Personal Wellness Goals

Being healthy in body and mind is the core of personal wellness. Getting to that point though is a process and it takes deliberate actions to make it happen. It requires choosing which behaviors will help and which ones won't. It requires making decisions every day that helps take a person to a better state of body and mind health.

How do you get to a state of personal wellness?

Define what personal wellness means to you and define your goals.

Answer this question: what changes do you want to make in your life to be healthier and to reach a better state of wellness? When you answer that question, you have defined your goals.

Let's say that you are overweight, have uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes, and are under a great deal of stress at work. The changes you want to make are losing weight, getting your diabetes under control, and lowering your stress levels. All of those

changes will make a great deal of difference in both your mental and physical state.

Identify what steps you can take to meet your personal wellness goals.

You have defined what you want to happen in the first step. Now, you need to decide how you are going to achieve those wellness goals.

Losing weight is one of the example goals. To achieve that goal, you may need to adopt a different eating strategy. If diabetes is in the picture, you are going to have to plan your meals with limited carbohydrates. You may decide to eat five or six smaller meals throughout the day instead of three large ones. This helps keep hunger at bay and can help steady your blood glucose levels.

Exercise is another way to lose weight. Taking a 30-minute walk four or five days a week can help. Exercise also helps regulate blood glucose levels and reduce stress. Learning relaxation methods, such as yoga or tai chi, also reduces stress. And that helps people regulate their eating habits better.

So, the steps to take. Eat a limited carbohydrate, healthy diet. Eat several smaller meals throughout the day. Take a 30-minute walk five times a week. Go to yoga class twice a week.

Determine your

motivation.

Why do you want to get to a better level of wellness? It may be that you are tired of being overweight and totally stressed out. It may be that you want to get active with your kids or grandkids. It may be that you saw a family member suffering with weight or stress problems and don't want that to repeat in your own life.

Motivation is what will help you get through the difficult times. It is what will get you across the finish line.

Find the obstacles.

Almost everyone will face obstacles when making changes in their life to improve wellness levels. Knowing what potential obstacles are in your future path will help you work past them.

Look back in your life and see what sorts of obstacles have popped up. Those same obstacles are likely to show up on your current path. For instance, you may have tried to lose weight in the past. What obstacles got in your way? It might be emotional or stress eating. It might be that you hate the idea of going to the gym every day. It might be that you give into cravings too often.

Formulate strategies to help you overcome obstacles.

How are you going to get past the obstacles that you know may be coming? If you plan ahead for these potential issues, you will be able to better manage or avoid them.

Let's say you are an emotional eater. There are a number of ways to handle this. Keep healthy snacks readily available. So, instead of grabbing the bag of chips, you grab an apple or a low-fat cheese stick. Another strategy might be drinking a glass of water before you indulge in the stress snack. Water helps fill you up and you may find that you no longer need that snack after you drink the entire glass.

Meeting your personal wellness goals will take time. But, it is time that is well spent. In the end, you will be in better health, be in a better mental state, and have more energy than you ever had before.

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