The best way to make healthy weight changes stick long term is to start with tiny changes. Here, I'm talking about changes so tiny that you practically don't even notice it, and better yet, the tiny change stays off the radar of your Inner Resistance Monster.
Today, here's 5 ideas for tiny changes:
- Create a workout playlist consisting only of positive inspirational music (thanks Charlotte)
- Try a soda or flavored drink that is sweetened with pure cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. Example: Whole Foods 365 brand sodas are made with pure cane sugar.
- Do 5 more crunches or hold your core exercise pose 5 seconds longer this week.
- Take a peek in a vegetarian cookbook to get an idea for a new way to cook broccoli, spinach, or green beans. Aren't you bored of plain boiled veggies by now?
- Tell one of your friends that you appreciate them and that you're glad they are your friend. You'll brighten their day, and yours.
So, what tiny changes did you do last week? Here's the 2 tiny changes I did:
- I really wanted to get a pint of Whole Foods "Whole Treat" brand Banana Bomber ice cream. I had a hankering for something cold, banana flavored, and sweet. But it was night time when I was at the store, and I didn't want the heavy ice cream calories sitting in my stomach. So, instead, I got a small thing of organic vanilla bean yogurt, I cut up half of a fresh banana, and some walnut pieces and mixed them into the yogurt. I saved myself a couple hundred calories, and got some fresh fruit.
- I did one day where I drank only water, tea, or coffee. I did one day away from the sugary drinks, my weakness.
