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1Welcome to 2010!
Where did a new year sneak up from? It feels like only a year ago we were all freaking out about Y2K and ringing in the new millennium. (Ah good times at a 60s/70s/80s disco throw back party with the fam- it was hilarious watching people relive their glory days.)
Resolutions
So it’s a new year and that means a fresh start, big plans, and resolutions of course! What exactly is a resolution anyway? (ps.- I love dictionary.com) Basically its deciding on a course of action. What you’re gunna do; how you’re gunna do it; and when you’re gunna do it by. You set a goal and aim to succeed! Sounds good to me, but we all tend to be great at working out what we want to accomplish; it’s the follow through that’s a bit more dicey!
I’ve made and shall we say graciously abandoned many resolutions myself. Usually involving working out and getting in shape. I hit the gym, or take some classes for a couple weeks but then something happens. One day I decide to “take a day off”. Inevitably taking that one day off usually spells the beginning of the end of that resolution. Then without fail there is a mid-year resurgence of the New Year’s resolution, in which I give it one more shot! This time when I quit I say: “it’s ok, next year!” It’s a vicious cycle haha.
It’s the dawn of a new era
Not this year though! Oh no, this year there will be no resolution. Instead this January 1, 2010 will mark the first day in a gradual endeavor towards a lifestyle change. See I think I figured out why (for me anyway) resolutions don’t work…
I get this idea in my head of getting toned, being active and eating healthy. Rather than ease into things slowly I toss myself off the deep end. I get up at 5 am and work out. I throw out all my junk food and vow to eat 5 small meals a day. For the first week it’s awesome! I’m like a healthy lifestyle machine. Then… like clockwork, that day where I’m really tired and decided to skip the work out comes. A couple days after that, the candy isle at 7-eleven is empty and my list of reasons why I gave up is written.
This year through I’m resolving to have no resolution. Instead I’m going to remind myself everyday that no one else will look after me. It’s up to me to make healthy choices for myself every day. [So I guess that is a resolution, but you get what I was trying to do there 
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I think I can, I know I can
The best part is why this new plan is going to work! It’s all about accountability. Here I am every day spreading the word about living a healthy active lifestyle .. well step up Kenji! It’s time to lead by example. If I expect my family and friends and all of Saskatchewan to be active, I better be too!
As the quotable fridge magnet my lovely co-worker gave me for Christmas says, “Be the change you want to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi”
Are you all about the resolutions? What is yours for this year? Fill me in on your thoughts below… maybe there will be something I missed in my new lifestyle plan.
Good luck!
Kenji
One Comment
I agree completley with this blog, i know many times my resolution for the past three years is this year im going to get the best beach body i’ve had yet and for the first three weeks it’s going good until i start up with schooling again and i slowly find myself eating more and running less… the only person who can make the change in myself is me! of course my family helps me out and we even change our whole meal plan so we can cut out the sugary foods and replace them with the meals that have more nourishment!!