Why BE Healthy?
What’s Your Why?
What’s your “Why” for living healthy?
Determining your true motivation for why you want to be healthy adds feeling and emotion to your goal, making it easier to achieve. Most people are not motivated my numbers on a scale, but they can picture themselves having more energy and feeling confident.
Focusing solely on your weight will leave you always stepping on the scale and analyzing the results with your calculator. How boring, right?
Health is so much more than a number! Here are just a few very important reasons that might make your personal “Why Be Healthy List”.
Which One Below Resonates With YOU?
Increased energy to do what you love!
A sense of balance in your daily life!
Ability to choose what you eat, instead of being controlled by cravings!
Feeling more comfortable in your own skin!
Being an example to your kids and family!
Living a longer life and feeling fulfilled!
The Key to Healthy Living Starts With Your WHY
Counting calories doesn’t work. It’s just another way to fit food into the “numbers game”, but you’ll miss the bigger picture. Food is your fuel, not a mathematical equation. Food nourishes you on a deep level and goes far beyond a point, an ounce, a calorie or a fat gram.
Learning to listen to your body and discover what truly nourishes you is the key to healthy eating. Freeing yourself from the endless cycle of number crunching, willpower and deprivation is the way to truly balanced eating. And once you get there, you’ll never look back. Take it from me, I used to be a calorie counter. Now I know how to choose food in a whole new way that gives me energy and freedom.
When someone wants to lose weight, they soon discover their true motivation was something else – the weight was just a side effect of the real motivation to increase energy, curb late night cravings, learn how to manage stress, or achieve balance in life – just to name a few! When our emotions are out of balance, be it irritability, sadness, anxiety or stress, we may be led to make poor food choices. The fuel you choose can either alleviate your emotional state, calm you, ground you, giving you long lasting energy; or it can aggravate and intensify your emotional state.
Once you understand own personal “Why”, you can use it as motivation to overcome any emotional or physical obstacle that may be trying to keep you from your health goals. Start with determining your own “Why” and let that serve as the foundation to help you reach your goals. It’s so much more fun and meaningful than dieting and counting calories!
What’s YOUR WHY for eating healthy and living healthy?
Live Inspired,
Sonja.
