The new year is coming up here in a few days. And many of us have our New Year Resolutions. Or maybe not resolutions. Maybe you call them something else. Goal...or, something else. But in the end, they are things that you want to accomplish.
In know some of you are going to participate in the 2023 Weight Loss Challenge. Maybe some of you have some things you want to accomplish in the area of finance, or spirituality, or family goals, or whatever it is. Maybe instead of focusing on one or two big yearly goals...focus on building healthy daily/weekly habits that help you long term to get where you are going.
I am part of a group of people in another space that focuses on Health and Wellness. And Health and Wellness means a lot more than just diet and exercise. Anyway, I asked for some advise and some really knowledgeable people gave me some really good things to chew on. I am going to copy what I asked below...and then I am going to copy what some others had to say in subsequent posts. There was some good advice there.
If you stumble on this in the next couple of minutes...give me a bit to get all the posts copied over her before you comment please. I will let you all know when I am done. I hope you all learn something from this...I know I am going to put a lot of this in practice.
This is what I asked...
"I am my own worst enemy. We have all pretty much said this. But in my case it is exponentially true. I have this incredible need to make change even when change is not needed or in many cases detrimental. This is not a recipe for success. And because I have lived most of my life in "crisis mode" from choices I have made...I have no idea how to set realistic, well defined goals. In 2022 I told myself this was the year that I was going to stay healthy through the holidays. Evidently I lied to myself. Because here I am on the last notch of my belt. The beginning of the year is coming up and I plan on doing what I have done every year, lose a good chunk of weight. I have no idea what the scale says right now, because I am scared to get on it. But I bet just to get back to where I was around September, I probably have to lose about 30 pounds. I could probably stand to loose twice that amount. So I know I need to adjust my diet. As well as implement a weight routine and some cardio. I have a plan with all three of those things. But feel like I am missing something. I am missing realistic, well defined goals...otherwise I am telling myself the same old stuff I tell myself every year: lose weight, get stronger, be healthy. I have motivation...strong motivation! I turned 50 about a week ago. I have a 26 month old daughter. I want to live to see her grow into a woman. I want to be healthy and active to enjoy all the stages of life she goes through. I need some goals."
In know some of you are going to participate in the 2023 Weight Loss Challenge. Maybe some of you have some things you want to accomplish in the area of finance, or spirituality, or family goals, or whatever it is. Maybe instead of focusing on one or two big yearly goals...focus on building healthy daily/weekly habits that help you long term to get where you are going.
I am part of a group of people in another space that focuses on Health and Wellness. And Health and Wellness means a lot more than just diet and exercise. Anyway, I asked for some advise and some really knowledgeable people gave me some really good things to chew on. I am going to copy what I asked below...and then I am going to copy what some others had to say in subsequent posts. There was some good advice there.
If you stumble on this in the next couple of minutes...give me a bit to get all the posts copied over her before you comment please. I will let you all know when I am done. I hope you all learn something from this...I know I am going to put a lot of this in practice.
This is what I asked...
"I am my own worst enemy. We have all pretty much said this. But in my case it is exponentially true. I have this incredible need to make change even when change is not needed or in many cases detrimental. This is not a recipe for success. And because I have lived most of my life in "crisis mode" from choices I have made...I have no idea how to set realistic, well defined goals. In 2022 I told myself this was the year that I was going to stay healthy through the holidays. Evidently I lied to myself. Because here I am on the last notch of my belt. The beginning of the year is coming up and I plan on doing what I have done every year, lose a good chunk of weight. I have no idea what the scale says right now, because I am scared to get on it. But I bet just to get back to where I was around September, I probably have to lose about 30 pounds. I could probably stand to loose twice that amount. So I know I need to adjust my diet. As well as implement a weight routine and some cardio. I have a plan with all three of those things. But feel like I am missing something. I am missing realistic, well defined goals...otherwise I am telling myself the same old stuff I tell myself every year: lose weight, get stronger, be healthy. I have motivation...strong motivation! I turned 50 about a week ago. I have a 26 month old daughter. I want to live to see her grow into a woman. I want to be healthy and active to enjoy all the stages of life she goes through. I need some goals."
