How Your Friends Make It Easy To Be Healthy: Working on Exercise & Diet
This is a diary of the healthy lifestyle goals that my son, Chris, and I are making together each month.
Since it takes 21-30 days to develop a new habit, making a goal for the month ahead is an effective strategy.
Chris and I agree that making these monthly goals together and posting our results here for you to see helps us to improve our health. I’ve always found that if I say out loud to someone what I plan on doing, I’m more likely to do it. Because if I said I would, I feel responsible to follow through.
In March, my goal was to go to the gym two or three times a week and cut out all sweets and wine (my downfall!) for a few weeks. Chris’ goal was to cut down on chips (his downfall!) again because he had been eating the corn chips when going out to the Mexican restaurants he loves. Continue Reading
