Do something Friday

We are a week into the New Year.  How are you progressing with the transition back to non-holiday eating?  The end of the week is a great time to set the stage for the beginning of next week -- and we want that to go well, right?

Take a minute, get out your Post-Its.  Write down 5 eating behaviors you did well this week.  It can be:

*drank water instead of soda at lunch (even if you only did it once -- it still counts)

*started to eat the cookie from the break room -- threw it away after 4 bites

You know the stuff I'm talking about.  Recognize what strengths you played on this week.  Then, put the Post-it somewhere you are going to see it next week -- your computer, your mirror in your bathroom.

The idea is to create a reminder of what you have accomplished and what you are striving to do more of next week -- setting the stage for reinforcing new habits.

Be positive.  Figure out what you did well this week.  Do more of that next week!  You can make these changes stick -- it just takes repeating them until they feel natural.