the way. In counseling, I spent a lot of time with people talking about this topic,

and I love having the time to really dig into what is tripping people up when it comes to eating

healthy. So many times I hear I do so well throughout the day, and it's this one thing that gets me

off track. Or I have such good intentions of the beginning of the week,

and then something unexpected happens and my whole plan is thrown off. So maybe take a second

and think about what the hard parts of eating well are for you. I think after today's podcast,

you might have some new insights as to how to conquer those tricky times of the day or week.

One very common issue is emotional eating. So many of my clients say they are doing well with

their eating and then a stressful life situation gets them off track. Why do I eat when I'm not hungry is

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