By January 21, 2014, most people have broken their
new year’s resolution. The problem with
giving up on your new year’s resolution is the total abandonment that comes
with giving up.
“I can’t eat healthy, so let's go for pizza, wings and
beer tonight. I can have ice cream for dessert.”
“I did not exercise everyday for 30 minutes; I am
just going to stop. I can’t do it.”
“I had a can of soda with lunch yesterday. What's the use I already broke my resolution
I might as well buy the soda. It’s on
sale.”
“Argh! I bought a pair of boots! I was not going to buy any shoes or clothing
until June and then only what I needed.
I may as well see what is on sale at Kohl’s and Boscov’s.”
One missed step does not make a failed
resolution. It just means you need a
different tactic. Maybe exercising
everyday is too much of a commitment when you have not exercised since August. Try to do 15 minutes of exercise on Monday
and Wednesday. While we all know what
eating healthy means, eating healthy is so vague. Begin with not bringing any cookies into the
house for the first month, the second month no chips and so on.
When it comes to not spending money, I too have a
problem with that. I like the after
Christmas and winter sales so I have avoided stores. If I need something specific, I go into the
store buy what I need and walk out. I do
not look around to see what else might be on sale. It is helping.
Goals accompany my New Year’s resolution. In my case, if I give up on a resolution I
still have goals. While that may sound
like cheating, I want to give myself opportunities to succeed. An escape or an alternate to a resolution is
another tip for sticking to your resolution.
My New Year’s resolution is to finish all my unfinished
projects. I have tons of steam in the
beginning of a project then I complete it to the point of “good enough” and I
stop. I am changing that behavior this year. I am working on my projects one at a time and
each one is on a schedule. I have six
unfinished projects. I have almost completed
the first project. I am not allowed to
start another project until I complete one.
I do have to wait for some material to come in the mail and then I will
have it finished this month.
I have two goals.
One I started at Thanksgiving by a random purchase of a book due to an
email from Prevention magazine. I have
been so good avoiding buying anything from Prevention but this one addressed a
need. I have been told I will have
diabetes like my parents, grandparents,
aunts and uncles, etc. The book
explained how to stop developing diabetes.
That is a perfect book for me. I
tried two of the switches they suggested and my blood sugar count has not been
above 85. One switch was a change from bleached
flour to unbleached flour even in products you are buying like bread or pasta. The other was a switch from eating 5 to 6 small
meals a day to 3 meals a day and a good 12 hours between dinner and breakfast. Two switches, not expensive and easy to do. After
2 weeks of making those two switches, my blood sugar went from as high as
137 to as low as 82. I want to continue to
keep the numbers in the 80’s.
The other goal is to run a full marathon. I have run enough half marathons that it is
time to run a full. I am nervous and scared. I am already training for something that will
not take place until October. I have no
idea how long it will take me to complete a full marathon yet. I will know further into my training. I am committed to this goal.
New Year resolutions and goals are obtainable. They may need to be altered and restarted but
they are obtainable. Hang in there.
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