So, it's that time of year people make new year's resolutions. I am both in support of those who set goals, but also realistic that most people forget what they set a goal for by January 5th. The only harm I see in that, is it sets people up for failure. People often say "I want to lose weight," but never set up a plan to help facilitate that. I am GUILTY of the same. Even though I have been slowly losing weight for about a year and a half now, I still set myself up for failure often. Example: recently I set a goal to lose 20 pounds by January 17th (when the next challenge at my gym starts), but that is all I said... "I want to lose 20 pounds by such and such date...." Guess what? I am nowhere closer to reaching that "goal" than I was the day I said that was my goal. Want to know why? I didn't put any effort into figuring out how I was going to reach this goal. What my honest and true goal should have been should have been "I am only going to have one "cheat" meal a week; and I am going to go to the gym X amount of hours per week." THEN I would see results I want. It's easy when you just say you want to lose weight and set a date to keep saying to yourself, "Oh this cupcake today is fine... I still have five weeks to reach my goal." But before you realize it, you are doing that every day. Eventually you throw that goal out the window, because you realize you have F'd up so much that you can't reach that goal by your set timeframe now. So... just like people and the failed resolutions they make.... my goal is now simply gone as if I never said it. Where as if I had said, "I am only going to have one "cheat" meal a week; and I am going to go to the gym X amount of hours per week...." I could start over any and every time I failed to reach my goal. Also I could celebrate making it one day into my goal... I could celebrate having more good days than bad..... etc.
So my advice (if anyone in the world wants it), would be to set goals that are more concrete. Narrow it down. Don't just say you "want to lose weight..." Don't just say you "wan to get healthy..." Set the goal to something you can measure every day. AND most of all... do NOT forget your goal. If you mess up.... dust yourself off and START that second. Do NOT say "tomorrow....." If you eat one to many brownies.... go do some exercise and feel better immediately. It won't "un-do" the deed you did, BUT it will have you feeling better than saying... "Tomorrow...."
My personal goals for 2015 will be posted soon. I want to talk to my trainer and get some concrete advice on a few things before I write mine in stone....
I know for a fact that 2013 changed my life. 2014 showed me I have got what it takes, and 2015.... well you better just watch out. This girl is NOT playing any longer. I have come to realize a lot about myself recently. The number one thing being I have an addiction. I have a problem... and I need to face it. Addiction to food is as serious if not more so than a drug addiction. The sad part about it, is our country accepts our addictions to food as acceptable.... well it's not.... and I am done. If I have to seek outside help for this problem, 2015 will be the year. So bring it.
Get busy everyone.... set some goals!!!!!!! You don't have to wait until January 1st to start!
And remember... never take yourself too seriously!
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