10 Tips to Start a ...

Spark People, a great food/health/diet and healthy living community web site has offered a great article this week "10 Tips for Starting a Wellness Program". Not only is the article worth a read, the steps they offer for starting a personal wellness program can actually be applied and used as a model for making changes in habits (stopping bad habits or creating new, positive habits and behavior changes). Say you want to start an exercise program, or start eating more healthy, or you want to lose weight, or want to create a better relationship with a friend or relative ... I believe applying the steps offered can help provide the plan to get there. For your review are the steps offered by Spark People.

1. Put on paper your golas and objectives
2. Ask what, when and how
3. Have a plan
4. Start a journal
5. Begin your journey from where you are now
6. Take one step at a time
7. Learn from you setbacks
8. Clean house - remove those tasks that don;t contribute to your goal
9. Don't compare yourself to others
10. Reward yourself