Healthy eating: Getting support when changing your eating habits
What is support?
Support from others includes love and understanding, as well as advice and practical help. Your support team makes you feel good about yourself and cared about as you change how you eat.
You may choose to tell lots of people about your plan to change, or you may only want to tell a few people. Some people make changes and don't tell anyone.
Support can come from:
- Your family and friends.
- Clubs or groups. You may join an existing group or form your own. The group can focus on eating or have another focus, but the members are willing to support you as you make changes in how you eat.
- Internet bulletin boards and chat rooms.
You may ask for different types of support from different people. For example, you can ask one friend if you can call late at night for support, and you can ask another friend to meet you for lunch to see how you're doing.
People will support you in different ways. Family members may not want to eat the same way you do at dinner. They might continue to have large servings of dessert, for example, when you take a smaller serving. But if they don't make negative comments or complain, they are supporting you.
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| Author: | Paul Lehnert | Last Updated: May 14, 2008 |
| Medical Review: | Ruth Schneider, MPH, RD - Diet and Nutrition Rhonda O'Brien, MS, RD, CDE - Diabetes Educator | |
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