It’s time to take a new approach to wellness and focus on Healthy Living. A Healthy Living approach promotes active living, eating well without dieting, and a nurturing environment that includes respect and acceptance for people of all sizes.

Enjoy Living Actively

  • Be active in your own way, every day
  • Celebrate activity as a natural part of your life, for good times spent with nature, family and friends
  • Your body regulates better with daily activity – hunger and fullness send clear signals
  • Enjoy the benefits – improve health; increase energy, strength, endurance, bone mass and resistance to illness, sleep better; relieve stress
  • Take time to care for yourself – add years to your life and life to your years
  • Fitness not weight is the key to longevity
  • Be creative – enjoy movement throughout the day

Enjoy Eating Well

  • Take pleasure in eating; think of food as a friend – taste, savor, enjoy, celebrate
  • Normalize eating with a stable, diet-free lifestyle
  • Eat at regular times, typically three meals and one or two snacks to satisfy hunger
  • Listen to your body – tune in to inner signals of hunger and fullness
  • Meet your body’s nutrient and energy needs; enjoy all five food groups – grains, fruits, vegetables, meat and alternates, milk and dairy
  • Enjoy variety; learn to like new foods
  • Tailor your taste toward foods moderate in fat, sugars, salt; however all foods can fit
  • Enjoy home cooking and meals with family and friends

Respect Yourself and Others

  • Celebrate and enjoy your unique self
  • Relax and relieve stress in your life
  • Take time for yourself every day
  • Identify and build on your strengths, talents, special traits and interests
  • Make peace with you genetic blueprint
  • Accept your appearance, size and shape
  • Like yourself and others regardless of what’s not perfect
  • Trust your ability to make choices for better health
  • Make lifestyle changes gradually, one step at a time
  • Use positive language
  • Focus on the big picture of health and well-being

 

Source: This information was developed by Frances M. Berg, MS. For more information visit www.healthyweight.net

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