August 12, 2021
Day 30
Wow – Day 30 – one month. It's been a wild ride. I’ve tried to be positive and educational, but I also have to admit that I had some sugar while visiting and celebrating with family. I feel like sugar free is a great goal, but am getting comments and other ideas which makes it hard.
“You can't deprive yourself.”
“You’ve got to live a little.”
“Everything in moderation.”
When I got home yesterday afternoon my son was telling me he just finished “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. We discussed it, along with a new book he started “Making it Stick”, about how we learn. I’m so pleased he is interested in self-improvement too. And I just started a new graduate level (no credit) Yale University course on Coursera about Health Behavior Change to brush up on the latest research. In the first lesson, the professor talked about The Health-Belief Model with behavior change. We know what to do, but don’t do it, why? It’s all about personal opportunity cost. We are most motivated by things that are happening here and now, not 10, 20, 30 years from now. Our behaviors and values have to be aligned to help create change.
I love to think about the ripple effect of change. As a visual, one drop in a basin of water can cause ripple effects on the pool of water. Just like one small change, consistently done over time, can cause a new habit and lifestyle change for the better or, as my son pointed out, for the worse.
I’m still committed to my sugar free year. One month in and 11 to go! Thank you to those who are cheering me on.
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