SMART Goals: Healthy Eating

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SMART GOALS: HEALTHY EATING
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Part B
Question 1: SMART GOAL
In the current context, my SMART goal would be to consume green vegetables on a daily
basis, which would include spinach, cucumber, broccoli, capsicum, and cabbage for next 3
months to restore iron level balance in my body. For Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, I will
consume one bowl of spinach and broccoli soup and one bowl of cucumber salad. For Tuesdays
and Fridays, I will include cabbage and cucumber salads, along with capsicum, spinach and
broccoli curry in my diet, and will consume it with Indian homemade bread:
S: To eat green vegetables such as spinach, cucumber, broccoli, capsicum and cabbage
M: To eat these vegetables on a daily basis
A: To eat green vegetables on specific days such as Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
one bowl of soup of spinach and broccoli as well as cucumber salad. Tuesday and Friday
capsicum, spinach and broccoli curry with chapatti along with cabbage, cucumber salad.
R: The goal is realistic because I am vegetarian, I love freshly prepared home-cooked
and it would help me to balance the iron level of the body rather than using infusion.
T: To eat the green vegetables on the daily basis for the next three months
The reason behind setting this SMART goal is to improve the iron concentration of the
body than consuming infusion for iron balance. Although, infusion enhances the taste buds, solid
vegetables absorb maximum nutrients, and improve iron along with other minerals. Therefore,

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eating green vegetables for three months, following the SMART goal, would help me to improve
iron concentration in my body.
Question 2: Stressors
Stressors are an integral part of the human life that not only contribute to the changes in
the behavior or mood but also contribute to serious health problems such as heart disease, high
blood pressure, diabetes or illness.
From the discussion of the seminar, four stressors that impact on the ability to achieve
my smart goal are the following:
• Craving for junk foods
• Lack of motivation
• Peer pressure
• Lack of resilience
Question 3: Coping strategy to achieve SMART GOAL and reduce the impact of
stressor:
Coping strategy refers to the specific effort on behavior that employs to master, reduce,
tolerate or minimize the stressful events. Two distinguished copings strategies have been used to
reduce the stress factors in order to attain the SMART goal. First one is the problem-solving
strategies that are effort given to reduce to alleviate stressful circumstances. Second one is
emotionally focused coping strategies, where efforts are invested to regulate the emotional
consequences of the stressful event. The strategies are following: