Ah, a New Year once again has arrived. Are you ready to take the chance to start out fresh?
Well, Fashionistas , it's that time of year again where we need to get one step ahead of ourselves and down the yellow brick road to Oz. (refence from the Wizard from the Oz)
Are you willing to do? Or are you going to repeat the same mistakes from last year? It's up to you. Make your Choice. Make sure, you stick TO IT!
Yes, Change is Difficult.
You must be eagered to know what's going on with my website. Well, I will have to mention that I will be not only writing about fashion and my everyday life but also health, fitness, nutrition, travel, and other fascinating facts that may or may not be useful in your everyday life. Instead of focusing on one subject or one area, I decided to expand these areas that implies to our everyday lives. I wanted to add variety with my blogs :)
Today's Topic of the day is New Years Resolutions and how to stick to it throughout the rest of the year. You may think this is easily possible to achieve but just you see and wait, until within a couple weeks in, you will start noticing that you will be slipping and sliding back into old habits. It ain't good however it will happen for most of you.
Here, you all must urging to know what are my New Years Resolutions are. Well, I will have a list out for you however I may be doing an awesome job suceeding at them now but I know in the long run, that I might be breaking my resolutions back into old habits.
New Years Resolutions for the Year 2010
-Workout at least 4 times a week for at least an hour at the gym
-Eat small amounts of meals more often throughout the day instead 3 big ones
-Find a suitable job in the City of London or perhaps my dream job as a student of UWO is to work in retail such as H&M
-In addition, drink lots of water everyday and substitute it instead of soft drinks, juices, or flavoured water
-Study consistently everyday and don't procrastinate on essays, projects, papers, and studying for tests and midterms til the week before or the last minute
I have numerous amount of goals however these one are the goals that I want to accomplish within the long term.
New year's resolutions aren't easy to keep, but if you're serious about changing your derelict diet—and losing a few pounds along the way—a resolution can help. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology reports that those who pledge to make behavior changes by means of a resolution were 10 times more likely to succeed than those who simply want to make a change. Going public and sharing your goal with someone can also bump up your odds for success.
But a commitment to better eating is only the start. You also need to figure out how and what to change. Here are four suggestions that can put you on the right path.
Keep a Food Record
To fix your diet you should understand where it's broken. One good way to do that, says Washington, D.C.-based registered dietician Katherine Tallmadge, is to keep a pencil and notebook handy as you go about your day. For at least a week, record everything you eat, when you eat, and maybe how you feel after you eat.
The exercise can be eye-opening, says Tallmadge, who is also author of Diet Simple: 214 Mental Tricks, Substitutions, Habits & Inspiration (LifeLine Press, 2004). By analyzing your eating routines, she says, you can discover both the good habits you practice as well as those that regularly route high-calorie, low-nutrition fodder toward your mouth.
It can also unveil such misguided behaviors as chronically skipping breakfast. "Studies have shown that if you eat breakfast," Tallmadge says, "you eat proportionally fewer calories the rest of the day."
Keeping an ongoing food record while trying to establish better eating patterns can make you accountable to yourself and discourage mindless eating.
And make sure to record one other item: your weight. Climb on the scale at least once a week if not every day, says Tallmadge.
Discover (or Rediscover) Veggies
Mothers have told us from the beginning of time to eat our vegetables. Now it's time to pay attention.
Melanie Polk, a registered dietician and nutrition director for the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), says by adding ample amounts of vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans to your diet you reap a nutritional bonanza. You also benefit from non-nutritive plant chemicals that contain protective, disease-preventing compounds called phytochemicals.
Moreover, recent studies show that consuming plant foods can play an important role in weight loss, says Polk. High in water and fiber and low in "energy density," they create a feeling of fullness without delivering the big calorie load of high-fat foods.
Remove Temptations
When retraining your eating habits, avoiding temptation is a better strategy than trying to resist it. "We're eating machines—that's instinctive," says Tallmadge. "That's why it's important to keep only healthy foods in your home."
Tallmadge recommends purging your home of chips, cookies and other items you don't want to ingest. Then make sure you have nutritious foods around that are easy to grab when you do feel like snacking. One good option is pre-made vegetable soup in your refrigerator that you can quickly heat up. Another is chopped fruit and vegetables that you can dip into humus, yogurt or light ranch dressing.
Also, be ready for the challenges you face outside of your controlled eating environment. "If you know you're going to overeat at a certain event, seriously consider not going," she says.
Don't Give Up
Finally, if you begin to slide into your former eating patterns, refuse to give up and abandon your effort. Persistence is better than perfection.
"Accepting the setback and moving on is the best strategy," says Tallmadge. Tallmadge notes that weight loss studies have shown those who keep weight off and those who regain weight typically have the same number of slip-ups. "Successful people just know how to rebound from them better," she says.
And remember: making a resolution to eat better doesn't mean you have to fight your wayward dining habits all alone. Solicit the advice of nutrition counselors, doctors, or the 92-year-old marathon runner next door if you think they can help you help you get—and stay—on the right track.
Here you go, folks. Here are ways to start off your New Years Resolutions on the right track. It may be a little difficult at first, like the article mentions "Don't Give up!"
There are always ways to stay with your new diet and fitness plan than slipping back to your old habits of temptation eating and lack of motivation for exercising.
Guess what? Jessy, a model manager, stylist and former model of The Agency here in London is attending the gym with me early Thursday morning to advise me new ways to workout, to eat properly, and the types of exercises to do in order to accomplish my New Years Resolutions.
I am fairly excited to start off fresh for the year. I promise you, and I must!
I will post more new blogs for the rest of the year and you can follow me along throughout my busy scheduled life. Yes, and I am absolutely sure that I will execute this goal!
Nevertheless, I must leave now and read my textbook for my upcoming class this afternoon.
Good Luck with your New Years Resolutions and if they last! I know it will.
xoxoxthe.Fashionistaxoxo ----Of course.....
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