The Mental Game: Step 1 - I won't do it

'I won't do it'

You're most likely past this stage if you're reading my blog. But someone important to you might be in this phase. The significant other perhaps? Most likely I bet. Your parents? I bet they're quite happy slathering margarine over white bread everyday. I know mine are. But I have no doubt that there is someone in your life that could do with a big shove towards the health train.

The Mental Game Series

Becoming healthy sounds oh so easy doesn't it? Just eat real food, exercise regularly, sleep well, have positive relationships, don't smoke, don't take drugs, don't get hit by a bus etc, etc. You get my drift. So why aren't you healthy? Sure what constitutes 'healthy' is debatable (I mean, seriously what food is really healthy!?) but even when we think we know what we have to do, we have trouble actually doing it. What people don't realise is that it needs to be a lifestyle change and the most successful way to do this is to take graded steps towards the change. And that my friend, is largely mental.