Comments on: Healthy Living Myths Busted by Timothy Caulfield

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 03:22:40 +0000

Good for you, Meredith! It’s amazing how once you get on board and BEGIN your journey to better health how natural it becomes to continue on that path.

That’s not to say it’s easy ;) I am for 70 percent success and feel pretty good about that. I think the hardest thing for me is learning to not beat myself up over a missed day at the gym or indulging too much over the weekend. ;) however, the older I get the more kind I seem to be to myself.

Thanks for the book rec!

Jane

By: Meredith

Meredith — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 00:38:18 +0000

In reply to Lisa Irving. I have seen the "good intentions" response in action with a few people I know. Myself included. I've listening to a few podcasts about achieving goals and it seems that there are many people who struggle with following through. So far, I've been enjoying using the Canada Food Guide with GetEnough food tracking app from the Canadian Dairy Farmers Association. It has enough flexibility for me that I'm not becoming too overwhelmed. After two weeks of following the guide and upping my vegetable intake, I'm started to crave veggies (a big surprise). Small steps for long term success is my approach!

By: Lisa Irving

Lisa Irving — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 13:09:13 +0000

This sounds like it would be a really good book. I think deep down most of us know what we should and should not be doing but the pull of excess sugar and excess carbs is so hard to resist. I also read a study recently that explored the psychological effect of “good intentions” which essentially summed up that in planning to eat better and exercise more we get a positive mental response. Most people don’t push on past this good feeling that comes with planning to actually do the things we need to do (or start cheating because you feel you’ve been good which is the same thing). I’ve definitely done this many times! Time to ACTUALLY be good. Not just plan to!