Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's Midweek segment Ask a Nutritionist.

I'm Teresa Legner, registered and licensed dietitian, and today we will be discussing

a favorite topic of mine, Habit Stacking.

How many times have you heard or even said?

I know what to do. I just can't get myself to do it.

I hear it all the time from clients, from friends, from family.

We all know the basics. Move our bodies regularly,

eat plenty of veggies and proteins, manage stress, stay hydrated, and get a solid eight hours

of sleep a night. But let's be real. Knowing isn't the problem. Turning that knowledge into daily habits is what feels overwhelming.

We think we need to overhaul everything at once to see progress.

But so often those changes, they just don't stick, and we end up back at square one.

What if, instead, we focused on the smallest

changes the ones we could actually do consistently. Imagine starting with one push-up two to

three times a day. Over time that simple action could evolve into strength and confidence that

you didn't have before.

Or picture adding just 10 grams of fiber to your breakfast every day.

By the end of the year, that's 3,650 grams of fiber nourishing your body, supporting your digestion and your microbiome, and this happened without a total diet overhaul.

Small, steady changes can lead to big, lasting results. And for many of us, that's a whole lot

easier to commit to. That's where the idea of habit stacking comes in, and that's what we're diving into today.

Never heard of habit stacking?

Well, today I'm going to talk about why I love it and why we love it.

And when I say why we love it, I mean the dietitians and nutritionists and even some of our support staff at nutritional weight and wellness, they're going to chime in with some of their favorite habit stacks.

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