If you’re not eating at all, raw fruits and vegetables, which don’t take any time to prepare, can be a quick and easy way to get something nutritious into your system.

Meal preparation doesn’t have to be gourmet. Simple-to-prepare foods, like noodles, rice, and chicken, can be used to get you back on track with regular eating.

Try eating a bunch of small meals or healthy snacks throughout the day rather than focusing on preparing the typical three large meals each day.

Exercise can stimulate appetite, so try including some moderate activity such as walking into your routine as much as you can.

Avoid eating when you feel upset. Eating when bored, stressed, sad, angry, or lonely does not make those feelings go away.

Try to limit mindless eating when you’re watching TV or at a computer.

Just because food is on your plate, doesn’t mean you have to eat it all. If you’re full, listen to your body and stop eating.

Reduce your intake of unhealthy carbs (or bad carbs). These are foods such as white flour, sugar, and white rice that have been stripped of all bran, fiber, and nutrients. Unhealthy carbs digest quickly and cause spikes in blood sugar levels that ultimately make you feel really tired – the “sugar crash”.

If you can’t lose the weight you’ve put on, all is not lost. Increasing your activity level and fitness can offset the health risks associated with carrying extra weight.

Draw up a daily timetable and schedule in food-related activities such as shopping, cooking and eating.

Prepare meals that don’t require a lot of prep and planning.

Watch Josh’s Tip Video: Food, Keep It Simple.

If you live on your own and aren’t eating proper meals, consider using home-delivered meals (e.g. Orderit Online, Better Meals).

Make use of shopping online and home delivered groceries.

Make use of the times when you feel good to prepare meals ahead of time (e.g. if you feel good in the morning, make dinner then) – or cook large quantities of food and freeze it.