News Year Resolutions
New Year's Resolutions. As a child we always made them, and promptly broke them. As a young adult, occasionally I made them, and stuck with them for a month or two before going along the by-way.
The last several years I didn't bother. For the most part, I'm happy with my life so have not felt the need to make any drastic changes.
Until now.
As you know, I've struggled with losing weight- as have many of you. I've tried one gimmick after another. Sound diets, such as Weight Watchers, May Clinic, Jenny Craig and not so sound ones like Medi-fast, Commit to be fit and many others.
What was lacking is the will power to stay with it.
I've thought about it and decided what has been lacking is a plan. A written formulation of what I am exactly going to do and plan for it. Each. And. Every. Day.
I'm going back to the Mayo Clinic Diet and will be starting over again on January 1. But in addition to the resolve of sticking with the plan, I've changed the name to the Mayo Clinic Lifestyle.
I've gone through my cupboards and fridge and got rid of the snacks and 'bad' things. I've stocked my wares with fresh fruits and veggies. I've used up the red meats and stocked up on chicken, pork and fish. I've resurrected my Weight Watchers Meals in Minutes, Low-fat Cooking and low Glycemic cookbooks and relegated the others to the back burners.
In addition I've joined Planet Fitness.
Now joining a gym or the local Y is great- but you have to actually USE them to be effective. So how do I go about actually going?
First, I will start saying I want to go to the gym, or I need to go to the gym rather than I should go. Next I bought a planner for the next year.
We make appointments for everything. Doctors, dentists, hair dresser and more. So why not make appointments to work out? Actually schedule my time? So, I have my planner with my dates schedule.
I've read that many people fail in life style changes because they do too much at once and set themselves up to fail. While I do see some truth to that, I found that I was failing because it was too easy for me to skip it 'just this once'. So, this time, I'm going all in. All changes at once. No phasing in for me this time round.
I've also set some goals. Over all, I have almost 100 pounds to loose. That seems soooooooo much. But I can DO it if I chunk it down. 10 pounds a month is fairly doable. That is about 2.25 pounds a week.
Other motivators- I need to drop the weight for a number of health reasons. BUT the real reason I want to drop it? I'm going back to Ireland in September (9 months so 90 pounds for the trip is the goal) I plan on doing some riding and most places have a weight limit. That was what has forced me to take a hard look at myself and where I want to go.
I have a planner. I've put my appointments in for the next 6 months of my planned activity. I've developed a weekly meal planner to keep myself on track with my meals.
Bring it, 2018. I'm ready!
The last several years I didn't bother. For the most part, I'm happy with my life so have not felt the need to make any drastic changes.
Until now.
As you know, I've struggled with losing weight- as have many of you. I've tried one gimmick after another. Sound diets, such as Weight Watchers, May Clinic, Jenny Craig and not so sound ones like Medi-fast, Commit to be fit and many others.
What was lacking is the will power to stay with it.
I've thought about it and decided what has been lacking is a plan. A written formulation of what I am exactly going to do and plan for it. Each. And. Every. Day.
I'm going back to the Mayo Clinic Diet and will be starting over again on January 1. But in addition to the resolve of sticking with the plan, I've changed the name to the Mayo Clinic Lifestyle.
I've gone through my cupboards and fridge and got rid of the snacks and 'bad' things. I've stocked my wares with fresh fruits and veggies. I've used up the red meats and stocked up on chicken, pork and fish. I've resurrected my Weight Watchers Meals in Minutes, Low-fat Cooking and low Glycemic cookbooks and relegated the others to the back burners.
In addition I've joined Planet Fitness.
Now joining a gym or the local Y is great- but you have to actually USE them to be effective. So how do I go about actually going?
First, I will start saying I want to go to the gym, or I need to go to the gym rather than I should go. Next I bought a planner for the next year.
We make appointments for everything. Doctors, dentists, hair dresser and more. So why not make appointments to work out? Actually schedule my time? So, I have my planner with my dates schedule.
I've read that many people fail in life style changes because they do too much at once and set themselves up to fail. While I do see some truth to that, I found that I was failing because it was too easy for me to skip it 'just this once'. So, this time, I'm going all in. All changes at once. No phasing in for me this time round.
I've also set some goals. Over all, I have almost 100 pounds to loose. That seems soooooooo much. But I can DO it if I chunk it down. 10 pounds a month is fairly doable. That is about 2.25 pounds a week.
Other motivators- I need to drop the weight for a number of health reasons. BUT the real reason I want to drop it? I'm going back to Ireland in September (9 months so 90 pounds for the trip is the goal) I plan on doing some riding and most places have a weight limit. That was what has forced me to take a hard look at myself and where I want to go.
I have a planner. I've put my appointments in for the next 6 months of my planned activity. I've developed a weekly meal planner to keep myself on track with my meals.
Bring it, 2018. I'm ready!
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