It’s an evolution, not an end.
Resolutions? I am not even going to ask. I actually began my weight loss and health journey on a random Thursday in September, so I’m living proof that anytime is the right time to make the diet and lifestyle changes you want to make. New Year’s Resolutions have never worked for me so I don’t make them.
However, I do believe that the New Year is a great time to explore what’s not working and what you want to improve. What do you want 2021 to look and feel like? Do you believe it is possible? I think it’s much more helpful to see this as a New Year’s Evolution instead.
I’m a big believer that the biggest change most of us need to make is between our ears. Only when my thoughts changed could I begin to change my beliefs so I could then change my behavior. And consistent behavior change is what a healthier lifestyle is all about.
Thoughts become beliefs. Beliefs become behavior.
New Year resolutions most often skip right to the behaviors we want to change like eating better or exercising more. But when our thoughts don’t line up with the things we want to change, we aren’t setting ourselves up for success.
I recently had a coaching client lament that after so many years of failed attempts she didn’t even believe that she could lose the weight she wants to. Yet after some brainstorming about all she had learned from all those ‘failed’ attempts, she began to see how much she had learned over the course of her journey. She knows what worked and what didn’t. She’s learning how her body is different now that she’s in midlife and is working to put together HER plan – one that works for her, based on where she is now. It’s an evolution not an end.
Are you resolving to make a change in 2021 or evolving by learning and growing? Instead of resolutions, let’s create better health through evolutions in what we understand and believe.
In order to help resolve to evolve, I made a fun New Year’s Evolutions Planner and Infographic just for you! The link is below so you can download it now and get your 2021 off to a great start.
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Here’s to a marvelous New Year!
