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Health every day
H He ea al lt th h
I will eat dinner earlier or no later than
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7 pm so I can get more time to walk
ͻ / ǁŝůů ŐŽ Ă ĚŝĨĨĞƌĞŶƚ ǁĂLJ ŚŽŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ
ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ Ăƚ Ă ĨĂƐƚ ĨŽŽĚ
Wellness ŽƉĞƌĂƚŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ
W We el ll ln ne es ss s
/ ǁŝůů ĐŽŽŬ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ Ăƚ ŚŽŵĞ ϱ ĚĂLJƐ Ă ǁĞĞŬ
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The ĂŶĚ ŽŶůLJ ĞĂƚ ŽƵƚ Ϯ ĚĂLJƐ Ă ǁĞĞŬ͘
I will read the menu choices when I go
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ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌ ŚĞĂůƚŚŝĞƌ ŽƉƚŝŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƐŬ ĨŽƌ
“What, When and How?” smaller portions.
of Goal Setting The How?
Žǁ ƚŚŝƐ ƋƵĞƐƚŝŽŶ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ LJŽƵ ďĞĐŽŵĞ
uring these uncertain times, it is easy to ŵŽƌĞ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞĚ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ
ĨĂůů ŝŶƚŽ ƵŶŚĞĂůƚŚLJ ŚĂďŝƚƐ͘ tŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐ E ĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐ ĂďŽǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ,Kt ƚŽ
Dhas shown us over the last 6 months is your answers.
that we should make health and wellness one ͻ / ǁŝůů /ŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŵLJ ĞdžĞƌĐŝƐĞ ϯ ƚŝŵĞƐ
ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ƚŽƉ ƉƌŝŽƌŝƚŝĞƐ͘ DĂŬŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ŚĞĂůƚŚ Ă ƚŽƉ Ă ǁĞĞŬ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝŶŐ Ă ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŵĞ
ƉƌŝŽƌŝƚLJ ĐĂŶ ŚĂǀĞ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ĞĨĨĞĐƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ŵLJ ĂĐƚŝŽŶƐ
strengthening your immune system, reducing • I will drink more water, 7 days a
LJŽƵƌ ƌŝƐŬ ĨŽƌ ĐŽͲŵŽƌďŝĚŝƚŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂďŽǀĞ Ăůů ǁĞĞŬ ƚŽ ŽďƚĂŝŶ Ă ŐŽĂů ŽĨ ϲϰ ŽƵŶĐĞƐ Ă ĚĂLJ͕
ŵĂŬŝŶŐ LJŽƵ ůŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĞů ďĞƚƚĞƌ͘ by purchasing more water, or removing the
empty calorie drinks (sodas, sweetened
The What? ďĞǀĞƌĂŐĞƐͿ ĨƌŽŵ ŵLJ ƌĞĨƌŝŐĞƌĂƚŽƌ͘
I will eat my dinner on a smaller plate
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every day, and donate my larger plates (10” or
ƌĂď Ă ƐŚĞĞƚ ŽĨ ƉĂƉĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƉĞŶ ĂŶĚ ůĞƚΖƐ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌͿ ƚŽ ŐŽŽĚǁŝůů ƐŽ / ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ
ŵĂƉ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ t, d ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ ŐŽĂůƐ ĂŶĚ by looking at the smaller portions on a larger
'strategies. When setting goals, you want plate
ƚŽ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶ t, d LJŽƵ ƉůĂŶ ƚŽ ĚŽ͘ dŚĞ t, d ĐĂŶ • I will eat dinner earlier or no later than
ďĞ Ă ŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͗ 7 pm so I can get more time to walk. I plan
ͻ /ŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ĞdžĞƌĐŝƐĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŽŬ ůĂƌŐĞƌ ƉŽƌƚŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŵLJ ŵĂŝŶ ŵĞĂůƐ
• Drink more water so they will be ready to warm up, which
• Practice portion control ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĞĂƚŝŶŐ ƐŽ ůĂƚĞ Ăƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘ Kƌ
• Reduce late night eating I will prepare the ingredients in advance, so
ͻ ZĞĚƵĐĞ ĨĂƐƚ ĨŽŽĚ ĐŚŽŝĐĞƐ I will not spend as much time cooking once I
• Reduce eating out get home.
• Make better choices when I eat out ͻ / ǁŝůů ŐŽ Ă ĚŝĨĨĞƌĞŶƚ ǁĂLJ ŚŽŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ
dŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ĨĞǁ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚŝŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ Ăƚ Ă ĨĂƐƚ ĨŽŽĚ
consider. ŽƉĞƌĂƚŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͘ / ǁŝůů 'ŽŽŐůĞ ŵĂƉ Ă
ĚŝĨĨĞƌĞŶƚ ƌŽƵƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ŵĞ ƚŽ
The When? stop by the park and take a walk.
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/ ǁŝůů ĐŽŽŬ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ Ăƚ ŚŽŵĞ ϱ ĚĂLJƐ Ă
ǁĞĞŬ ĂŶĚ ŽŶůLJ ĞĂƚ ŽƵƚ Ϯ ĚĂLJƐ Ă ǁĞĞŬ͘ / ǁŝůů
ŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ƋƵĞƐƚŝŽŶ LJŽƵ ŵƵƐƚ ĂƐŬ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ŝƐ cook larger portions on the weekend that
t, E LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ĚŽ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞ t, E ŝƐ Ă ƉƌŝŵĞ ǁŝůů ůĂƐƚ ϱ ĚĂLJƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ŽĨ
dĨĂĐƚŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĚĞĨŝŶĞƐ Ă ƚŝŵĞĨƌĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ĨŽŽĚƐ͕ ƐŽ / ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƚ ďŽƌĞĚ ƋƵŝĐŬůLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ
the change. ůĞĨƚŽǀĞƌƐ͘
dŚĞ tŚĞŶ ĐĂŶ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚŝŽŶƐ ůŝŬĞ͗ • I will read the menu choices when I go
ͻ / ǁŝůů /ŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŵLJ ĞdžĞƌĐŝƐĞ ϯ ƚŝŵĞƐ Ă ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌ ŚĞĂůƚŚŝĞƌ ŽƉƚŝŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƐŬ
week ĨŽƌ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ƉŽƌƚŝŽŶƐ͘ / ĐĂŶ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞƐ
• I will drink more water, 7 days a week to I eat out on my cell phone so I can become
ŽďƚĂŝŶ Ă ŐŽĂů ŽĨ ϲϰ ŽƵŶĐĞƐ Ă ĚĂLJ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƌƚŝŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐĂůŽƌŝĞƐ
• I will eat my dinner on a smaller plate ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ĂůůŽǁ ŵĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ďĞƚƚĞƌ ĐŚŽŝĐĞƐ
10 / THE MIDTOWN PRESS
