Well, everyone else is doing is and jumping on the bandwagon so why not start again for the New Year and see how long before this effort filters out. (That is the positive start to the New Year honest)
A bit like any New Year resolutions, it all starts with great enthusiasm, then begins to wobble a little, then finally oh drat it is blown, might as well go off the rails before starting again.
Yet another cycle begins.
This year I want to make that a bit different, but in spite of my willingness to begin again with a clean slate, I find I still punish myself regularly by telling me I am not worth the effort, otherwise why else would I start a healthy way forward and then slip off the rails and fail badly.
Mindset maybe, not food choices?
Is that the problem. I think therefore I am (Fatter than I should be) or maybe I should just say I am what I am and whatever happens is me.
I typically find that January is not a good time to start with all this New Year New Me stuff. So I tend to keep my will power for the Lenten Period, starting on Ash Wednesday and ending at Easter. I am not a religious person yet for some reason that 46 day period resounds with my willpower and gives me a determination to succeed at whatever it is I have chosen to do.
This makes me think that "long term goals" are scary and a January 1st resolution leads to "Oh my word there are 365 days until the next New Year will I be able to stick to it" rather than Let's just see what January does for us, then work on the next section. So small goals bite sized chunks, not trying to do too much at once and allow my brain to settle into a "Can do" rather than "Should do" mode.
So onwards and upwards with my planning for Lent and in the meantime I am upping my exercise and reducing my unhealthy eating. No resolution, no beating myself up if i don't stick to anything. Just putting my mind into the "I am here and I am worth it" mode and getting on with it.
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