7 Simple Steps on Keeping Your New Year’s Weight-Loss Resolution

Author: Karen Sessions

7 Simple Steps on Keeping Your New Year’s Weight-Loss Resolution
Is It a New Year's Resolution or Just another New Year's
Delusion?

The New Year is when numerous people embark on making
resolutions, especially the resolution for weight loss.
Sadly, most do not even follow through a week in taking the
necessary steps to succeed with their new resolution.

So I ask you…Do New Year's Resolutions work or not?

Whether a New Year's weight-loss resolution is that or just
a delusion is based on how you view it. If you make a
weight-loss resolution in relation as a negative, then
chances are you won't stick with it very long.

If you only see a weight-loss New Years resolution as: Diet
Deprivation Starvation Hunger

You will most assuredly fail.

However, if you view your New Year's weight-loss resolution
as a fresh start, chances are you will accomplish it and
allow it to become a new lifestyle.

If your New Year's resolution is weight loss, pick out the
positives such as: Improved health Lowered body fat
Increased energy Improved self-esteem Increased metabolism
Improved digestion

Now that you have your thoughts flowing in the right
direction, what are the steps to take to being a New Year's
weight-loss success?

Set short-term goals

To be successful at your goals, set short-term goals, such
as monthly goals. For example, write down a realistic
amount of weight you would like to drop in a 4 week time
span.

Create a weaning list

Create a list of things you will give up for your
weight-loss New Year's resolution to be a success. For
example, make a list of three bad habits that are currently
stalling your weight-loss endeavors, such as tapering off
colas, candy, and eating out.

Create a deadline

For your New Year's weight-loss resolution to be a success,
create a deadline. A deadline gives you a sense of purpose
and urgency. Mark a deadline on your calendar. In addition,
entering transformation challenges will help you meet your
deadline.

Create a course of action

Create your action plan on how you will meet your
weight-loss goal. Write out on a calendar your monthly
short-term goals, the days you will weight train, and the
days you will do cardiovascular. Having your week or even
month planned out in advance for you to follow takes a lot
of last minute guess work and decisions out of the equation
to keep you on track.

Tell others

Tell your family, friends, and co-workers about your new
fresh start and get their support. When others know about
your goals they will usually keep you accountable for them
by asking you about it and how you are doing.

Make the grade

Create an accountability sheet to score yourself each day.
Your goal, ideally, is to make a perfect score daily in all
areas of fitness (what and how much you eat, water intake,
and exercise). Making yourself accountable every day in a
written format will more than likely keep you on track
better.

Reward yourself for meeting goals

When you complete a short-term goal successfully, reward
yourself. A reward for your success doesn't have to be food
related. Reward yourself with going shopping for new
clothes for your changing body or color your hair for a new
image.

Conclusion

A New Year's weight-loss resolution is what you make it.
Put your focus into the positive and how it can actually
benefit you in the long-run. When you can envision what you
want the final outcome to be and the course of action it
will take, you are better equipped to be a success.

----------------------------------------------------
Karen Sessions has been in the fitness industry since 1988.
She is a nationally qualified bodybuilder and holds two
personal training certifications. She has written 6 ebooks
on fitness and has helped hundreds of clients transform
their bodies. http://www.theelitephysique.com