

Are you Winning? Evaluation part 1 of 3
Evaluation is the process used to study how these efforts have enabled you to achieve the desired goal. To evaluate we must measure.


Asking family for help: Pitfalls
They could be jealous at their loved one’s success or fed up with what they regard as another yo-yo diet fad which disrupts their life.


Asking family for help: Gameplan
From the starting point of great love can come a tyrannical menu plan with greater pressure than you had planned for.


Asking other people for help: Pitfalls
Writer Robert Brault defines an optimist as "someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disas


Asking other people for help: Gameplan
While it’s possible you may find they're fascinated by this process of change, it’s more likely that their eyes will glaze over once you


Habit Loops: making change automatic
Cue, action and reward means when you see X, you do Y and you get Z. You respond to the cue and your habit formation does the rest.


Can other people help me change? Week four of four: control and support.
Your aim is to reach the long term maintenance phase of habit change with little or no fear of relapse. The race will be won by the tortoise


Can other people help me change? Week three of four: competition and support.
The benefits of competitive encouragement in exercise were measured in a trial in 2014 at The University of Pennsylvania by Centola and Jing


Can other people help me change? Week two of four: company and support.
When choosing a diet or exercise buddy, don’t just ask your overweight mate to help on the basis that they could benefit from losing a few l


Can other people help me change? Week one of four: gratitude and support.
If you struggle to ask for help, take a moment to think about times in the past when you have been asked to rally round.
























