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<\/a>She\u2019s off to a bad start — giving up on being a healthy weight before she even reaches the child-bearing stage of life, or the troublesome middle age where the pounds accumulate so easily.\u00a0And it\u2019s not true.\u00a0 She CAN lose weight.\u00a0 If someone offered her a million dollars to lose every extra pound she is carrying, so would start immediately and have it off in no time.<\/p>\nThat\u2019s what we talked about yesterday —\u00a0 having a strong enough motive to lose the extra fat.\u00a0 Doing it because you \u201cshould\u201d or because someone is nagging you to do it won\u2019t work.\u00a0 In order to stick to your resolutions, you have to have your goals in sight — and they have to be important enough for you to hang in there through the tough times to reach those goals.\u00a0 And having a life — a healthy vibrant one — is a good reason to lose the flab that is slowing you down.<\/p>\n
Another reason people fail on their good weight loss\/fitness resolutions?\u00a0 Not knowing how.\u00a0 When I asked my hairdresser HOW she dieted, she looked at me blankly.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust — you know — not eating and stuff,\u201d she finally replied.<\/p>\n
No wonder she failed and had no interest in trying again.\u00a0 Instead of making general goals like \u201cI\u2019m going to lose 20 lbs. this year,\u201d make specific ones you can keep.\u00a0 Say, \u201cI\u2019m going to cut out sugar except on rare occasions and eat mostly low glycemic foods,\u201d and you will more likely see results.\u00a0 That\u2019s something you can control and something that is doable.\u00a0 Check out the Green light\/Red light page on this site and make your grocery list.\u00a0 If you have what you need on hand, you will be able to start on schedule.\u00a0 And make sure you include foods you enjoy.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t a torture session, but a time of retraining our bodies to run on high quality fuel.<\/p>\n
You might resolve to start adding 200 steps to your daily total each week.\u00a0 Before next January you will be over the 10,000 mark and in the habit of moving.\u00a0 This is also a goal that can be reached and one you can control.\u00a0 Get out your pedometer now and start counting your steps so you can have an average taken and a goal set before January 1.<\/p>\n
Another suggestion — plan to write down everything you eat in the month of January, and log your exercise daily.\u00a0 There are several good smart-phone apps to help you with that, but a pen and notebook work fine for those of us who are technology resistant.\u00a0 Writing down your food will make you more accountable and will also enable you to spot the time, place, and foods that trip you up.<\/p>\n
Make your resolutions doable and you WILL be able to stick to them — and will see those extra inches disappear. \u00a0Even more important — by this time next year you will be healthier, happier, and living life to the fullest!<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n
Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>She\u2019s off to a bad start — giving up on being a healthy weight before she even reaches the child-bearing stage of life, or the troublesome middle age where the pounds accumulate so easily.\u00a0And it\u2019s not true.\u00a0 She CAN lose weight.\u00a0 If someone offered her a million dollars to lose every extra pound she is carrying, so would start immediately and have it off in no time.<\/p>\n