I hope the holidays treated you well, and you are nợw ready to “turn the page to a new year and a new and healthier you..” To help you get started, in addition to the 5 Tips below, I am also offering you a complimentary copy of my special report, “An Annual Check-up for a Healthy Style,” with coupons for discounted services and products.” Just email me and I will gladly send it to you and/or a friend. Please let me know how I can help you meet your goals for a healthier and happier you.

5 Tips to Achieve Permanent Success in Your New Year’s Resolution for Improved Health

Although this is the time of year for reflection, it is also a time that we often look ahead and set new goals (resolutions) for ourselves. If you weren’t successful at achieving everything you wanted this past year, cheer up---it’s a new beginning!

Perhaps you only lost 20 pounds instead of the 40 pounds you wanted to losẹ this year. If so, you still have good reason to celebrate. If you lowered your cholesterol by only a few points, you’re still better off than you were last year. So, chin up, smile and be proud of yourself. The great thing about life is that it keeps presenting us with one oppợrtunity after another to improve ourselves. Below are just a few ideas that you might want to consider as you resolve to improve your health:

• Be Positive—Attitude is EVERYTHING. Make your resolutions positive, not negative. Instead of thinking in terms of what you want to eliminate, instead think about what you want to include. HealthSteps Rx can offer you lots of suggestions on what to include in your diet to make this easier for you.

• Write down your resolutions and be specific. A well-thought-out resolution (or goal) becomes a commitment. If you need assistance in making your goals SMART (and therefore, achievable) goals, contact me.

• Nẹver beat yourself up for a lapse in your plan. Remember, making changes is nẹver easy. A lapse is simply a mistake that can be viewed as a stepping stone toward your long-term goal. The most important step is recovering from the lapse and nẹver viewing it as a character flaw that cannot be corrected. Perhaps it is the plan that is flawed—not you! Be sure and consult with a registered dietitian to help you formulate the best plan for you.

• Realize that almost anything in life of value requires time and a great deal of effort to accomplish. However, the more you practice your new healthy lifestyle, the more normal it will begin to feel and become part of you.

• Always begin with the end in mind. See yourself as a person who prefers to eat healthy, appropriate amounts of food. See yourself as a person who loves to exercise and who views taking extra steps as an oppợrtunity to improve health. Visualize yourself as a person who makes healthy choices while eating out, not because you have to do it, but because you prefer to. You can do it!

For more tips and guidance, remember to request, “An Annual Check-up for a Healthy Style!” Thanks for your continued support of “The STEP-POWER™ Weigh.”

Healthy New Year!

Cheryl

P.S. Don’t forget about HealthSteps Rx new collaboration with Dr. Kushner and The Personality Type Diet which promises significant financial and health rewards for you and your family.

The Step-Power™ Weigh is brought to you monthly by HealthSteps Rx, with valuable nutrition and health information. In addition, quarterly mailings will provide you with:

• a meal plan that is realistic & health promoting
• recipes that are easy prep & delicious to go with the meal plan
• food product information to ease supermarket decisions
• health tips to ease your busy life
• guidance & resources to help manage diabetes
• health news that is formatted to be easily understood & applied to your daily life

PLUS, if you would like to see your “modified for health” recipes in the comprehensive quarterly edition of The Step-Power™ Weigh, remember to ask your friends and family to sign-up to receive this complimentary e-newsletter, then send me their names. When two people sign-up that you have referred, you are eligible to be placed in a drawing to have your recipe modified. You can choose to be anonymous, or provide your name. In addition to being published, you will be sent a professional nutrient analysis of the recipe to add to your family recipe book. Start passing down your delicious and healthy recipes to the next generations.

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HealthSteps Rx is owned by Cheryl Winter, a registered nurse and a registered dietitian with a master of science degree in nutrition, and certification and training as a health/fitness instructor.

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Here’s to Your Health!

Cheryl Winter, M.S., R.D., R.N.
HealthSteps Rx
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