Archive for the 'Behavior Change' Category
Consequences
Posted on December 3, 2009 - Filed Under Behavior Change, Weight Control, healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment
“The primary concern of overweight and obesity is one of health and not appearance.”
–via Office of the Surgeon General
Check out all the health consequences of being overweight or obese. There are a lot. Some will be familiar and some might be a surprise.
Even though we know the consequences, it’s still difficult to change our unhealthy [...]
Make a Better Choice
Posted on December 2, 2009 - Filed Under Behavior Change, healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment
Here’s the thing. We make a ton of choices everyday. Some health related, some not. Instead of feeling guilty about our health and doing nothing about it, make a choice today that will put you heading in the right direction.
Finding health and finding balance in our lives is always one choice away. Better choices, made [...]
Believe
Posted on November 16, 2009 - Filed Under Behavior Change, motivation | Leave a Comment
“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.”
– Charles F. Kettering (American engineer, inventor of the electric starter, 1876-1958)
Happy Monday!
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Persistence
Posted on August 3, 2009 - Filed Under Behavior Change, Random, healthy lifestyle | 4 Comments
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, ‘press on’ has solved, and always [...]
Diabetes
Posted on June 11, 2009 - Filed Under Behavior Change, Prevention, healthy lifestyle | 5 Comments
Interesting graph. Learn more about diabetes and how to prevent it from the CDC here.
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Perseverance
Posted on May 19, 2009 - Filed Under Behavior Change, Mental Health | Leave a Comment
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.”
– Walter Elliott
One step at a time.
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One Day at a Time
Posted on February 23, 2009 - Filed Under Behavior Change | 11 Comments
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows that it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve.
It doesn’t matter if you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun [...]
The Same Thing Again — Change
Posted on February 8, 2009 - Filed Under Behavior Change, healthy lifestyle | 6 Comments
Well, I’m sitting here at the Tampa Airport waiting to fly back home to Utah. Thought I’d crank out a quick thought.
Today for lunch I went to Subway and happened to meet a guy who has lost 80 pounds in the last 5 months. He was still not quite to his goal and he’s determined to lose [...]
Take the First Step
Posted on February 2, 2009 - Filed Under Behavior Change | 1 Comment
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
– Lao Tzu, Chinese Philospher
I guess we better get moving and doing. There will be no better day to take that first step than today.
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A Better Dinner Time Habit
Posted on January 27, 2009 - Filed Under Behavior Change, Nutrition | 7 Comments
Yesterday I read this article from CalorieLab about eating at a slower pace. The article talks about how it takes 15-20 minutes for our brains to register that we are full, or getting full, and that the average meal-time in the US is 11 minutes.
So most people just keep on eating even though they have probably eaten [...]
