Healthy, balanced lifestyle – change perception, change environment, change you

Our World – A Change For The …

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How much easier would life be with fewer temptations,

less abundant choices & without sheer availability?

A LOT

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Just imagine,

NOT

having food available (nearly) 24/7

smelling different scents on every corner

seeing food at your office

feeling peer pressure when making food choices

being inspired (my marketing) to try new things in fear of missing out

being able to satisfy instant appetite or lust

?????

would life really be sooo terrible?

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Failure versus sustainable behavior change: tips for success

More or less, many of us are motivated to change, although the level of motivation and commitment will vary. Yet, overall, with the start of the New Year, many – once again – want to exercise more, drop a nasty habit, stop smoking, drink less, save more, be friendlier, more patient or less impulsive.

(You prefer watching videos, then don’t miss my „Let’s talk: behavior change – raw & honest“ series on YouTube.)

Failure versus sustainable behavior change:

Whatever the Goal – Only Few of Us Manage to Turn Motivation Into a Successful, Long-term Behavior Change.

Some say, reaching your goal is just like happiness – a piece of cake.

Clearly, they have no idea what they are talking about, nor about happiness, contentment, the difference and sustainability of it all.

Yet, in this article I will offer a few fool-proof solutions that work for me.

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walking 10,000 steps per day: motivation, apps, failure or success?

To work from home but still walk 10,000 steps per day?

My struggle with motivation – „have to“ versus „want to“

Most of us know or have heard that in order to support our health we should take 8,000 – 10,000 steps per day, which certainly is an easier task for those of us living in a big city and an easier task for those of us not working from home.

I know. I work from home.

Perhaps you, too, came across the article in The New Yorker titled “I work from home” (if not you can read it here). I certainly found myself nodding my head a few times reading the article. But as a health nut, I actually came across another problem not mentioned – lack of activity.Continue reading

Make your New Year’s resolutions stick – success is possible

New Year’s Resolutions

We are almost 2 weeks into 2017. Hopefully, if you made New Year’s resolutions this year, you are still on track with your desired behavior. Less than 70% manage past the first two weeks. For some of us, real temptation might not have crossed our paths yet. Our hormones might still be in balance. Stress might still be average. We might still feel good and motivated – for now. Life will return to normalcy though. Temptations will arise. Success will stall. Stress will catch up with us. Happy attitude, motivation, and ambition might leave us. Intention(s) might fade. What will you do then?

 

New Year’s resolutions tend to fail, and we know it!

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A survey of over 1,000 respondents (living in the US) revealed that only 16.3% of people over the age of 50 achieve their resolutions each year (37.8% of individuals in their 20’s report they do). While 72.6% of respondents stay true to their resolutions throughout week one of January, only 44.8% manage to stick with it past June. US News even reports by week two of February, some 80% of those having made a New Year’s resolution are faced with disappointment leading most of them to give up on their intentions. But why is that? Why are most of us, year in and year out, unable to change our behavior? Don’t we want it badly enough, are we unable to change or are we too weak?Continue reading

Living a healthy lifestyle is a sacrifice – really?

Modern lifestyle can make it difficult to live a healthy, balanced lifestyle. Temptation and distraction await everywhere. 80% of Americans believe living a healthy lifestyle is a sacrifice. The US is a country of overabundance, aggressive, enticing marketing approaches aimed to influence consumers‘ behavior as well as time-strapped, hectic lifestyles. Sadly, this culture is one the rest of the world seems to follow.

While society as a whole might fall victim to it, YOU have a choice. Health is, to some extend, a personal matter. (Yes, it’s also a social, economic and family matter.) Nonetheless, a healthy lifestyle is one YOU decide, you choose, not because someone urges you to but because you want to, because it matters to you!Continue reading