You don’t need to move mountains when it comes to starting a fitness routine; sometimes it’s the tiny tweaks that make the biggest differences.
To make it easier to develop healthy habits, try ‘piggybacking’ exercise onto something you already regularly do. “Habits are triggered by specific cues, such as reading your email (habit) when you sit down at your computer (cue),” says personal change expert Caroline Arnold. “And research shows cues can be created.”
So, if you’d like to walk more, think about a journey you often do already that you could turn into an energetic walk. For example, tell yourself, “I always go to the coffee shop on Saturday, so I’ll power-walk there instead.”
Eating habits can be the hardest to change because the brain hates to feel deprived, so our natural instinct is to rebel. But if you reframe your change as a positive choice, you’ll be reminded of the benefits. So to support her micro-resolution to stop pre-dinner snacking, Caroline created the message: ‘I enjoy dinner so much more when I have a good appetite.’
READ MORE:
Feeling Nervous Or Emotional? These Foods May Be To Blame
Want To Lose Weight? Ditch Coffee And Drink This Instead
A Nutritionist Breaks Down The Biggest Weight Loss Myths
Text: Bauersyndication.com.au/ Photos: Pixabay