Healthy eating: Staying with your plan
Why do you want to stay with a healthy eating plan?
Your reasons for wanting to eat healthy are really important. Knowing your reasons may help you keep going. What makes you want to eat healthy?
- You want to feel better and have more energy.
- You want to control your weight.
- You have another reason for wanting to do this.
It’s not always easy to make healthy eating a lifelong habit. But taking the time now to really think about what motivates or inspires you will help you stay with it.
Tips for staying motivated
- Sit down with a pencil and paper and write down all the reasons you can think of for wanting to stay with your healthy eating plan. It may help to see them written down. Hang the list in your kitchen, bathroom, or maybe at work—someplace where you will see it every day.
- Think back to when you first started your switch to healthier eating. Did you notice a difference in the way you felt? Did anyone else notice a difference? Write down any positive responses you got, and hang them up too.
- Put up a photo or a quote that inspires you. It can be something that you find in a book or online. Or maybe it's a snapshot of you and your family playing sports or doing some other activity together.
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| Author: | Debby Golonka, MPH | Last Updated: February 6, 2009 |
| Medical Review: | Ruth Schneider, MPH, RD - Diet and Nutrition Rhonda O'Brien, MS, RD, CDE - Diabetes Educator | |
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