{"id":10823,"date":"2014-09-07T03:30:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T02:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennygolightly.com\/\/?p=10823"},"modified":"2014-09-06T23:07:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T22:07:29","slug":"jump-start-self-care-september-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennygolightly.com\/jump-start-self-care-september-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jump Start: Self Care September: Day 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the last day of Food & Drink Week for this Jump Start month, and today we’re looking at a different way to help ourselves eat more healthily. Sometimes it isn’t all about what<\/em> we eat and drink – it’s about how easy we make it for ourselves<\/em> to eat in the way that we want to.<\/p>\n

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That’s why today’s activity is to think about the ergonomics of food and drink in our lives<\/strong><\/em>, and make one simple change during the day to make things physically more convenient for ourselves.<\/p>\n

You’ve probably heard about ergonomics before when people talk about product design, but ergonomics also includes putting things in places that are easiest for people to interact with them.<\/p>\n

For example, I recently decided that I want to eat more dried fruits at snack time, but I found myself reaching for the chocolate again and again, even when I wasn’t in the mood for chocolate<\/em>. What made the difference for me was rearranging my store cupboard so that the dried fruit was at the front of the eye-level shelf, instead of being kept right at the back of the lowest shelf. When it was quicker and easier to eat the healthier snack, I reached for the fruit far more often.<\/p>\n

Yes, it really was something that simple that made all the difference.<\/p>\n

So, what could you try for today? Maybe pick one of the following:<\/p>\n