Building Health Habits

With the start of the school year comes an opportunity for many people and families to build new routines.  

This is a great time to look at some of your health habits and goals.

When creating new habits or routines, we need to be super specific for it to be successful.

If you’re going to start meal planning - we need to choose a day/time for that to happen and how to go about it. How do you put that plan together? When do you grocery shop? What allows you to follow through on that plan?

If exercising - when will that happen, for how long, what type of activity, and how will you hold yourself accountable?

If the goal is to pack a lunch - what does that consist of, what foods do we need to shop for, when will that happen, and what happens if you don’t have much in the fridge?

The more specific and realistic we can be, the more successful.

I’d rather you exercise for 20 minutes twice weekly, then exercise 4 times one week and fall out of routine for another month.

If you’re successfully doing 20 minutes twice weekly, and after 4 weeks you have capacity to increase it - that’s great! But start small, notice how good it feels, and be successful with that before you build on it.

When we leave things to chance, it’s difficult to create new routines and habits.

I encourage you to reflect this week or weekend on what will support you on your health goals, and if you need support with that you know where I am!