Adventurous Mom

I really loathe New Year’s Res­o­lu­tions, not because I think that they are bad, they’re just poorly writ­ten!  It’s like say­ing: “I resolve to NEVER eat choco­late and diet coke again!”  Ha! Ha! Yeah right.

I love that there is a big push to cre­ate New Year’s Goals instead of Res­o­lu­tions.  It’s like say­ing “I intend on achiev­ing _____ by doing X, Y, and Z”  instead of say­ing “I am mirac­u­lously going to change my behav­ior just because it’s the start of a new decade!”

I have a hard time clos­ing the refrig­er­a­tor door, much less chang­ing my behav­ior entirely.  (One of the many things that dri­ves my hus­band nuts!) And don’t even ask me about laundry!

As human beings, we almost have to trick our­selves into learn­ing new habits.  It can’t really seem like a chore or a task.  If we make it fun, or if we have a good time work­ing toward the goals, then we are more likely going to achieve them.

Weight loss is a hefty goal for most Res­o­lu­tion­ers.…  I used to fall into that trap.  I con­sider myself to be fit, but could always lose about 12–15 pounds.  As a child I was much more rotund than both of my sis­ters, they were rails.  So I have always been some­what sen­si­tive about my weight.

I decided about a year ago to forgo the weight strug­gle and to just try to stay healthy.  SWEET! No scale!  Instead of the stress of the scale, I found new ways to work­out, to have fun, to chal­lenge myself to eat healthier.

Here’s a tip:  Try eat­ing locally grown foods (within 100 miles), you will be forced to eat less processed food, and have to cook!  It’s both fun and nutritious!

Our fam­ily started incor­po­rat­ing locally grown foods into our diet, it has been quite an adven­ture!!  At the same time, I didn’t try to keep junk food away, just ate less.

Work­ing out became fun because I was doing Krav Maga (an Israeli Mar­tial Art).  It actu­ally served two pur­poses:  1. fit­ness and 2. stress relief.  I can’t tell you the joy I felt when I would get to pur­pose­fully punch some­one.  Well…they did get to punch me back, so I learned how to be swift!

Other friends are suc­cess­ful in reach­ing their goals if they join a com­pe­ti­tion.  This year, my new adven­ture and my new GOAL is going to be attempt­ing a TRIATHALON!!  Check out my new post about my triathalon:  The Next Adventure

I have already found sev­eral peo­ple to help me out and cheer me on.  We don’t have to do this alone –  You don’t have to do it alone!!  And trust me, when you tell oth­ers, they hold you to your goals.…so what are you wait­ing for?

What are you gonna do this YEAR???

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