Not resolutions, just goals
Resolutions is just another word for goals. To me, goals are much more tangible and attainable than resolutions. Many people make resolutions for the new year and rarely achieve them (be honest-- when was the last time you achieved and stuck with just one of your new year's resolutions?). Making goals for yourself are more often than not easier to accomplish.
Resolution: I'm going to drop at least 50 pounds this year!
Goal: I'm going to lost 50 pounds this year through diet and exercise.
Yeah, they don't always sound like that, but a LOT of resolutions have to do with weight loss. Let's face it-- we're a fat country. Unfortunately, not many of those who make this resolution will make it. They'll have a strong start, but it will peter out and then they'll get discouraged when they don't see the weight indicator on the scale move down. They'll see it move up instead. What a lot of them don't realize is that muscle weighs MORE than fat.
Don't jump all over me for calling us a fat country. I'm over-weight and I've been struggling with it for a long time. I finally figured out that I need to drink less soda and more water. I don't exercise as much as I should.
Something else that will help in achieving your goal for the new year is to pace yourself. Making a chart on poster board works really well for this. Working with the weight loss goal, figure out how much weight you can loss healthily. This is normally about a pound a week. Then, figure out what you're eating and drinking. Keep a journal for about two weeks as this will give you a good idea about what you're putting into your body. Also write in that journal whatever kind of physical activity you do (from walking to vacuuming to cleaning, etc.) and for how long. Research online to find out how many calories one can burn from each activity and how long one has to do that activity to burn however many calories you want to burn.
Back to the chart. Each day, find out which unhealthy thing you're eating or drinking and try to substitute it with something healthy. If you don't like vegetables, here's one tidbit that may help you swallow them. Your body burns more calories digesting the vegetable you just ate than there are calories in the vegetable. Get lost? Say that a raw carrot is 42 calories. Your body will burn more than 42 calories to digest that rw carrot.
Making small changes to your diet and daily routine will help you lose the weight you want to lose. Going by the one pound per week, you can easily lose 50 this year. I think you'll find that within six months, you're feeling better.
Good luck with your goals this year!
Resolution: I'm going to drop at least 50 pounds this year!
Goal: I'm going to lost 50 pounds this year through diet and exercise.
Yeah, they don't always sound like that, but a LOT of resolutions have to do with weight loss. Let's face it-- we're a fat country. Unfortunately, not many of those who make this resolution will make it. They'll have a strong start, but it will peter out and then they'll get discouraged when they don't see the weight indicator on the scale move down. They'll see it move up instead. What a lot of them don't realize is that muscle weighs MORE than fat.
Don't jump all over me for calling us a fat country. I'm over-weight and I've been struggling with it for a long time. I finally figured out that I need to drink less soda and more water. I don't exercise as much as I should.
Something else that will help in achieving your goal for the new year is to pace yourself. Making a chart on poster board works really well for this. Working with the weight loss goal, figure out how much weight you can loss healthily. This is normally about a pound a week. Then, figure out what you're eating and drinking. Keep a journal for about two weeks as this will give you a good idea about what you're putting into your body. Also write in that journal whatever kind of physical activity you do (from walking to vacuuming to cleaning, etc.) and for how long. Research online to find out how many calories one can burn from each activity and how long one has to do that activity to burn however many calories you want to burn.
Back to the chart. Each day, find out which unhealthy thing you're eating or drinking and try to substitute it with something healthy. If you don't like vegetables, here's one tidbit that may help you swallow them. Your body burns more calories digesting the vegetable you just ate than there are calories in the vegetable. Get lost? Say that a raw carrot is 42 calories. Your body will burn more than 42 calories to digest that rw carrot.
Making small changes to your diet and daily routine will help you lose the weight you want to lose. Going by the one pound per week, you can easily lose 50 this year. I think you'll find that within six months, you're feeling better.
Good luck with your goals this year!
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