Behaviour change is a process not an event
As a Health Coach the biggest lesson to all clients is that to change the choices they make in their lifestyle takes time. It is a behavioural change that needs attention, not a 30 day eating and workout plan that will be the answer.
With so much conflicting information out there now, everyone is being confused on what to follow, what to eat, what not to eat, when to exercise, what program works the best and when to sleep.
Being told to participate in an event or a 7/14/30 day challenge to change your habits has been proven to not work, because if they did, why do they keep bringing them out again and again?
It begins with you and your behaviours, with working out why these behaviours arise, why they are challenging you and why you keep reverting back to them every time the challenge finishes. If you have to change ten things to be able to participate in the challenge, chances are this will become difficult as you’ve over committed. Here’s an example of what a challenge states:
– Start with lemon drink first thing, then eat eggs for breakfast etc, walk or workout, have protein based morning snack a shake or fruit and nuts etc, lunch – eat lean protein and salad, afternoon snack eat what is on the nutritional list, workout after work if you didn’t in the morning, dinner etc, then evening snack then 9pm bed!
– If you never ate breakfast due to organizing kids then getting yourself to work, you are in meetings all morning, lunch is a coffee with an apple, afternoon is more meetings to then pick up the kids, dinner is a put what you can together before basketball training, to then reply to emails after dinner until 11pm then bed!
– That is over seven different tasks to do in a day than you would normally do! So really how much would you get done – be honest! I would say maybe two of them!
If you fall into this category I think you need to work with someone who can help you overcome these behavioural issues. To help this behaviour change you need a structure that suits you, it’s the only way to truly successfully change. To maintain the change is again proven the hardest part of the journey, but if you have highlighted and tackled the behavioural part I believe maintaining your new lifestyle will be very successful.
We are very lucky to have so much information at our finger tips; it’s just finding the correct information for YOU. If you want to start living a healthier lifestyle and want more information through social media sites or from Dr Google, please look at where the information was researched from, if it’s suitable to YOU, but always know your behavioural change takes time, it’s to be a step by step process to be a successful process – it’s not an event that will be completed in 30 days.
If you would like some help please contact me.
Cheers
Kerrie Fatone
– professional Health and Fitness Coach
