Switching Gears to Weight Loss?
Well, not really.
Instead of working on the procrastination eBook I mentioned yesterday, I did a short post on New Year’s Resolutions. I’m early, I know!
Anyway, I wrote the article around the theme of how to lose weight, but it’s applicable to a wide range of New Year’s Resolutions, so you should check it out.
Now is actually a good time to get to work on your New Year’s Resolutions. By that I don’t mean writing them, I mean actually doing them! As I wrote in the article, it takes time to replace bad habits with good ones. So, the earlier you start, the better off you will be.
Granted, a lot of people make excuses around the holidays, but that’s exactly what they are: excuses! When January or maybe February comes around, you’ll find more excuses. Weight loss is just the more prominent because of its popularity as a resolution.
It’ll start in December. People will want to put off making changes to their lifestyle until after the New Year. After all, there are cakes and cookies and other tempting goodies this time of year. Who wants to miss out on that?
Well, guess what, there will be other things you don’t want to miss out on come next year. When Valentine’s Day rolls around, who wants to miss out on that box of assorted chocolates? Then, you’ve got St. Patrick’s Day, Mardi Gras, Easter… Who wants to miss out on all the assorted treats for those days?
And so the resolutions get dropped. People continually create excuses to avoid making lifestyle changes that are hard. The thing is those bad habits didn’t form overnight, so you’re not likely to break them overnight either. Did you ever, one day, sit down several years ago and say to yourself, “I want to gain thirty pounds”? Probably not.
It likely took time to gain that weight. It took time to foster the habits that helped you gain that weight.
Likewise, it will take time to do the reverse.
Unfortunately, people don’t like to take that time. People try to just quit things instead of forming better habits. The key is to take little steps, which I mentioned in my blog post, “How to Lose Weight.”
So, if you are serious about making changes in your life, whether it is losing weight or something else, why wait until New Year’s?
Start today!
