Ahhh... a New Year has come, along with a new set of Resolutions for me to make up. So as I sat there to make up my list to accomplish for the entire year...I suddenly took the paper, crumpled it up, threw it away and told myself that this is totally ridiculous! There was NO way I would be able to complete all those in a year. It all looked so inundating and overwhelming on that sheet of paper that it totally depressed me.
But then the light bulb went off! What if I made them 'goals' instead of 'Resoltuions', and what if I did them in one month snippetts instead of a whole year-at-a-glance! Yeah I know, they make planners so you can plan the whole year out. But I also thought that my Resolutions today, may have to be slightly altered by March, then I'd have to erase the whole rest of the year and write it over. Not only did that sounds like an undesirable chore, but it sounded like a mess! So here's what I decided to do - I just wrote out what I wanted to accomplish for January (with a couple things in February). And I called them Goals for the month!
You see, when people are trying to lose weight, and make up these 'exotic' Resolutions, by mid January they become disheartened that they didn't or can't do ALL of them and then forget the whole thing, throwing the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak. They go back to their old ways, and Resolutions are just a Bah Humbug! So here are a couple of tips to help when making up your 'Resolutions' for the New Year.
1. Make it a goal, instead of a Resolution. First, its much easier to say, making it easier to accomplish!
2. Write your goals out for only one month (two at the most), but make it them short and do-able instead of "50 Ways to Lose Weight in a Month." You'll be overwhelmed and you might wind up forgetting the entire thing.
3. Start a journal, and jot down how you are doing each day: your feelings, emotions, support you received, and how you can do better tomorrow.
4. Get a buddy1 Many times, especially with weight loss, people tend to do much better when they are accountable to someone. Our weight loss support group on Facebook is a great place to join if you don't have a buddy (or even if you do - strength comes in numbers!! Come visit the Healthiest Losers Club!
5. Don't beat yourself up if you don't make your goal for the day or the month! Just take a deep breath, get up, get back on the horse again, and make a decided effort to do it as planned the next day.
Folks tell me Resolutions are made to be broken. So then, why write them at all? Take it a day or a month at a time, and make the decision to just DO IT!! You'll feel so much better about your weight loss journey and yourself in the end!
Ok, time to get my goals in place for the month!
Happy 'Goal' Making!
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