Healthy Eating: Overcoming Barriers to Change What is an
Actionset? Replacing a bad habit with a good habit takes time
and patience. It requires several steps, from setting your goals
to getting support. One of the important steps is figuring out
what your barriers are. What has stopped you from changing your
eating habits in the past? What do you think might stop you in
the future? Identifying these barriers now—and having a plan to
help you get past them—will help you change bad habits into good
habits. Return to topic: A barrier is anything that causes you
to slip up in your goals to make lifestyle changes, such as
changing your eating habits. Even when you know about the
benefits of healthy eating, you may find it very hard to change
your eating habits until you deal with the reasons you give
yourself for not eating healthy. Barriers to healthy eating
include the valid reasons why you don't make healthy food
choices (for example, food allergies) as well as the excuses you
make to avoid doing something you