HEALTHY CHANGES:
4 Steps Towards Overall Health
Step 1:
Understanding Your "Total Health"
Step 2:
Make the Commitment
Step 3:
Assessment & Goals
Step 4:
ACTION TOOL RESOURCE CENTER
HEALTHY CHANGES
Four Steps Towards Overall Health
Making a choice to create a healthier lifestyle, or to work on health issues that you may face, is the most important step in making personal progress. Let's face facts, though: beginning to make the necessary lifestyle changes is harder, and sticking with it is even harder still.
Example: According to existing medical research, fewer than five percent of all dieters succeed in losing a significant amount of weight and maintaining that weight loss over a five-year period. Ninety percent of all dieters regain some or all of the weight originally lost and at least one-third gain more.
Becoming healthy requires more than just caring for your physical body. Your mental/emotional, social and spiritual health are also vital components necessary for overall well-being.
In order to achieve success, you must take a few crucial steps in the beginning:
Understand the concept of "Total Health"
Make the Commitment, and learn to stick with it
Assess your current health, and then Set Goals
Find the Tools to help YOU succeed
IMPORTANT NOTE: You will find numerous downloadable forms in this section, including assessments, diaries, a commitment form, etc. These documents are intended for your personal use, and we strongly recommend that you print, complete and store in a binder for future reference.
Come back to this section often as you begin your journey towards overall health. Knowlege is power, and you have the power to make Healthy Changes!
OF
HEALTHY CHANGES>>INSPIRATION CORNER
Keep Your Records
We recommend that you use a standard 3- ring binder to keep all your information
together. Be sure to fill out the Personal Assessment Form and place it
in your 3-ring binder so you’ll know right where it is. Include your
Commitment Form, Food and Stress Diaries, copies of any articles, recipes,
exercise plans, etc. that you find on your journey towards better health!