Week 5: Looking At Your Observations
You made it to Week 5! Congratulations. I’m so excited about your commitment to your health! It may not seem like much but, you have done an excellent job completing your one action step daily and collecting the data. Our unhealthy habits don’t form overnight; we can’t expect to reverse them overnight either.
This week we are going to wrap up the first phase of data collection and try to identify the motive behind our health challenge. Have you identified the triggers that motivate you to perform your health challenge? Don’t stress if you haven’t completely nailed down your “why” but hopefully you have some evidence of the trends around your health challenge. This is where we throw in another assessment. Now that you have this new knowledge, is your action step still effective or has it become irrelevant?
In my quest to manage my portion control around the holidays, I selected to use a small plate to visually trick my brain and to preemptively measure how much to consume. While this action step has been helpful, I have discovered more to my health challenge and it is time to tweak my engagement. I have learned this really only happens to me when I am in a home kitchen environment. I can say no when I am out in a public restaurant or shopping. I also noticed I have a tendency to want to sneak in the kitchen when no one is watching. Even though I do not know why I get satisfaction out of sneaking food or why this urge only arises in the home environment, I can acknowledge the act and now have ammo to course-correct.
I am still using a small plate. I am also now making sure I do not bring tempting treats into my home. Since I have learned that my self-control goes out the window when the temptations are in my kitchen, I have now made a rule to only enjoy a treat outside my home. I will purchase a single serving and mindfully enjoy it there, in that moment.
Assess your data and leave in the comments if you are going to tweak your action step.
Wing Woman 