When building new healthy lifestyle habits, it can often be hard and easy to get down on yourself if you feel like you "slip up" or are not seeing any results or changes. Making health-related changes is hard and takes time to truly create new habits. Many times, when we fall off, we get down on ourselves and never get back on track. But, there are times where we can test our willpower and out it to good use for future decisions and behaviors when it comes to our health.
- Identify Opportunities to Practice Willpower
- Every time you make a good food/health choice, chances are the next 2 or 3 will be good as well. Use this as a chance to keep up the good choices, which will only get easier to make over time.
- Adopt the 20 Second Rule
- Give yourself at least 20 seconds to make any decision. Before accepting a treat, or ditching a workout for a social event, think about it for 20 seconds. This will ensure no decision is rash, and you've truly thought about your behavior before acting upon it.
- Don't Make Your Willpower Work Overtime
- If you overwork your willpower, it will eventually break down. By creating a routine of healthy habits, you are eliminating the need for will power in making healthy decisions. The more you make, the more those behaviors become routine.
- Make Decisions in Advance
- If you are going out to dinner with friends, on vacation or even to a party, plan ahead on what health decisions you will make. Look at menus online, take snacks and healthy foods or eat before attending a party.
- Think Happy Thoughts
- Rather than thinking and talking about what you "can't have", switch it around and think about the things you "can have" and enjoy.
- Grow and Move On
- The kinder you are to yourself, the more positive your lifestyle and changes will be. Negative thoughts and emotions only leads to a negative life and getting down on yourself. If you make a choice that wasn't a good one in your life, accept it and make a better one next time.
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