12 Steps to Better Health

Have you promised yourself some healthy changes for the New Year, but do not know where to start?  Often we find that once we set goals, we are not sure what to do next.

We reach nutrition goals by practicing several steps, or skills.  Think about a hobby that you enjoy.  Maybe you golf, or sew, or play an instrument.  Now think about the different skills you had to learn to do that hobby.  Take golf, for example.  It seems simple. You swing the club.  You hit the ball.  You get it into the hole.  We get the general idea, but few of us can play golf like Tiger Woods.

We learn the skills needed to do a hobby one, or two, at a time.  If you golf, you first learned how to hold the club, how to swing the club, how to hit the ball, etc.

Healthy eating is just the same.  You get the basic idea. You choose variety.  You cook healthfully.  You watch portions.  Now you can learn and practice some skills to help you do these things well and keep you out of the sand traps and the water hazards.

The 12 Steps to Better Health program gives you one skill to focus on per month.  If you practice one skill for 30 days, it will become a habit.  Each monthly step will help you make a healthy habit change in your life.  We will also add a weekly recipe or tip to match the month’s step.

So pick a skill and practice it every day for the month.  Check in weekly for new tips and recipes.  Before you know it you will have formed a new healthy habit with little effort!

 Eat Well, Live Well, Be Well!

  Current Month’s Nutrition Tip(61kb; pdf)

Recipe of the Week(25kb; pdf)

Step of the Month
Jan 2008(118kb; pdf)	Feb 2008(118kb; pdf)
Mar 2008(45kb; pdf)	Apr 2008(298kb; pdf)
May 2008(61kb; pdf)	Jun 2008(641kb; pdf)
Jul 2008(61kb; pdf)	Aug 2008
Sep 2008	Oct 2008
Nov 2008	Dec 2008