Resolve: REALLY RESOLVE.
January 2nd, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia: Wait... where are all the people who resolved to get fit 3 weeks ago???
Didn’t your mother ever teach you not to tell lies???
Oh so what’s that on the tip of your tongue disguised as ehem…. A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION….. yeah….
If 95% of ALL diet plans fail, http://www.libraryindex.com/pages/1226/Diet-Weight-Loss-Lore-Myths-Controversies-WHY-DIETS-FAIL.html, I would say, a good 99.9% of them are New Year’s resolutions.
My GOD! Those treadmills will be packed tonight and through the end of next week…. but having seen the numbers decline right before my very big brown eyes (yes, just incase you didn’t already know I used sit in a big office in a VERY big gym and watch the hordes of people come in January 3rd and then magically reduce themselves by HALF in the following weeks), the space will be abundant by January 31st.
I hate finger wagging in general, if you know me, and most of you do, my temper is quick, you wave a finger in front my face, you’re likely to have it bitten off (figuratively, of course), but I’m gonna wag just a little bit…. YOU MUST BE CONSISTENT otherwise… IT DOES NOT WORK.
If I hear one more person tell me January 2nd they are cutting out sugar, carbs, alcohol, working out 7 days a week, running for hours on end… I am gonna scream… okay… I’m already screaming.
… enough lambasting….I will respectfully climb down from my soapbox now and give you, my friends and readers and friendly readers bullet points to help you… not fall into the resolution abyss.
Here we go… this is big… but not for the weak-minded:
1. SET GOALS YOU CAN REACH… you are not gonna work off Christmas and New Years in the week from 1/2-1/8… and if you do, you will be so BURNT by then, you won’t keep going.
So, Anna, what do we do?? Huh… well… that’s kinda what they pay me for… but just to give you an idea: cutting about 200 calories a day from your diet will yield an approximate 1-1.5lb reduction in your body weight on a weekly basis…. that ain’t all 20 at once, but it’s gonna stay off a heck of a lot longer if you do it my way.
2. Commit to a number of workouts each week… (that kind of goes along with the above prescription). Be somewhat flexible incase life happens… uhm, and it does. So keep the plans loose enough that you can do other things, but tight enough to fit in, let’s say 3 per week??
Which leads to my next point…
3. Timeline… you wanna lose 10lbs… give yourself how long??? Based on the above information … you do the math… so if you get on the scale next week and all 10 aren’t gone… you… what? Come on… KEEP GOING.
4. Get help…. get help guys… it’s not that much money. A little shameless plug here www.mybodytutor.com …. we can help you… and so can any number of other sources… go see my friend Mark Fisher at http://www.markfisherfitness.com/site/home.html… if he can’t make it fun for you I give up… but we both offer reasonably inexpensive ways to help you stick to a plan. And may I just suggest that these are actually complimentary services…. you can work with both of us … just sayin.
Ok: Recap; 1. Set attainable goals 2. commit to a realistic number of workouts on a weekly basis … have some flexibility 3. TIMELINE 4. See me at www.mybodytutor.com or some other personal fitness source to help get and KEEP you on track…
Don’t lie this year… RESOLVE and DO!!!
