I have tons of cookbooks and am always drooling over recipes online (hello Oh She Glows and Minimalist Baker!) to get inspiration for the meals I'll make. I try not to snack mindlessly or grab food on the go — eating time is a special time, and that makes it easier to delay my meals until my eating window starts. Why would I want to grab some lame salad out of a plastic container or a protein bar when I can go home and make a vibrant coconut lentil curry with homemade maple wheat bread? Putting intention around the food I eat and being excited about what I'm going to create in the kitchen is another way I stay motivated to do intermittent fasting.