How to motivate your loved ones to be healthy

Living a healthy lifestyle is one of the best things that you can do to yourself and your family. As is the case with most of the good habits that one must cultivate, maintaining a healthy lifestyle takes effort and discipline. In such a case it always helps if people around you are also striving to develop a healthy lifestyle. However most of us are lazy and do not want to put an effort. If your significant other or a loved one is not striving to live a healthy lifestyle then your odds of sustaining this good habit also go down. Therefore it is important that you try to encourage them to also lead a healthy lifestyle, as it is not just good for them but also for you. However being direct and criticizing their current lifestyle can be detrimental and might make them defensive. So what is the best approach for you to encourage them to live healthy? In this article we will provide you with a strategy that you can use.

Step 1: Before you try to encourage anyone else you have to make a commitment to your goal live healthy. You have to be totally committed to get in shape, whether others support it or not. If you are not committed to living healthy, you have no right to influence others and it will be hypocrisy on your part to ask others to live healthy. They will see your actions and … How to motivate your loved ones to be healthy