WB - Living Well Today
Start where you are today
Getting Started
Step 3 - You can't figure out the route to take until you know what your starting point is .....
Making changes - or deciding if we want to make changes because we want to feel better, do better at work, be better husbands/fathers/wives/mothers - doesn't happen because we wish for it. It doesn't happen because we want it or make a New Year's Resolution. It happens when we own it and work it.
Step 3: Which one of these best fits where you're at today
There's nothing wrong, nothing to work on
Do any of these sound familiar?
- "I'm only here because my family thinks I have a problem."
"I don't want anyone butting into my affairs - my life!"
"It isn't causing me any problems."
- “I have this under control. I don’t need any help.”
- "I don’t see a problem with my mood. My doctor is concerned – thinks I need to get treatment. This is how I've been all my life.”
Why should I do anything for it?
Things could be better - maybe?
Sound familiar?
- “I’m not sure that changing my eating will make that much difference with my mood and relationships with my family.”
- “I know my daughter is concerned about my health, that I’m going to have a heart attack or something but I’m not sure I can find a way to get to a doctor with my work - and do all those things I hear you're supposed to do like eating better and exercise - just because she’s worried. She always worries.”
- “I can see how getting my stress under better control might help me not miss so much time at work but I really can’t see myself making a lot of changes.
- “I could see a doctor about medications but I'm not going to see a counselor or get therapy.”
So - you're thinking about it from different sides. Weighing the pros and cons - maybe it might help somethings in your life but not others. Maybe the plus side isn't big enough to cancel out your concerns.
I get it - I'm working on a plan to get started.
Starting to make changes? Set a date - in 2 weeks or after the wedding next month?
Figuring out what might help and what might get in the way - anticipating barriers and planning for how to get around/over them?
- “I think it would help if I saw my primary care doctor more often to check my medications, blood sugar and blood pressure but my schedule doesn't fit his. Do you have any suggestions?”
- “Now that I’ve decided to do something about my diabetes, I’m not sure where to start”
- “I want to take my medications but I can’t take my medications the way the doctor has written the prescriptions. I don’t know how to talk with my team to get a plan that works for me with my schedule.”
- “I’d be willing to be more active but I can’t afford a gym membership and I hate exercise bikes. Do you have information about other activities I could do while I'm on the road? How I can fit it into my driving schedule?”
I'm making changes - need more tips
Starting to make changes? Set a date - in 2 weeks or after the wedding next month?
Figuring out what might help and what might get in the way - anticipating barriers and planning for how to get around/over them?
- “I think it would help if I saw my primary care doctor more often to check my medications, blood sugar and blood pressure but my schedule doesn't fit his. Do you have any suggestions?”
- “Now that I’ve decided to do something about my diabetes, I’m not sure where to start”
- “I want to take my medications but I can’t take my medications the way the doctor has written the prescriptions. I don’t know how to talk with my team to get a plan that works for me with my schedule.”
- “I’d be willing to be more active but I can’t afford a gym membership and I hate exercise bikes. Do you have information about other activities I could do while I'm on the road? How I can fit it into my driving schedule?”
I've made my goals - need to maintain
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- “I think it would help if I saw my primary care doctor more often to check my medications, blood sugar and blood pressure but my schedule doesn't fit his. Do you have any suggestions?”
- “Now that I’ve decided to do something about my diabetes, I’m not sure where to start”
- “I want to take my medications but I can’t take my medications the way the doctor has written the prescriptions. I don’t know how to talk with my team to get a plan that works for me with my schedule.”
- “I’d be willing to be more active but I can’t afford a gym membership and I hate exercise bikes. Do you have information about other activities I could do while I'm on the road? How I can fit it into my driving schedule?”
Got sidetracked
Starting to make changes? Set a date - in 2 weeks or after the wedding next month?
Figuring out what might help and what might get in the way - anticipating barriers and planning for how to get around/over them?
- “I think it would help if I saw my primary care doctor more often to check my medications, blood sugar and blood pressure but my schedule doesn't fit his. Do you have any suggestions?”
- “Now that I’ve decided to do something about my diabetes, I’m not sure where to start”
- “I want to take my medications but I can’t take my medications the way the doctor has written the prescriptions. I don’t know how to talk with my team to get a plan that works for me with my schedule.”
- “I’d be willing to be more active but I can’t afford a gym membership and I hate exercise bikes. Do you have information about other activities I could do while I'm on the road? How I can fit it into my driving schedule?”