New Years Resolutions and Reaching your Goals
It’s the start of the New Year and many of the new year resolutions are to lose weight, have more energy, and become healthier. So I hope and pray that I can help guide you on the do’s and don’ts.
The first tip I want to give you, which I think is the most important tip is to make a commitment to yourself. If it’s to lose weight, become healthier, run a race….whatever, the only way you are going to make it happen is if it is a priority in your life. So make a commitment to yourself.
To make that commitment more tangible, write it down. Write it down on a piece of paper and place it somewhere you can read it everyday. This helps remind you and gets your subconscious mind to start helping you out.
After you’ve written it out and looked at it everyday, you have to figure out a plan and set a date for when you will reach your goal. How are you going to make it happen? What steps are you going to have to take? How long will it take?
Write down the big picture and than break it down into smaller pieces. For example if you goals is to lose 30 pounds – you need to set a date. I PLAN ON LOSING 30 POUNDS IN FIVE MONTHS. Now, you can set smaller goals such as, I WILL LOSE 6 POUNDS A MONTH. Next you need to write down how you are going to accomplish that.
I’ll reach my goal by….exercising 3-5 times a week. I will eat 3 meals a day. I will not skip meals. I will get the advice of a qualified health professional. I will follow The Five and Two dieting plan. I won’t buy or keep bad or fattening foods in the house. I will educate myself on nutrition and fitness. I will look to find an accountability partner. I will only eat dessert and junk foods on the weekend…NOT at every meal.
These are simple things you can write down to encourage your walk. If you take a moment and plan out your future or goals, you can more easily see what steps you need to be taking in order to reach your goals. I’ve always like the saying, “plan the work and work the plan.”
Keep in mind when we talk about goals, I am more concerned about the “growth” we evolve through as we strive for our goals. We all need goals, but it is that growth process. I’ve always heard it’s the journey – not the destination that made it all worthwhile.
Finally, see yourself as that healthier, thinner more active person. See yourself, visualize yourself as that person you strive to be. Close your eyes and see yourself (visualize) buying new clothes (smaller size), stepping on the scale and it reading what you want it to read, see yourself rewarding yourself. Feel the smile it will bring to your face as you reach that goal. It can be more than losing weight, it can be running a race, being able to walk or dance, whatever it is you want to achieve. Visualization is a powerful tool that helps bring that subconscious mind of ours to start working in our favor. If you haven’t tried it before…I would encourage you to. It’s simple, all you do is lie or sit down and close your eyes and visualize yourself in whatever situation you want….literally it is daydreaming as an adult. It can take as little as ten seconds or as long as a few minutes visualizing your accomplishments.
These simple little tips can be applied to any goal, not just your health related goals. But if your goals are health related I encourage you to listen to our radio show. This will help inform and educate you. Follow many of the tips and suggestions we recommend. Everything we talk about has been tried and proven. It’s the beginning of the year….let’s NOT let another year pass us by wondering why we didn’t get this or that to happen in our life.
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Several years ago, I joined a few other colleagues in a weight loss effort. We followed a diet plan and attended meetings. The diet was healthy and included a variety of foods. Over the course of about 8 months, I lost 35 pounds and was delighted with my success and felt that I had accomplished my goals in a sensible and healthy way which I could recommend to others.
As I was working on maintaining my weight, I began to experience terrible diarreha and bloating and fatigue. I couldn't understand what the problem was. Someone suggested food sensitivities so I had that checked and tested positive for allergy to at least 60 foods-all healthy foods that I had included in my diet. I began eating only the foods that the tests proved "safe". While my weight was under control, I had to add a multi vitamin to ensure that I was getting enough nutrition. I became more and more fatigued and was quite stressed and ended up having to leave my work. The doctor concluded that I was suffering from exhaustion. I slept most of the time for about 5 months, but really didn't feel very rested.
I kept after my weight and health and have figured out that all the healthy food that I was eating contained many additives, including forms hidden forms of MSG.
I am now following a diet of organic and additive-free foods and am not experiencing any allergic reactions to foods that I am eating and am feeling much better as I am not afraid to vary my diet again.
I cannot stress enough how important it is to eat the organic foods without additives of any kind. I firmly believe that all the ill effects I experienced were due to the additives and pesticide grown foods that I was consuming.
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