- Lifestyle tips
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- Tips to stay on track
Get Your Zzzzzzzz
Tools for success Recognize factors that can disrupt natural sleep cycles and lead to obesity and chronic diseases Identify sleep habits that can improve your sleep and contribute to long term weight management There’s Nothing Like a Good Night’s Sleep Sleep provides restorative functions like mu...
Boosting Your Immunity
A strong and healthy immune system is important all year round. When cold and flu season hits, it’s especially important to make sure your body has everything it needs to give you extra protection. There are a number of lifestyle habits you can make to boost your immune system and keep your body on...
Cooking Quick and Easy
Preparing your own meals is an important skill for improving your health and successfully managing your weight. When you do the cooking yourself, you are in control and can choose the recipes and ingredients so you know exactly what you are eating. You may feel that you just don’t have the time to p...
Planning Meals
Planning meals is vital to keeping your food plan on track and building confidence in your weight management skills. It makes you less susceptible to inappropriate eating cues and can relieve the stress of having to make spontaneous, unplanned choices. Successful meal planning involves identifying m...
Measuring Progress
• Measure your heart rate at rest and during physical activity. • Perform a simple walking test to measure improvement in your cardiovascular fitness. • Measure your body circumferences. Self-Assessments Measuring progress is an important part of motivation. There’s nothing like success to help ...
Getting Support
Supportive relationships can help people cope with challenges and achieve their personal goals. You may be anxious to tell people you’re working on losing weight. But, by keeping quiet and not telling them what kind of support you want, they won’t know how they can help. TIPS FOR GETTING GOOD SUPPO...