The New Year provides the necessary motivation to fuel ambitious change. While motivation is a requirement of change, it alone does not guarantee success. Change requires hard work, sacrifice and time. Above all, a successful New Year's Resolution needs a solid plan made up of realistic goals, firm targets, rewards...
Change is sometimes necessary but not necessarily easy. As quickly as some resolutions are created, they are discarded and forgotten because resolutioners realize that change takes work. Creating a goal and putting a plan into action takes time and effort. Though difficult, this time and effort will eventually turn into...
Exercising more is a great resolution. It can help you lose weight, build muscle, make daily tasks easier to perform and improve your overall health. Here are a few specific ways you can make your exercise resolutions more effective. 1. Start Off Slow. Most people have an ambitious New Year's Resolution...
Since September 2013, I've been chronicling my diet and fitness progress with the help of numbers, graphs and pictures. I regularly keep track of my calorie intake, body weight, body fat percentage and strength numbers in the gym (squats, deadlift and bench press). About once a month, I analyze relationships...
The New Year can be a great starting point to bring about positive change in your life. Whether you're trying to quit smoking, lose weight or start exercising, the New Year can give you the motivation you need to finally start to change. Here are a few great resolutions that...
It seems as though we go through the same song and dance every year. Come January 1st, everyone starts thinking up ambitious resolutions to transform themselves from unhealthy couch potatoes into health nuts overnight. They define success as perfection. This is a good thing, right? If everyone stuck to their...
The New Year provides motivation to those seeking positive change. January acts as a starting point for improvement, but all too often, this quest to change ends in failure. Resolutions don't fail because of a lack of desire; poor planning is the usual culprit and ruins even the best of...
Motivation is the drive that pushes us to interact and participate with the world. Whether it is material or abstract, motivation gives us a reason to do everything. Before you even think about starting an exercise routine, you need to ask yourself why. "Why am I exercising?" If the answer...
New Year's Resolution Contract provided by StraightHealth.com More information on this contract can be found at https://straighthealth.com/new-years-resolution-contract/ Section 1 State your goals and how you plan to achieve them. Section 2 State all the possible ways you can cheat yourself. Section 3 State how you will reward yourself once you reach your goal. Section 4 I agree to get...
A New Year's Resolution Contract is different from contracts you make with other people. Legal contracts have penalties if they aren't followed. A resolution contract is an agreement with only one person, you. If you don't follow through, you aren't cheating your business partner, you're only cheating yourself. Signing this...
