New Year's Resolutions

It's getting to be that time of year again. We're through Thanksgiving and Black Friday 2010! I'm not going to spend time talking about these holidays and their true meanings. As deep as these holidays get we all know what happens during. We shop, we eat, we work overtime, we eat, we try to get in as much family time as possible, and we eat.

What seems to have also tacked onto the celebration of these holidays is the remorse that inevitably follows and the evidence that is left on our waist lines.

Then we have a Happy New Year when we spend our resolutions trying to put that figure back together. By March we seem to have fallen back into our old ways.

So have you had enough of this cycle? What is missing that keeps us on this constant cycle of deciding and undeciding?

I'm going to tell you that many of our eating habits are a result of a mentality that we've adopted due to some type of stress, trauma, and/or emotion. It's going to take a change of mind or more like a change of heart. Though this change doesn't happen overnight it starts with a decision that is made in moments.

We all have our life trauma's and stresses but there comes a point where we can no longer use those as an excuse to continue on our same path saying "I'll start back up again next week, month, or year." How many years have you been saying this to yourself, to your family? Will this be your year?

Have you decided yet? This article is not to change your mind. It's to hopefully provide you with the motivation you need to decide to make a lifelong commitment.

Truth. We can't keep going down this road. Our country is dying of things like heart disease and diabetes due to obesity. Due to the fact that they can trade one moment of tasty bliss for a lifelong illness that causes the person and their family to suffer physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially.

It's time! No more! If we care at all for our families we will not risk putting them through such awful unnecessary trials.

I know what some of you are thinking. "I don't think I can." "What's different this time?" "What if I fall off the wagon again?"

First, we've got to change your mindset. Remove words like "can't" from your vocabulary. I know that sounds corny but again, where did the I can't, so sad, victim mentality get us in the past? We've got to change the way we think. Take time to look at the sky and smell the flowers. Look for the good in things. Be the person that others want to be around because you make them feel better. I've been around those people who are contagious downers. We'll do well to give these people limited time and space in our lives.

Next, what's different this time? Well you decide. Don't make a decision and give yourself permission to recant. Remove the "possibility that I may fail" factor from your mind. Dont' allow yourself to fail. Keep your motivation close to you. Whatever your motivation is for getting healthy whether it be your family, your dream life, your functionality, your health, etc. Remind yourself of it every single day.

Not only that, I want to be there for you as your coach cheering you on every step of the way reminding you of your goal, your motivation, your reasons. I'm here for you to hold you accountable. Together we can do this!

What if you fall off the wagon? So what! I've done it before, you've done it before. It doesn't give you a license to waist all of the hard work you've done. Get back on the wagon. I'll say it again. Together we can do this!

If you need some guidance on where to start and creating a personal plan for yourself feel free to email me at itsmedancing@yahoo.com. We'll get you on the right track to reaching your fitness goals and on your way to living life the way you we're meant to live it.

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