Monday, May 4, 2015

Breaking Bad-Unhealthy Habits

The Rec Center strongly believes in a healthy life in as many ways as possible.  Not just exercising, but eliminating as many unhealthy things from your life as possible is our goal.  Here are 3 simple steps to break bad habits that you don’t want.

1: Make yourself aware that you have a bad habit, and become aware of what it does to you.  If you can, try to figure out why you do it and what feelings it brings you.  This will make it easier to isolate and eliminate.

2: Write it down.  Putting your bad habit in writing makes it very real.  After writing what the habit is, write down questions about the habit relating to why you do it and when.  Figure out what this bad habit emotionally does for you.  Learn as much about why when, and how you do the habit to make the next step more successful.


3: Now that you know why you do they bad habit, find something that replaces it.  This will require finding something that brings the same emotions and relief as the bad habit, just without as many negative effects.  What if you were nail biter and you wanted to stop?  A big aspect of this habit is the desire to fidget with something in your mouth.  A great alternative could be sugar free gum because it is not unhealthy and can save your fingernails.

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