Very common when beginning. You don't mention what chord(s) you are working on, but slow everything down and slowly build the chord making adjustments to finger positions until you can pick each note cleanly. Note that your elbow will effect the angle of the fingers, so play around moving it forward and backward.
When you get a clean chord take your hand off and repeat. Overtime your chords will ring out cleanly.
This year the diet is definitely gonna stick!