Healthy Weight for Life: The 5 stages of lifestyle change

Written by Michael Hallinan


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5. Maintenance: The weekly pizza has been a thing ofrepparttar past for six months. Swimming is so much a part of your daily routine that you don’t feel right if you skip it. Those Saturday walks are don’t-miss tradition.

In fact, this readiness to change model is behavior-specific. That is, you might be inrepparttar 115699 action stage withrepparttar 115700 pizza but still in precontemplation on that exercise stuff. You’re not likely to be very successful if you flog yourself for not swimming laps every day, what you want to do is move yourself torepparttar 115701 next stage: Listrepparttar 115702 pros and cons of regular exercise and guess what, you’re thinking about it and that means contemplation.

So think aboutrepparttar 115703 behaviors you can change to lose weight. What stage are you in for each of those behaviors? In each case, what can you do to move yourself torepparttar 115704 next stage? What are you most ready to change.

We explore readiness to change in my free teleclass, “The Real Skinny on Weight Loss: Don’t Diet, Do It.” You can get details and register at www.teleclassinternational.com/catalog.phtml?keywords=MH-RS

Michael Hallinan overcame a lifelong obesity, and the midlife discovery of health and fitness so changed his life that he established a coaching practice specializing in helping others find their own healthy way to a healthy weight. For more helpful tips, subscribe to the Healthy Weight Newsletter. For past issues and to subscribe see www.healthyweightcoaching.com/Ezine.htm


You Can Be Active at Any Size

Written by Michael Hallinan


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4. Set goals. Set short-term and long-term goals. A short-term goal may be to walk 5 minutes at least 3 days for 1 week. A long-term goal may be to walk 30 minutes most days ofrepparttar week byrepparttar 115698 end of 6 months.

5. Track progress. Keep a journal of your activity. You may not feel like you are making progress but when you look back at where you started, you may be pleasantly surprised!

6. Fit activity into your daily life. Plan ahead and try to be active when it works best for you.

7. Get support. Get a family member or friend to be active with you. It may be more fun, and an exercise buddy can cheer you on.

8. Have fun. Try different activities to findrepparttar 115699 ones you really enjoy.

"If you can’t do an activity, don’t be hard on yourself,"repparttar 115700 NIDDK suggests. "Feel good about what you can do. Be proud of pushing yourself up out of a chair or walking a short distance. Pat yourself onrepparttar 115701 back for trying even if you can’t do itrepparttar 115702 first time. It may be easierrepparttar 115703 next time."

You can see an online copy ofrepparttar 115704 "Active at Any Size" booklet at:

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/activeatanysize/active.html

Michael Hallinan overcame a lifelong obesity, and the midlife discovery of health and fitness so changed his life that he established a coaching practice specializing in helping others find their own healthy way to a healthy weight. For more helpful tips, subscribe to the Healthy Weight Newsletter. For past issues and to subscribe see www.healthyweightcoaching.com/Ezine.htm


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