Behavior Change Reflection

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Over the past two months I have been increasing my water consumption for my behavior change portfolios. Before the behavior change portfolios I noticed that I wasn’t drinking enough water. It is important for me to change these behaviors because I want to feel and be healthier. When I wasn’t drinking enough water daily I didn’t feel that well, I always use to get headaches, which brought my mood down. Dimensions of health that these health-related behaviors focus on would be getting the recommended amount of water daily to provide energy. My overall purpose of changing my water consumption was to feel and be healthier. My overall goal was to consume more than 64 ounces of water daily and I succeed my goal. My first behavior change portfolio …show more content…

Whenever I went to class, work and went out I made sure that I had my reusable water bottle with me. Whenever I was done drinking my water I would always refill it. Mostly everywhere I went I had access to fill up my water bottle. Behavior change strategies that helped me to increase my water consumption were telling my family and friends what I was doing and they made sure that I was drinking enough water. My family and friends were very supportive during my behavior change portfolios. Also what helped me was buying a reusable water bottle with measurements on it, so I was able to see how much water I was consuming. Obstacles that impeded my behavior change would be not drinking enough water when I was at work. Whenever I had work I always use to drink most of my water before and after work. Some things I can do to over come these obstacles would finding time to drink water while I’m at work, even when I am busy and to make I have my water close by. I think this project has helped me become a healthier person because now all I drink is water and water is the healthiest drink to drink. I use to drink a lot of fruit juices like apple, grape and orange juice which has a lot of sugar. With drinking a lot of water I feel less bloated. I enjoyed doing this behavior change portfolio one and two. It made me realize how important it is to drink water and how healthy it

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