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I am still continuing to work on creating healthier lifestyle habits for myself and have made several posts about each of the areas of health. One thing that has helped was to create goals for myself.  I have set a goal to lose a certain amount of weight by a certain date.  I have also set goals in the other areas of health as well such as reading my scriptures, spending more time with my family, and trying to get to bed earlier. Mayo Clinic has created Ten Tips for Success for Weightloss, I think the tips can apply to goals in other areas of health as well.

Another thing we should not forget to do is reward ourselves for a job well done.  If you took time to go for a walk to burn off some calories, reward yourself!  If you were able to meditate or ponder for a few minutes today to improve your spiritual health, reward yourself!  If you took time to strengthen a relationship to improve your social health, reward yourself!  If you made a goal of getting to bed earlier so you would be more alert and happy to improve your mental help, reward yourself!  All the health benefits you experience from changing your habits will be rewards in themselves but why not give extra incentive to help motivate. Rewarding yourself is especially important the first month as rewarding those first steps helps the new habit to be ingrained into your way of life. Make sure the reward does not go against the goal you are trying to accomplish!