Now that you've finished your first week of the Healthier You Challenge, it's time to assess how you did and plan your next week. If you did a fantastic job last week, you are ready to add a new challenge. Here are some guidelines to help choose your challenge for week 2:
Hook desired behaviors onto current activities –
Choose a behavior that you do without having to think about it and attach the new, desired behavior to the existing one. I need to drink more water so I’m drinking 24 oz. in the mornings before I have my coffee. You can use this same thinking to avoid behaviors you are trying to eliminate. If you usually eat late at night in front of the t.v., head to a different room and try reading instead. You may find that changing a neutral behavior will help change your target behavior with very little effort.
If you didn't do as well as you had hoped last week, use this as a time to reflect and learn. My challenge for last week was to complete three strength training sessions. I only managed two, so I need to figure out how to do better this week. I am going to keep up my challenges of drinking water before my coffee, taking vitamins every day, and completing three strength training sessions. I realize that the best way to guarantee getting those in is to wake up before my family gets up for the day. I will hook the strength training to checking my computer. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I will complete my routine before I turn on the computer. Hopefully, this week will go smoothly and next week I'll be ready to add another challenge behavior.
What will your challenge be this week?
Challenge for this week- I will adopt your drink water BEFORE coffee rule AND remember to take my Juice Plus+ (my sister and mom will be happier as well with that one!) everyday.
ReplyDeleteI do slip slide on working out. I am changing my clothes right now and going to do a video work out.
Sam -- Yes, the water before coffee is really helping; I hope it will work for you also!
DeleteTake the workouts one day at a time. You did great last week so you've got good momentum going. Hope the video is a fun one :)