The First Habit

When it comes to making positive changes for your health, the first habit is to block some time in your calendar to reflect and plan.

Find 30 to 60 minutes one a week where you can take a moment, without distractions to think about your health.

If you are a Wellness Garage member, use that time to log into myHealthJourney and review the new weekly content that has been added to your plan.

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Then take a moment to reflect:

• What happened this week?
• What went well?
• How did I eat?
• How many workouts did I get in?
• How was my sleep?
• How were my stress levels?
• What could I have done better?

If you had a good week - feel good and review why it was successful.

If you had a poor week or a bad day - figure out what happened.  Was it a one-off situation that could not be avoided or was it something that will likely happen again.  If it was a one-off, don’t worry about it.  If you think that the situation will recur - ask yourself what you will do next time to stay on plan.  Now this is the important part - no recriminations, feel good that you have a plan for next time.

Be gentle with yourself when you stumble.

Be positive with yourself when you do better.

Once you have a handle on the past week - take a moment to plan the coming week:

• Meals
• Workouts
• Sleep
• Is there anything stressful or time consuming for the week that will affect your plans?
• Can you make adjustments?

Over time, you will find that this planning takes less and less time.  

Defaults will emerge for meals, workouts, sleep and stress management. 

Those defaults will become habits and you will be leading the healthy life you desire, but remember it all starts from this first habit. 

So now take a moment and block your calendar for your weekly planning and reflection time.