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Making a Change for the Better

Making a Change for the Better. The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service. Why Should I Change?. Feel better Reduce cost of medical care Keep you here for your loved ones Prevent complications you don’t want. Easier to Start New Habit Than Change Old. Successful Change.

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Making a Change for the Better

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  1. Making a Change for the Better The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service

  2. Why Should I Change? • Feel better • Reduce cost of medical care • Keep you here for your loved ones • Prevent complications you don’t want

  3. Easier to Start New Habit Than Change Old

  4. Successful Change • Be specific about what you want to do • Make a plan • Set a time for action • Write it down • Ask for help from others • Monitor progress

  5. Plan Rewards • Write down possible rewards up front • Make worthy of the effort • May need small rewards all long to keep motivated

  6. Helping Joe Change • The situation: Doctor wants Joe to eat less fried food so his weight will go down • Present situation: Joe eats fried food at least twice a day. VS

  7. What specifically is Joe’s Goal? • Joe will eat more baked, boiled and broiled food instead of as much fried food.

  8. How will Joe do it? • Joe will have baked potatoes instead of fried. • Joe will have baked or broiled meat, chicken or fish. • Joe will have cereal instead of fried eggs and bacon.

  9. Who Will Support Joe? • Joe asks his wife not to fix fried food that week. • Joe asks his friends to go to a restaurant where he can order food that is baked or broiled.

  10. How will Joe know if he did it? Joe will keep a food diary of what he eats for a week.

  11. How will Joe reward himself? • Joe will work a half hour on his wood working hobby each time he skips the fried food. • If he doesn’t have fried food for one week, he will go to a movie.

  12. What Do You Want to Change? • Write it down specifically what you want to change • How will you do it? • Who will you need to ask for support? • How will you know you did it? • What will be your reward(s)?

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