It's that time of year. Did you make a New Year's resolution or have you given up on making a change? Either way when you decide to change something in your life, the focus should not be on your expectant result but the change itself.
For instance if you want to quit smoking, you need to analyze why you smoke, where you smoke, when you smoke, what your mind set is when 'needing' a cigarette. Likewise when losing weight, the focus should not be what you will look like or what the scale will say. Instead, you should be considering your eating patterns, your ability to manage stress, and your activity level.
Make that resolution, others have changed, quit a bad habit, improved themselves. Why not you or me? Why not in 2011?
Studies show that sedentary lifestyle and obesity carry a lot of chronic disease risk. If you aren't interested in living longer, then consider how healthy the rest of your years will be. Do you want to struggle with cancer, coronary heart disease, or diabetes? I am guessing that you don't want that to be apart of your golden years. Then stand up, literally, stand up and do something about it...just do something. Prioritize your desire to change. There is no time to procrastinate. Don't look back on another year of what could have been.
And don't be afraid to fail. It may seem cliche, but failure only occurs when you stop trying. Habit formation and lifestyle change is for the longterm, not a sprint. If you have a bad week or day or even a single choice, you get to choose again..and soon.
Make that next choice a good one! You can do it! We can do it!
For 2011, my goal is to lose 38 pounds and get to about 12% body fat. I'm starting at 222 and about 25% body fat. Now I focus day-by-day on my actions and my plans to adjust my habits. Here we go.
