Yesterday I discussed ways to rethink your New Year’s Resolutions. Resolutions rarely result in success. If you are successful at making resolutions then by all means continue to work your method. Yet, for a vast majority of dieters and those seeking better health resolutions are nothing but broken promises to yourself. Here are few more tips:
Resolve to Reward Yourself
If you have decided to lose weight then you are embarking on a difficult journey. Weight loss is not easy task. It takes a change of mindset, willpower, and work. Instead of concentrating on the big picture make your goal to get through the week. Long term goals are best supported by short term goals and rewards. If you make it through one week of eating properly and working out then reward yourself. Reward yourself with a new pair of earrings, new jeans, or time to yourself for a hot relaxing bath. Do not reward yourself with food.
Resolve to Make a Healthy Choice (and then make another one)
Every day make a healthy choice. Decide to walk after dinner, drink water instead of juice or diet soda, eat an extra serving of veggies and leave the starch off your plate, or say no to a cookie. Each healthy choice will encourage you to make another one. Be mindful of making those choices and challenge yourself to see how many you can make in one day.
Resolve to Not Make a Resolution
Begin again. Renew. Do not resolve. A resolution sadly implies failing. Most resolutions are made in haste or without planning or real thought. This year put your health and your family’s health first because you love them not because you want to fit into a little black dress or you made a resolution in haste. Your children look to you for strength and example. Let them see a woman who lives by conviction and relies on prayer and wise counsel to make the best decisions for her and her family.