Healthy eating: Starting a plan for change
Why do you want to start eating healthier?
Your reason for wanting this is really important. Don't do it because someone else wants you to. What makes you want to start eating healthier food?
- You have a specific health concern (your heart, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, diabetes, depression, your bones and muscles, or something else).
- You want to feel better and have more energy.
- You want to lose weight.
- You have another reason for wanting to do this.
Write down your reasons for wanting to make this change. Put the list where you can see it easily. It will be a daily reminder of why you want to make a change.
It’s not easy to make changes. But taking the time now to really think about what will motivate or inspire you will help you stay with it.
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| Author: | Cynthia Tank | Last Updated: May 14, 2008 |
| Medical Review: | Martin Gabica, MD - Family Medicine Ruth Schneider, MPH, RD - Diet and Nutrition Rhonda O'Brien, MS, RD, CDE - Diabetes Educator | |
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