Forget New Year resolutions & Ditch Diets that Start on Mondays.

Forget New Year Resolutions

Before the end of a year everyone starts talking about what their new year resolutions are going to be, then after new year everyone tells you about the resolutions that they’ve set and asks you about yours. Every single health magazine has at least one article about resolutions, twitter is full of resolution tweets. By week 5 or 6 they’ve faded, been forgotton or failed. That is until next year.

I think it’s time to change our thinking. I think we should toss New Year’s resolutions out of the window as well as diets that start on Mondays. Rather let’s have an ongoing goal to change one thing at a time. It should be ongoing, one week rolling into the next, month after month, year after year, regardless of the day, date or year.

If you want to lose weight decide on what one thing you’re going to change and do it. If you want to lead a healthier lifestyle, decide on the one thing you want to change and start. When you’ve mastered that one change select the next one. Small changes, big impact. Forget New Year’s resolutions and ditch diets that start on Mondays. Start now, don’t wait.

The Zen of Health.

Feeling overwhelmed with everyone talking about resolutions?  A healthy lifestyle is about simplicity not complexity. 

Here is my take on the Zen of Health   

Have faith –

• in yourself and in the process
• that if you keep doing the right things often enough you will get results

 Be mindful of –

• how you treat your body
• what you put into your mind and body
• what you want to achieve
• the choices you make and their impact on your life

 Apply wisdom –

• Be your own guru – no-one knows you better than yourself. You know your strengths, weaknesses as well as what motivates you and what triggers your bad habits.
• Know that it’s ok to go off track – apply the 80 /20 principle i.e. make healthy choices at least 80% of the time
• Leading a healthy lifestyle is not about complexity – it is about simplicity.
• Apply wisdom, logic and common sense to offers of quick fix remedies and promises of easy and fast weight loss solutions.

 Be authentic –

• do what you say you are going to do
• talk less and do more

 Focus on –

• what you are trying to achieve
• one thing at a time
• making healthier choices more often
• the present – not on yesterday or tomorrow
• where you put your attention and energy
• leading a healthy energising lifestyle – not on weight loss
• simplifying your life and removing the clutter
• finding balance by feeding your mind, body and soul

Work on one change at a time. Small changes, big impact.

Newsletter – January ’09 – The Gift of Health

Tired of making New Year resolutions and setting goals?
Although Christmas and Chanukah are over
giving yourself gifts is not (over)!

Click on the attachment (below) to read

THE GIFT OF HEALTH

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