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It was time again to repeat last year’s resolutions. Personal New Year’s resolutions some how fade away as the days progress. Very few are preserved throughout the coming year. Being only a few days into this, the failure rate may not be too high yet.

Standard

The promise of changing is a story that is familiar; it’s the power that is missing. Most resolutions are based on hope. These resolutions are the standard ones made year after year. People are looking for a second act, not necessarily a better way.

This is an annual ritual is a vow to get on course. When it fails to materialize you are in the free and clear till next year.

Get Real

Year resolutions are commemorative of last years. A new vision is something that is generated any time of year. It is not a thunderbolt from out of the blue. It seems that the conditions that prompted the most memorable resolutions are ones geared to self-improvement.

It pays to be a skeptic of all key initiatives made this time of year. What’s the chance of everything changing because it is verbalized and/or written down? Getting down to business and confronting the problem is an evolutionary process.

 Driving Change

Changing is a challenge that any veteran of New Year resolutions knows. Sometimes it appears that people want something for nothing. New Year resolutions are used as a cause for celebration. By just pronouncing the proclamation everything is now different.

What drives change is a healthy resolution, which is designed to steer you in the right direction. Every little bit counts when improving health and fitness. It is far easier when working at small incremental changes.

Hope not Hype

It is part on a New Year ritual to try to clean up the act. It is in an attempt to start anew. By now many see this as a pointless proclamation. Action is overshadowed by words. These are not a grand opening to a new life. It is estimated that less than 78% can even stick to the resolutions for any amount of time.

People, who keep their resolutions, took action in small steps. They followed a plan and evaluated the results.  The overall attitude was that this was not a one day fantasy, but a framework for reform. The focus was on the benefit not the proclamation.

 New Year Resolutions that unravels fast.

 Top New Year’s Resolutions

   1. Get Fit

   2.Stop smoking

   3. Lose Weight

   4. Enjoy Life More

   5. Quit Drinking

   6. Get  Organized

   7. Learn Something New

   8. Get Out of Debt

   9. Spend more time with the Family

   10. Help Others

Once-a-year initiatives aren’t something American’s should depend on. These shouldn’t have to wait a year to be a priority.  Failure is not an option; everything listed is a day to day choice. This shouldn’t be a spur of the moment statement. Every one of the top resolutions is going to be life altering when accomplished.

Realistic Resolutions

  1. Read Labels in the Supermarket

  2. Cut down of food with ingredient labels

  3. Don’t buy food with ingredient labels

  4. Buy more local and organic produce

  5. Add more vegetables and fruits to diet

  6. Walk more often

  7. Become more active

  8. Watch less television

  9. Spend more time outdoors

  10. Get the family involved in these activities

Better Results

These are smaller steps and the results are weight loss, better health, and a healthier family. It is easier to be kind and break habits when you feel good. These steps do help with emotional eating. One of the things that emotional eating responds to, food that stimulates senses. That is what food manufactures count on. 

Keep Your Word with Dr. Jonny Bowden