Bringing In the New Year

2016 is almost upon us and maybe you have or maybe you haven’t started some new  years resolutions.

I do believe in resolving to do something, but I don’t believe in resolutions. Let me explain….when we think of resolutions what comes to mind?  Being drunk at 1am on New Years and spouting off some things you want to change?

Resolutions often fall short of getting us to our goals. The reason is that we have to have more than a resolution.  We have to have resolve.

What I mean by this is resolve to be a different person when next new years rolls around.  Decide what you want, why you want it, and make a plan of how to do it.  When it comes to fitness I get a lot of questions on what to do in the gym and what to eat.

If you have questions on that great, bring them on I’d love to talk one on one and help in any way I can.

One thing I don’t get questions on is how to stick with it.

January will roll around and you will be pumped to do your new workout, diet, etc.  But then February will get here and you may find the old habits beating down your door again.

Go into the new year expecting this.  It will be hard.  Change won’t come in a week, or a month, change takes time.  But stick with it and by next new years, you will have new goals, and new challenges to accomplish, and this year’s will be accomplished.  Prepare yourself mentally now.  There will be a lot of days you don’t want to eat right, you won’t want to work out, do it anyway.  Resolve that even when in doubt, even when you don’t want to, you will anyway.

Don’t just write down your goals.  Write down your why. Write down why you want to be healthier, faster, younger looking, etc.  Put it on your mirror and don’t take it down.  These are your motivation on the days you “don’t feel like it”.  You can do this, 2016 is your year.