45% of us make New Year’s Resolutions* but only 8% of us are successful in achieving our resolution. Ever wonder why?
So what’s the top resolution? Right..it’s weight loss.
Most don’t make it past January before throwing in the towel but we’re not most people, are we?
What most people don’t get is this truth.
path to success
It really is true that if you don’t quit you can’t fail. The truth is most people fail their way to success. Thomas Edison failed thousands of times before successfully inventing the light bulb which is all anyone remembers…he got there!
And please remember this if you remember nothing else. The person who says “it can’t be done” shouldn’t interrupt the person who is doing it!
So accept that temporary failure is just that…”temporary”… and get back on that horse. But be smart about it.
Whenever you slip up and “fall off the horse” consider what the causes are. There is almost always a “trigger”.
There are tons of triggers but think back to when you deviated from your plan. Maybe you went to a party and ate way too much. Then you beat yourself up the next morning when you stepped on the scale and said…maybe nexy year.
But after you slip go back to the reasons you started in the beginning. Did you use the weightview tool? If you did, look at it again and if not use it. Visualization really does help.
If you don’t have an “accountability buddy” think about finding one. There is strength in numbers.
Have you used a food log? If not download this one. But here’s a different way to use it. Most people keep it as a journal. But if you write down what you plan to eat and the exercise tomorrow your odds of sticking to it skyrocket.
It’s like the “to do” list you write BEFORE you go shopping. If you don’t use a grocery list you will almost always forget some things and buy some things you’ll wish you didn’t. The same is true with a food log!
So if your New Year Resolution hasn’t worked out like you hoped it would let’s agree to reset the clock and make March 1st our New Year! Make sense?
Just remember “You can’t fail if you don’t quit!
never give up
* – according to www.statisticbrain.com
To Your Quantum Leap In Health,
Bruce
Over the last six weeks I’ve cut a lot of the junk out of my diet, still some pretzels, whole grain crackers but otherwise converted a lot of that type of food over to apples oranges and bananas. I also cut down on the dairy and only eat greek yogurt about 4 or 5 times a week as compared to 14 to 15 times a week. I eat more salads but do add chicken occasionally. I used your recipes about 3 times over this time period which gives me about 6 to 9 days of meals. For breakfast it’s oatmeal with fruit and nuts added. If I need a snack while on the go I’ll eat nuts or a protein bar.
Anyway, I got on the scale for the first time in five weeks and have gone down from 172 to 163.9. I’m 5’9 so there wasn’t much to lose but I’ve shed a lot from my waist. I have upped my exercising by 15% to 20% over what it was.
Anyway thought you would be interested by just altering my food intake somewhat I’ve seen results…
Great progress Paul. Like anything consistent effort will win the day and that’s what you’re doing. It’s all about progress not perfection. Thanks for your comment! Much appreciated and I loved reading it.