#HealthyHabits Challenge Week 1: Track Your Progress Every Day.

Each week, we are sending all of our #HealthyHabits Challenge participants an email with a new weekly challenge. (None are impossible, we promise!) You’ll get an extra 10 points for completing our weekly challenges! If you have not joined the challenge, go ahead and sign up!

Our week 1 challenge to you is simple: just get into the habit of tracking your progress everyday using our #HealthyHabits tracker! You can download it from our website, or you can pick up a printed copy at the front desk.

Have you ever had a habit that you just can’t shake? Or had a habit that you want to instill in your life, but it never catches on? One great way to be mindful of the habits you keep is journaling. The health and wellness realm is made up of exercise, nutrition, sleep, water intake, and relaxation/mediation time. Tracking each of these categories will aid in creating healthy habits, as well as getting rid of unhealthy ones. That’s why we created our #HealthyHabits challenge and tracker! 

Get into the habit of writing down your daily habits using our tracker. Even if you didn’t hit your goals, it’s motivating to get into the practice of journaling.  

A habit journal is a way to visualize your goals, whether they be daily or weekly. Having a list of tasks each day to complete serves as both a visual aid and motivation. Habits take roughly 90 days to form, so it is important to remember that you won’t be perfect! When life feels chaotic, logging any habit can give you a sense of control. 

Before altering your habits, it is important to understand why you have the routine you do. The CDC says that reflecting is one important way to keep your eating and exercise habits consistent.

“The benefits of regular exercise are proven. It can do wonders for your overall health,” said Dr. James Turek, a family medicine physician at Tidelands Health. 

In order to create healthy habits, journaling is known to help!