Boost you Cravings Master score
Your Cravings Master Score is a self-assessment of how much clarity and control you have relative to your health habits. I created this score to help you identify where you can improve your mastery and get the health and wellness results you want.
Once you calculate your score, the next step is to create a plan to boost it.
If your score was lower than expected, don’t get discouraged. Improving your mastery isn’t as hard as you might think—challenging but very rewarding and definitely within your reach as long as you apply a little persistence.
So let’s find out how to give your score the biggest boost.
There are 7 steps. The first 2 steps are about awareness, which you’ve already done so you’re well on your way!
- Learn what it means to be a Cravings Master. (DONE)
- Calculate your Cravings Master Score to figure out your level of mastery. (DONE)
- Acknowledge your high numbers and the level of mastery you’ve already achieved.
- Note which score has the most room for growth, your Clarity or Control Score.
- Select 2 or 3 statements with the lowest ratings and pick the one that would be the easiest or most interesting for you to work on.
- Brainstorm specific ideas to improve in this area.
- Pick your favorite idea and feel great about the next step on your path to cravings mastery.
Finding you Cravings Master score doesn’t just help you measure your progress. It also helps you see exactly what you need to do to make progress. You can see what you need to work on specifically to get the results you want.
But first, let’s acknowledge what you’ve already achieved.
Maybe you’re very interested in nutrition and have read a lot about it, so you gave yourself a 10 for #3. Even if you aren’t always good at doing what you’ve learned is good for you, at least you’re aware, and awareness is half the battle, so well done! All you need to do now is maintain your love of nutrition and learn some strategies for following through with what you know about it.
As you review your score, think self-confidence, not self-criticism. A low score does NOT make you inadequate. Your score is meant to help you see what you need to do to get the results you want. It’s a guide, not a punisher. Criticism for what you haven’t been able to accomplish will likely only put out the light of your enthusiasm. While confidence in what you’ve already accomplished may give you fuel to keep growing.
Now we can look at what you want to work on in order to keep growing.
First, note where you’re stronger: clarity or control. Do you need to work on learning more about nutrition, weight management and how to listen to your body? Or do you need to work on learning more about how to control your cravings and impulses and stick to healthy habits? Knowing where you are will allow you to focus your work, get the most out of this method and achieve results that make you happy.
Then, choose 2 or 3 statements you gave your lowest rating to. Of those, choose the one you’d like to work on.
Don’t choose the one that seems the most difficult and overwhelming, but the one that sounds interesting and manageable, and feels like the right thing to do next. Maybe one statement in particular stands out to you as something you’d like to focus on.
Maybe you rated yourself low for #23, and the idea of being motivated by love struck you. You realized that you don’t eat healthy because you love it but because you think you have to do it, which is why you can’t stick to healthy eating long term. So you decide to work on learning to enjoy healthy food and then letting that love motivate you instead of always relying on willpower.
Or maybe the idea of developing your intuition sounds really cool to you, so this is the direction you want to develop.
A lot of times, when you work on one, the others go up too! If you work on loving food more, you might find that your overall ability to control yourself goes up. If you work on your intuition, you might find that you overall sense of clarity goes up.
So don’t worry about having to figure it all out right now. Make progress one step at a time, going the way of least resistance. If one feels daunting, then skip it.
Once you have your focus, think of all the ways you could increase your number. For example, think of all the ways you could enjoy healthy eating. Then pick one idea you feel good about and go with it, given that you check with your doctor before making any significant change to your diet or exercise routine.
After you’ve worked on this one, recalculate your score to see where you want to work next.
Since this is a self-assessment, your scores may be slightly higher or lower than you think. Maybe your level of self-control is higher than you think! To get a more accurate score, ask feedback from someone who knows you well.
Or setup a free session with me. I’m here to help you see the areas of improvement that would help you the most and show you how to improve them so you can get better results.
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