We are now 22 days into the new year, and the new decade. How are you getting on with your resolutions? I was reading an interesting article the other day that said that 90% of New Year’s resolutions do not last longer than 5 days! The most common resolutions seem to gravitate around health, you know the usual stuff: lose weight, get fitter, stop smoking, not eat as much chocolate and increase the amount of fruit and vegetables. It all seems like such a good idea after 10 days of Christmas and New Year’s excesses (well, the whole of December for some people!), to clean up our acts and get healthier. However, as 9 out of 10 of us discover it’s a lot harder to keep it going than to make the original resolution.
So, what can you do to make the process more sustainable? I’ve found the only way for me to keep a resolution is to set a goal with a deadline and then make it public. For example I’ve signed up for the Bristol 10K run in May – I don’t think I’ve ever run 10K in my life, not even in the enforced cross-country runs at school, and that was a good few years ago! If I am going to do this, I’m going to have to watch my diet, exercise most days of the week, take my supplements, and in this way the health, fitness and weight resolutions will all look after themselves. What can you commit to that will take you in the direction you want to go?
I hope this finds you in good health, and don’t forget, if you want to see some real changes in your health set some inspiring goals.
Keith
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