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Healthy Ways to Celebrate Success! By Julie Lanford MPH, RD, LDN  Phew! Things have been busy for me the last few weeks! I did a cooking workshop (recipes to come in a future post), writing, doing classes and getting ready for 2 talks at the YSC Summit 2018. I’m starting to get caught up and look forward to sharing some fun things that I pulled together. In addition to all of that, I did an interview with Debra Benfield, a dietitian I contract to lead the Mindful Eating Workshop we offer here at Cancer Services. Here’s the recording we did on Facebook Live. Be sure you follow my FB page to catch any future videos! Celebrating Successful Change! In case you missed the last 2 posts, they go along with this one. Is It Possible to Keep New Year’s Resolutions? Resolution Rehab: Turn your New Year’s good intentions into reality! Now that you’ve set some goals for your healthy lifestyle, it’s time to pick out some ways to reward yourself. Rewards should not always be food. Actually, it’s probably a good idea NOT to use food. Many people have been rewarded with food for a majority of their life. Just think about your school classroom. Good behavior is often rewarded with candy. How do you celebrate holidays or birthdays? Cake. It’s all fun and games until you begin to associate the feeling of joy/happiness/job well done with the food itself. The food becomes an emotional attachment and you begin to think that the food can give you that feeling of happiness. Often times, that is the reason that we want to eat when we’re stressed or depressed. We see the food as providing us with that feeling of happiness and love. This is termed “emotional eating”. For more on emotional eating – check out my webinar here Rewarding in a Healthy Way! To redirect the emotional eating habit, you will need to find a way to reward yourself that is healthy. Think of the things that you like that aren’t food related. If your goal is a long term goal, then you might want to make the reward a bigger one. Don’t forget to set those short term (weekly) goals. Reward the small steps with smaller rewards as you work towards the bigger goals. Here are some examples of healthy rewards: Massage or other “spa” related item. Health related magazine (Nutrition Action, Health, Vegetarian Times). Clothing Sports Gear Necklace or other jewelry Movie tickets Fitness video Cookbook iTunes giftcard Box of your favorite tea Smelly soap or bubble bath Long term rewards: Vacation iPod or MP3 player Rewarding yourself is an important way to help you reach your goals. Use an incentive to keep yourself motivated in making a healthy change and reducing your cancer risk. Until next time, stay healthy! –  Julie The post Healthy Ways to Celebrate Success! appeared first on Cancer Dietitian. Recent Articles: Resolution Rehab: Turn your New Year’s good intentions into reality! Is It Possible to Keep New Year’s Resolutions? Vegan Pumpkin Pie – Yes, It’s Delicious! Permission to Overeat on Thanksgiving! Plus 5 Holiday Eating Tips It’s my Blogiversary! Cancer Dietitian is TEN YEARS OLD! Share Tweet Forward Share +1 CancerDietitian.com is brought to you by Cancer Services, Inc., a community-based non-profit organization in Winston-Salem, NC with a mission to "enhance the quality of life for those living with cancer and to provide the gift of life through education.” Julie Lanford MPH, RD, CSO, LDN, is the Wellness Director for Cancer Services. She is a registered dietitian, licensed nutritionist and a board certified specialist in oncology nutrition. Her passion is wellness for cancer prevention and survivorship, and she specializes in making healthy living fun!

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