Shift Your Nutrispective
Overview
What if improving your health didn’t have to be this constant seesaw? Instead, it was a measured approach to build better habits. Welcome to “Shift Your Nutrispective”, a practical way to tackle behavior change.
“Shift Your Nutrispective” is based on the Transtheoretical Model of Change, but makes these steps much easier and more sustainable. It focuses on making small, habitual changes weekly and building better health.
Why Small Shifts Matter
Many attempts at behavior change often include starting huge and getting everything perfect. “Shift Your Nutrispective” ditches this perfectionism and aims for consistency and sustainability.
Research in behavioral economics, public health, and psychology has consistently shown that small changes are more likely to be adopted.
This is because people like to see early change and success. It builds confidence and allows forward momentum.
How “Shift Your Nutrispective” Works
This challenge has six steps to guide you through small behavior changes. It is also meant to be repeated to get closer to building your health habits
Rethink Your Routine
Notice what habits are not working for you right now. Take time to monitor your current behavior status and develop positive ways to change it. Focus on adding small things to your current behaviors instead of removing habits.
Choose Your Shift
Pick one small change and use the SMART goal format to help.
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Time-bound
Plan for obstacles and adjust when needed. For example, if your goal is to go to the gym five days a week and something comes up, aim for three instead.
Make Your Move
Practice your shift daily and focus on effort, not perfection. Track any obstacles or feelings that come up. Life happens, stay flexible, adjust as needed, and keep notes along the way.
Reflect and Reassess
Review your log notes at the end of the week or weeks. Consider the new obstacles you faced and plan around them. If necessary, reassess your behavior shift. Modify it or try another one.
Solidify the Shift
At this point, it's starting to get easy. Check in with yourself and notice how things have changed between before and after. Come up with ways to keep this new habit up.
Build Forward
On top of your new habits, it's time to repeat the process. You're not starting over, you're growing your Nutrispective.
What’s Inside the Planning Guide
If you’re still confused about how this works, don’t worry. The “Shift Your Nutrispective Guide” will help. It outlines all the steps and offers planning exercises, reflection questions, and habit-stacking tools.
Below are two separate formats of the planning guide. The “Planning Guide (Document)” is great for downloading and using as a Google or Microsoft Word Document. The “Planning Guide (PDF)” is best for printing out the planning document.
When you reach the “Build Forwards” step, you can refer to your older steps or download a brand-new document.
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Clear, J. (2018). Atomic habits: An easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones. Avery.
