| Discover how you easily guarantee you reach | | | | Monday. Then Monday comes it's an office |
| your fitness resolution. Find out the simple | | | | party. Tuesday you have a family gathering. |
| strategies to put your fitness resolution on | | | | Wednesday, oh the week is almost over already |
| autopilot. | | | | so let's just wait until next week. Just get |
| | | | started - NOW. |
| A few days ago 1 out of 2 people set out to | | | | |
| do something great - something challenging - | | | | Lack Of Discipline |
| and something that will possibly change our | | | | |
| life forever - all through a New Year's | | | | Here's a tip - don't do it on your own. Have |
| Resolution. A month the top resolutions: | | | | a positive support system. In a study of |
| eating healthier, starting a fitness plan, | | | | beginning exercisers when people were held |
| and weight loss. | | | | accountable they were 20 times more likely to |
| | | | stick with their fitness plan 6 months down |
| Fitness themed resolutions are by far the | | | | the road. |
| most widely pursued new-year goals making | | | | |
| making up over half of the proposed new | | | | A fitness coach or a friend can be a great |
| year's resolutions. | | | | help encouraging you along your goals and |
| | | | giving you the discipline that you need. Just |
| All too often these half-hazzard resolutions | | | | be sure your support members are not |
| are nothing more than proposed fitness dreams | | | | struggling with the same issues and are not |
| - hopes of accomplishments - never to see the | | | | willing to commit themselves to such a plan. |
| light of fulfillment. | | | | |
| | | | No Game Plan |
| In a recent study - after just 7 days into | | | | |
| the new year - 1/4 of the crowd has already | | | | Have a specific action plan. Break it down |
| dropped out. After 1 month that jumps to | | | | and make it less intimidating - specific |
| nearly half - still more dropping as the year | | | | action steps. Start your new fitness plan |
| progresses. In the end only an estimated 2 | | | | slowly - remain consistent and build up on |
| out of 10 resolution seekers will stick with | | | | it. Make gradual and permanent changes that |
| it to the end. Why is it that fitness | | | | you can maintain forever. |
| resolutions seem to drop like fly onto | | | | |
| flypaper? There are several common mistakes | | | | Are you familiar with the Chinese language? |
| to avoid - that will not only help you to | | | | Did you know there are over 2,000 Chinese |
| keep on track - but nearly guarantee you | | | | characters used in writing? What if I was to |
| stick with your fitness resolution until the | | | | say you have to learn to write and speak |
| end!! | | | | Chinese and I want it done by next week. |
| | | | That's the same as losing 100 pounds by next |
| A Department of Labor survey asked adults to | | | | week. |
| identify the single biggest issue that | | | | |
| prevents them from achieving their new year's | | | | Take that same scenario and learn one chinese |
| resolutions and goals. The top 3 reasons | | | | character a day for 6 days, then review them |
| stated were procrastination, lack of | | | | all on the 7th. Repeat this pattern each week |
| discipline, and not having a game plan - not | | | | until you learn language. While it would |
| knowing what to do. | | | | certainly take longer you would surely get it |
| | | | done. |
| Procrastinating | | | | |
| | | | In the end only 20% of fitness resolution |
| Why do today what I can put off until | | | | seekers follow through with their goals. |
| tomorrow type of attitude, wait shouldn't | | | | While we can't wave a magic wand and make a |
| that be the other way around. New dieters | | | | resolution come true, there are easy steps to |
| often fail because they never get started. | | | | take that will indeed make it easier and give |
| Continuing with the infamous, "I'll start | | | | us a much higher chance to fulfill our |
| tomorrow". Keep going with that philosophy | | | | promises to ourselves. |
| and you'll find that infamous tomorrow never | | | | |
| comes. After all, tomorrow, is never today. | | | | Get started as soon as possible, have a |
| | | | positive support system, and have a specific |
| Make a promise to yourself and stick to it. | | | | plan of attack. These 3 simple strategies |
| Don't say the Smith's are having a party | | | | will see to it that you will be one who is |
| tomorrow so let's wait until tomorrow. Then | | | | guaranteed to reach your fitness resolution. |
| it's Saturday so might as well start on | | | | |