Why January?
Ho Ho Ho Fitbuddies,Have you taken pen to paper yet to craft your New Years Resolutions? Are you thinking about starting a wellness plan in January? Well what’s so special about January? I guess as Monday is the official start day of most “diets”, January is the official start month. I still want to know why. If you’re really serious you wouldn’t wait. Oh, I forgot the holidays are here and that means parties and food and lots of time with the family. Which means food and stress and more food to help with the stress. Most people genuinely want to be fit and healthy and have good intentions in the beginning. All that genuine intention falls by the wayside as real life reminds us that we have deadlines, budgets, kids, and significant others. The afore mentioned real world occurrences don’t just pop up on Monday’s in January, as I’m sure you’ve noticed. So what ever shall you do?Get and stay committed. When the urge to be well all the time is as strong as the urge to breathe, you’ll know you’re in it to win it. That doesn’t mean you won’t pay homage to Ben & Jerry’s from time to time. It means you’ll be better equipped to handle those times. Falling off the wagon won’t be the end of the world, and it won’t be hard to get back on. This all goes back to the reasons why you want to be fit and healthy. If you’re doing it because someone else said you should, it’s likely you won’t stick to your plan. It’s also likely that if you do it for someone else, when that someone else ticks you off, you’ll reach for the goodies. How best to teach them a lesson by binging; that’ll fix em.
Get serious and get real about your health. Pity parties and the calendar shouldn’t dictate when you take charge of your wellness. Changing your life at the behest of someone else shouldn’t either. Make the changes for you, aren’t you the most important person in your life? You don’t have to overhaul your whole lifestyle at once, that will make you crazy. Change one thing at a time and make it simple. Try getting up to change the channel Or, look for the remote yourself instead of having your kids find it. Drink one more glass of water a day and eat one more piece of fruit. The next week start exercising, 10-15 minutes at a time. Add two minutes a day until you’re up to 30; then add another day. By that time you can start eating more veggies and decreasing the amount of sugar you eat. Go to the library and take out some books on fitness and nutrition. I know you can surf the net and find gobs of info, but sometimes there’s nothing like holding a real book in your hand. It’s also taking the time and making the effort to do something different for you. Start a chain reaction of good things happening to you by you. You are more in control than you realize. Stick with it. You’ve stuck with the unhealthy stuff, give the good stuff a try.
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