2. Changing habits to achieve Optimal Health
Changing Bad Habits for Good Why is it so hard to make changes? The intentions are there, but the idea of giving something up or starting something new seems daunting and basically takes just too much effort. We really want to improve ourselves or stop bad habits ruining our way forward, but this seems to remove us from our comfort zone......and we believe we can be happier staying put! You will be pleased to know that this in fact natural human behaviour towards change. Even the most dedicated and focused athletes have to contemplate and plan for any changes made to their current programmes or regimes. There are five stages to successful behavioural change that we all have to go through before we can state we have achieved a complete habit change. Pre-contemplation This stage is where there is no intention of change. We are unaware of any issues or problems that we need to deal with or change. Possibly, at this point we are in a state of denial Contemplation This is the stage where we