Setting Goals!

Sometimes in life we get so carried away with everyday chores and the chaos that comes along with it.  Whether it is work, kids, our loved ones, or the events you have to attend week after week, we lose sight of things that are important to us.

Now we all know that it takes eating right and exercising regularly to drop pounds, but sometimes it is easier said than done.  We can be our own worst enemy sometimes, not believing in ourselves to reach these goals.  I was thinking the other day about how to make this a little easier by following a few simple steps…

1.   Get Visual: If you do not have a clear image of what you want to achieve, it is going to be harder to be successful.  Close your eyes, visualize, and see what you want to achieve whether it is reaching your ideal weight or seeing yourself exercise 3 days a week.  Every time you do this you will become more and more convinced that it is possible. 

2.   Be Positive: If you are always down on yourself and believing that you will never lose weight or will never reach your goal weight then you won’t.  Every time something negative pops into your head change it with something positive!

3.   Write it down: It is so easy to dwell on disappointment or only pay attention to things in your life that are going wrong.  Change this by writing down things that make you happy and what you are grateful for.  Once you see what you are blessed with and joyful for, you will start to feel empowered to go after what you what in life!

~Stay tuned for next week… Jump Start to a Better Self!  I have tips, suggestions and helpful thoughts to detox your mind, body and soul from your post holiday stupor and into a whole body action plan that will be useful all year long!