Be Your Best This Season: Setting and Achieving Fall Health Goals
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Natalie Stein
CDC Lifestyle Coach, Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, and expert in nutrition, public health, and healthy lifestyle choices
In this article:
- The change from summer to fall is an opportunity to set and achieve new goals as weather cools and daily schedules shift back to normal.
- If you set new goals and take steps towards achieving them now, you can build habits that can last through the holiday season - which is around the corner!
- Seasonal opportunities now include fall produce for nutritious meals and snacks, moderate weather and beautiful scenery to motivate movement, and cooler nights for easier sleep.
- Every healthy choice you make can get you closer to your goals, whether losing weight, lowering blood sugar or blood pressure, having more energy, or feeling happier.
- Lark can support you 24/7 as you make healthy choices to lose weight and manage blood sugar, blood pressure, or other conditions with or without GLP-1s.
A change in seasons can bring a change in energy and new opportunities for health and weight loss goals. Summer may have included BBQs, skipped workouts in hot weather, and disrupted routines with travel or or time off from work or school, but the start of autumn can be time to get back on track if you’ve strayed.
As you shift to your fall schedule, it’s a good time to include healthy behaviors throughout each day. Let your daily structure support you as you establish routines that are easy to follow and can take you through the holiday season - which will be here before you know it.
Whether you’ve kept up with your healthy intentions over the summer months, or your health and weight loss goals fell to the wayside for a while, it’s always a good time to look at your goals and set new ones as needed. And good news: small steps that seem easy can be the most effective and lasting ones!
Setting Fall Health Goals: Why Now?
The period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving can be a window of opportunity for focusing on health. For many people, it’s a time when they follow their “regular routine” more consistently than other times of the year. There aren’t many national holidays and there’s no interruption from summer vacation or Spring Break. This season may be busy, but the structure is often stable, making it the perfect time to sneak in healthy changes - and get used to them so they become habits.
Getting these simple habits down now can give you a head start. The winter holiday season can bring busy days and tasty treats in a couple of months, but you can already have a great routine in place. By using the steady rhythm of fall to add healthy choices, you can feel your best today and keep up the good habits even when challenges happen.
When you build easy, everyday habits now, you make yourself stronger for the future. An extra holiday treat or a missed workout won’t ruin your progress because your healthy routine is already a normal part of your day. It is like giving a gift to your future self—a winter that is much healthier and a lot less stressful!
How to Optimize Your Health by Using the Best Autumn Has to Offer
Every season has ups and downs, but fall has a lot to offer when it comes to health. In addition to consistent schedules, fall offers additional opportunities.
Consider these important aspects of health and how you can take advantage in fall.
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