How to Avoid Unhealthy Health Goals
Aim for moderation rather than perfection., Consider whether your diet is negatively impacting your social life., Check whether you are routinely cancelling social events to exercise., Reflect on whether you view exercise as a form of compensation...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Aim for moderation rather than perfection.
Being a perfectionist in your health goals may end up impeding your progress.
If you try to be perfect in your new diet and eating habits, you may end up being so hard on yourself that you give up on the diet entirely.
Instead, aim for moderate or small improvements in your diet and try to stick to them. -
Step 2: Consider whether your diet is negatively impacting your social life.
You may want to re-evaluate your new diet if it is stopping you from living the kind of life you want to lead.
If your new diet is stopping you from attending social events with friends and family, perhaps you should modify your dietary goals so that you can still have a social life., Cancelling a lot of social events with friends and family to get to the gym may be a sign of unhealthy exercise goals.
The strength of social connections with friends and family is an important factor in your health.
Make sure you aren’t sacrificing a healthy social life to get to the gym, since you need both social ties and an active lifestyle to be healthy., You should not aim to exercise so you can eat more brownies, chips or other junk food.
An exercise plan built around compensating for poor eating habits will not make you healthier.
Instead, you should focus on a well-rounded, healthy diet and a regular exercise routine., Ask your family doctor for advice on specific health goals that would be healthy for you.In conversation with your doctor, set specific and measurable health goals that are meaningful to you.
Ask your doctor: “I see a lot of people doing the vegetarian diet.
Do you think this would work for me?” Inquire: “How much should I exercise each week if I want to lose weight by the summer?” For instance, if you want to be able to swim a certain distance by the summer, use this as a starting point for setting your goals.
The goals you set should be specific and you should be able to measure your progress over time. -
Step 3: Check whether you are routinely cancelling social events to exercise.
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Step 4: Reflect on whether you view exercise as a form of compensation for poor eating.
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Step 5: Get medical help if you are unsure about your health goals.
Detailed Guide
Being a perfectionist in your health goals may end up impeding your progress.
If you try to be perfect in your new diet and eating habits, you may end up being so hard on yourself that you give up on the diet entirely.
Instead, aim for moderate or small improvements in your diet and try to stick to them.
You may want to re-evaluate your new diet if it is stopping you from living the kind of life you want to lead.
If your new diet is stopping you from attending social events with friends and family, perhaps you should modify your dietary goals so that you can still have a social life., Cancelling a lot of social events with friends and family to get to the gym may be a sign of unhealthy exercise goals.
The strength of social connections with friends and family is an important factor in your health.
Make sure you aren’t sacrificing a healthy social life to get to the gym, since you need both social ties and an active lifestyle to be healthy., You should not aim to exercise so you can eat more brownies, chips or other junk food.
An exercise plan built around compensating for poor eating habits will not make you healthier.
Instead, you should focus on a well-rounded, healthy diet and a regular exercise routine., Ask your family doctor for advice on specific health goals that would be healthy for you.In conversation with your doctor, set specific and measurable health goals that are meaningful to you.
Ask your doctor: “I see a lot of people doing the vegetarian diet.
Do you think this would work for me?” Inquire: “How much should I exercise each week if I want to lose weight by the summer?” For instance, if you want to be able to swim a certain distance by the summer, use this as a starting point for setting your goals.
The goals you set should be specific and you should be able to measure your progress over time.
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