Strategies for Success

What lifestyle changes have you made during this study to reach your wellness goals?

Here were some of the responses to this question in our Week 6 Survey:

  • More exercise. use the upstairs toilet at work so I have to climb stairs.
  • Walk more. Eat more fresh fruit & vegetables. Reduce sugar intake.
  • I walk a lot more, use the stairs at work instead of the lift and I try really hard to manage my food intake.
  • Eating habits have changed, training sessions with friend, more exercise.
  • Diet change to more natural foods -less processed.  Trying to walk more often.
  • Park car further away from destination and walk.
  • Increased my exercise I now go to the gym a minimum of 4 times per week and now watch more of what I am eating too.
  • Upped the exercise, reduced alcohol intake, and now aim for 5 AF days per week. Increased fish consumption and take fish oil I appreciate things more I have taken a more responsible approach to my health and well being
  • Walking daily. I have improved the quality of my nutrition and diet and am trialing new recipes. I am more organised with my menu planning and shopping, although I still have a way to go.
  • Changes in the way I think about sitting for long periods of time and importance of exercise, need to keep moving and awareness of how many steps I walk each day.
  • More exercise, less junk food, smaller food sizes
  • Walking more and definitely more active at home. Reducing sugar intake.  Smaller meals and no going back for 2nds!
  • Walking a LOT more. Using the fit bit to gauge how much I need to move when I get home. This has encouraged my wife to walk more, and by default, our kids have followed.
  • Added Group Fitness to my list of activities.
  • Most changes have related to my mental energy and way i deal with situations in the home – trying to minimise my stress.
  • Increasing my physical activities.
  • Spending more time in the garden on the weekends.
  • Trying to walk more every day choosing to park my car further from work and see it as a positive.
  • I am now a vegetarian and try to walk at least 10,000 steps a day.
  • Walking, eating properly, sleeping a lot better.
  • Maintaining running 2 minutes of positive thinking each day
  • Relaxing prior to bed to try and get more quality sleep. The extra physical activity helps.
  • Drink more water and try to laugh more, and don’t take things too seriously.
  • introduced cycling 2-3 times per week and strength training in the gym .
  • Mindfulness – being aware of my movement, intake & overall wellness. Making a conscious effort to “play” with my brain to strengthen it.
  • Exercise every 2nd day, reduced caffeine to one weak coffee a day, park further from work, more super food for family.
  • More exercise, eating more veggies & fruit (and less sugar, meat, dairy), and getting more sleep by going to bed earlier.
  • Challenging myself to move more & the sense of achievement when I exceeded 10000 steps.
  • Breakfast daily, fish oil daily, exercise everyday.
  • Healthier choices very concussion if how many steps that I do a day as well as how I sleep .
  • Ramped up fruit and vegetables in my diet.
  • I am finding strategies to take the car to where I have to go in the evening, and walk to work from there. I find steps to run up, even if they are out of the way, and take the hillier route home.
  •  Concentrating on my breathing as I have had a few upsets during the program and tried not to be so upset (unsuccessfully!).
  • Portion sizes of food are smaller, tracking what I eat & regular exercise.
  • Exercising more and eating healthier.
  • I now get out of bed earlier and walk for 6 kms. I also do more walking during the day. I am more conscious of what I eat, preferring salads and lots of fruit.
  • Rituals of gratitude.
  • Reading relevant articles/websites to increase motivation, learn more about health/nutrition/recipes, etc.
  • Concentrated more on walking.
  • Exercise more, eat more healthier and eat less.
  • Walking at lunchtimes, real effort made to get 10,000 steps each day.
  • Making my own lunch each day.  Walking at lunchtime/after work.
  • Daily Positive thinking reinforcement.  Visual signs – writing on my mirror
  • Exercising more and trying to make better eating choices. Slowly getting there.
  • A lot more physical exercise, eating a bit better.
  • Park my car further away to walk to work, and try to at least do another walk every day.
  • Getting in my 10,000+ steps.  Adding stair runs where possible and being more aware of what I eat, in terms of quality of food, as well as quantity.
  • My regular yoga practice has deepened and I have started to do a second yoga class each week.
  •  Listening to my body rather and taking care of it rather than setting a strict regime.
  • Awareness. Sleep on time and not spend too much time surfing the net.
  • Lots more exercise. I make sure I walk every day. I drink heaps more water.
  • Being less sedentary. Hadn’t realised just how stationary I am at work.
  • Regular visits to the gym and eating healthy.
  • Have identified photography as a great form of mindfulness for me! Now carry a camera every day while walking dogs – it changes my focus from rumination to observation!
  • Eating more nurtitous food. Doing more vigourous exercise. Mindful eating, eating less.
  • Started a food diary to see what I eat and drink in a day.
  • Increase my daily step goal to 15,000 from 10,000 and increase my daily kilometers to 10km.
  • Limited alcohol consumption.
  • Getting up 15 minutes earlier to have breakfast. Leave a pair of sneakers at work.
  • Regular fitness routine, healthy eating plan.
  • Exercising more!
  • Focus on drinking more water while at work (2 bottles per day).
  • Being mindful of what I eat and try to eat at least 10% less most days.
  • Increased my exercise, decreased my eating.
  • Tried to eat healthy and increased my activity.
  • I am doing much more incidental exercise, parking further away etc.
  • I have changed my regular gym program to focus more on the strength training.
  • I have reduced the amount of sugar in my diet and am eating more fresh fruit and a larger variety of vegetables everyday.
  • I started taking omega 3 supplements and am eat more fish each week.
  • I have committed to a regular meditation practice (something I love but haven’t really done much of in the last 12 months), I’ve also pumped up my gratitude rituals and mindfulness exercises.
  • Walking four times a week – goal to reach the 10 to 15000 steps a day.
  • Push through the low motivation barrier as the enjoyment does come even if poorly motivated.
  • Moving away from my desk more and being more aware of this.