During this time of year I get loads of calls and emails from people who are not happy with their current situations and are wanting to achieve their new year’s resolutions or yearly goals.
The other day I received an email from a lovely lady in the US who we will call Emma, Emma gets very depressed this time of year about her weight because of all the festivities and extra socialising that she does.
She mentions that she struggles dieting all year round but it seems to affect her more because of the parties and social meetings that she goes to this time of year, she feels ashamed looking through her wardrobe and noticing that a lot of her clothes no longer fit her.
Emma concluded that she finds herself on a regular basis looking in the mirror and feeling very unhappy.
This is quite a common feeling especially around this time of year for both men and women, in fact some of you reading this blog may be feeling a bit like Emma. Some of you may still be feeling that tightness around your waistline because you have over done it during Christmas, and you may also be looking forward to a new year’s party in a few days as well.
Well the good news is that it is a new year so why not commit to creating a new you, and achieve that target weight you have wanted to achieve, and learn strategies to increase motivation and focus to succeed. Losing weight is one of the most common new resolutions that people make, but 90% of us fail to achieve it because we lose the motivation.
The first place to start is don’t diet because when we use the word diet you are unconsciously opening yourself to personal insult from your self-talk. Why not just change your eating habits in 2012 instead, this mean you are eating healthier and the bonus of doing this is you can loose weight as well as healthier.
I recently attended a networking event and started chatting with some of the female members there I was shocked that over 80% of them reported that the word diet made them feel sad and depressed, after speaking to them about the power of language they realised that by changing just this simple word they could remove the negative trap which lead them to eating more.
another powerful strategy to keep you motivated is to create a series of small goals that ultimately leads to the final goal which is your target weight, you see by making a series of smaller goals your task does not seem so big and unachieveable small stepping stone goals makes the task more reachable and achieveable.
Finally share your new years resolution or goal with some close trusted friends that will hold you accountable, you will be amazed how powerful this caqn have on us because most of us need help to achieve our new years resolutions or goals.
I wish you the greatest success in hitting your target weight and creating the success mindset.
I love looking for empowering videos on You tube and Yesterday I found this video, it is brilliant it reminded me of a guy called Bob who is unhappy about his fitness, he hates the fact that he is unable to play football with his kids and he no longer wants to struggle with exhaustion when he takes the dog out for a walk. He has been to the doctors and has been told there is nothing to worry about and that he is just unfit.
