My first couple of days trying to begin a more heathy eating process went quite well to be honest. I was not going home late at night and eating junk food, but I could have done better on eating healthy foods for my main meals of the day. I think that I have done a good job on cutting back on some of the junk food though. I think that for starting my goals, i did a pretty good job on the first about three days but also have so much room for improvement. I actually even was able to go to the gym and lacrosse without even thinking about eating any junk food after (Anyone who plays a sport knows how hard it is to do that!)
In chapter one, we learned about setting goals and making sure that you can achieve those goals. This is something that is very important because without those goals your progress is not going to be seen. I believe that it is very important to set goals that you can achieve, especially making them slightly easier in the beginning so that you can feel good about yourself to start. My first goal was to make sure that I do not eat any junk food past dinner. The way I achieved this goal? Have things like apples and bananas in my house. If I am truly hungry, then I will eat that food and not go for the junk food that is all around my house. I believe that setting an easy goal at first is important so that you can actually start off on a good note and not give up right off the bat because you didn’t reach your goal.
Another thing that I think is very improtant when it comes to achieving your goals and that we learned about was having a good support system. This is because if you have people that know you are trying to reach your goal, they will not do things like put junk food in your face and say “hey, want this?” You need to make sure the people around you know your goals, and that they are going to respect them even if they are not achieving the same goals. Be respectful around the person trying to reach the goals and try and throw even a small compliment out there to help them. Nobody understands how much a compliment will help the person that is trying to achieve their goal.
The most interesting part about the reading/work was something that actually has nothing to do with my goals, it was the fight-or-flight response. I enjoyed learning about this because it is something that happens a lot and we do not even realize it. I think that if we are aware of these things happening then we can calm ourselves down a lot easier and not worry about what is going on. I think that fight-or-flight is something that is very important and that everyone should be looking into researching.
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