If you read this blog, you know that I believe small changes can lead to big results. I am also just a wee bit obsessed with changing habits. I picked up a copy of One Simple Change: Surprisingly Easy Ways to Transform Your Life by Winnie Abramson, ND after reading about it in a magazine or on Bookperk (well I added it to my Kindle). The book offers a super straightforward approach for improving your health and well being one small step at a time. Abramson, the blogger behind Healthy Green Kitchen, offers 50 “simple changes” and proposes that you adopt one per week for a year (with two free weeks for when life gets in the way). Like any habits, these simple changes take a bit of getting used to and then become second nature.
Each simple change is one brief chapter. It starts with “why and how you should make the change.” Each change is pretty much common sense (the author says this herself). These changes are “lifestyle adjustments” not major diets or exercise programs. The chapters include an overview, links to the research/science, quick tips, a great recap and when applicable recipes or instructions. So easy!
I like her reminder at the close of the introduction:
“All you have to do to get started with One Simple Change is to commit to changing one thing. See how it goes, then change another. Remember it’s your body and you are in charge; also remember that nothing in this book is do or die. If you fail at something today, you can still succeed tomorrow. Every time you get up in the morning, you have a new day in front of you, and each day is a new opportunity for change.”
I am going to see how many of these changes I can make in 2015. I am starting a bit late, but I already do many of these things already. I have kicked #1 Stop Dieting and #2 Eat Real Food. These are two great habits that I have been working on over the last few years. I am going to start with #3 Drink Water First Thing starting today and then next week a more challenging one for me #4 Get A Good Night’s Sleep.
Interested in this book? You can download or buy it HERE. Please note: I have no affiliation with this author or this publisher. I stumbled upon the book and liked the simple and logical approach and the idea of “lifestyle adjustments.” I am going to try it for my own self improvement. I do follow her on Twitter and you can, too.
I will keep you posted on this “challenge.” Anyone want to join me? If so, you can start with “Stop Dieting,” “Eat Real Food,” or with me at “Drink Water First Thing”
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