you are deficient in any of the essential vitamins and minerals or visited the dentist do you eat whats on offer all the time or have you made some decisions about what you want to put into your body daily if you want to look the best you can how many habits have you got in place that will slowly and surely take you either closer to or further way from the health you desire this ties in with the idea of empowering habits the first thing that needs to change is the way you are looking at it and then only you can change your actions hence the question how badly do you want it why do you want it what will having it do for you what do you think having it will change in your life getting clear on your reasons will help you stay on the course changing your eating habits and your exercise routine will help you shed some kilos and become healthier if done right however the most important health decision you can make is to decide to feel good what do you say to yourself most of the time how kind are you to yourself in your self talk and how much time a day do you spend with yourself going in instead of looking outward when you instill habits of going in you will be able to make a bestfriend of yourself and you will know this when you stop asking your mother siblings friends or partners what to do all the time and start making decisions big and small ones yourself because you know what you want and you know what will help you get there drawing writing dancing mindful exercising or sitting by yourself are all ways to go in meditation may be the ultimate goal but you can start where you are decide which areas of your life you want new results in and then make some solid decisions about how you are going to get there when you have predecided based on your goals it will make it easier to make choices when temptations are put in front of you which way to go malti bhojwani is the founder of multi coaching international a life coach an nlp neuro linguistic programming practitioner a workshop leader and an author her first published work is a journal to encourage guided writing thankfulness appreciation gratitude my journal is available in all good book storesread more personal health diet fitness stories on wwwhealthmeupcom