If you listened to my podcast (under multimedia on my website http://www.theweightlosscoach.ca) you would be familiar with my views on resolutions of not falling into the ‘anti movement’ avoiding ‘resolutions’. Goal setting for a new week, month, year.. these can be pivotal moments where a person can be on the brink of changing their entire lives. I’m pro resolutions, with actions. If it’s something you want, make a plan. Pair it with forgiveness. This is how you’ll learn moderation, and still be able to keep focused instead of throwing in the towel. If you’d like a 7 minute debriefing on this, visit episode 3 on my podcast.

I’ll share with you a couple of my personal goals. (You won’t see exercising on this list because it’s something that’s apart of my lifestyle). I have taken a break from social media. Ie Facebook and Instagram. Nothing particularly happened.. life is good, seemingly too good, but I was spending too much time worrying about photographing my food, my workouts, my relationship, my family, my stories, etc. So far, I’ve been super productive. I didn’t realize how time consuming this actually was. Once I noticed my production level was diminishing.. I tightened that rein. I’m definitely a strong individual, so I like everything to be at its best. Meaning my closet needs some reorganization. My beauty room needs some attention. We moved to a new house (out of my condo) and I have yet to set up my makeup room. Spending less time on social media will help my productivity levels. Giving more room to organize, read up on some intellectual learning, and give more attention to my blogging.

Okay, back to task at hand…

This is what I’d like to refocus this year regarding my own personal weight loss and fitness goals:

  • Logging my food using MyFitnessPal
  • Eating according to my personal macros
  • Fitting into my favourite jeans once again

These are attainable, habit forming goals. These will help me reach both my weight loss goals, and my fitness goals. I won’t make a goal “lose 50 pounds” because it’s too vague. HOW can I reach these goals. Create that habit, perhaps by making goals for the month of January. Once January is over, reassess. Then, create new goals for February. This creates shorter term goals, rather that an open end “in one year”. It’ll make your goals more realistic and attainable. It’ll help get you to your overall goal. Think- small term goals that lead up to the bigger picture. Pair this with rewards.. you’re good to go!

Rewards are another thing.. our brain links the success with happiness. By rewarding ourselves, it creates that chain reaction. In my podcast episode, I briefly mentioned my one goal was to food journal online for one month. Once that took place and was finished- I rewarded myself with a bodybuilding brand name shirt that I was after. Now when I look at it, I remember my success. And frankly, it just felt good! It seems my “go to” when I need reinforcements- food journaling. This was a few years ago. Now, we do it again!

Anyhow, I’m off to contemplate what my personal rewards will be 💃🏽

Cheers.

Christina