Sticking to new goals

Charles — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 21:12:35 +0000

With the start of a new year, many will be looking to improve health, nutrition, and overall wellbeing.

However, statistics show those that make lasting change to pretty grim.

This goal of this post is to provide helpful information to those in pursuit.

Decide

What benefits come from making the changes you want?

What downsides come from making no changes?

Which do you want to commit to?

Often times people fall off from trying to change too much too soon.

Start with the small obvious things and gradually build.

Small improvements repeated over time become routines.

Routines over time become results.

Historically, having rules against eating things didn’t work out well.

Instead of saying you can’t try creating distance with inconvenience.

You can, just don’t keep it in the house and only buy 1 serving at a time.

Having to go out and drive 15 minutes every time you want the thing makes it easier to say no.

Reward the behaviors that serve you.

Adjust the behaviors that don’t.

Becoming healthier is the goal.

Share what your doing with others, let them help you by holding you to it.

Find out what works best for you.

Try new things.

Keep showing up.