My New Year's Hope For You 🌟

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First off,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 🎉 Welcome to 2017!!

2016 had some heartbreak, began a new decade in life, and a great new chapter as an adult (?.... For real though, I still feel like I'm 18 at times),  One thing is for sure, it went by way too fast. Not sure if it was the same for you but I'm not going to let another year fly by like that again! With that being said, I have a New Year's hope for you. 

I recently saw a post on social media that stated to make goals and not resolutions. Huh? You may be thinking, "Well aren't they they same?" Not really. A goal is an effort to a desired result while a resolution is a firm decision to do or not do something. You can't do one without the other because you first have to make the decision. I want you to make resolutions, you just need a good plan to reach the goal!

For as long as I can remember, my New Year's Resolution was always to lose weight. This year, thankfully, that is not the case. Changing my mindset out of the diet mentality has taken a little over a year to overcome. I never realized the grip that society had on me telling me how to be, to look, or to act a certain way. Maybe it's turning 30 that I just don't give a bleep anymore. I no longer have the energy to worry about what other people think when I have other real issues going on in my life. It could also be the self reflecting over the past year and befriending/following like minded people that has changed my mind set. Either way, I'm thankful for the change. 

My hope for you is that weight loss is not your New Year's Resolution. 

"But wait, you're The Fitness RD and your telling me not to lose weight??"

Kind of sounds crazy right!? While I want to help you become a healthy you, I don't want weight loss to be your main focus. There is a fine line between losing weight (for the right and wrong reasons) and just working on being healthy. I also don't want you to set yourself up for a let down if you do not achieve your goal of X pounds or X inches or X body fat percentage. My hope is that you work on being healthy. If you don't exercise, take baby steps and start by just walking. My hope is that you feel beautiful and not worry about one roll because everyone has them. My hope is that you take more pictures because you are not going to stress about how you look in them, you just want to document the memory. My hope is that you go out on that beach and rock whatever 1 or 2 piece you want because you have a new found confidence. My hope is that you try a new unconventional way to think and fell other than what social media tells you.

I want you to OWN 2017 and EVERY year after by allowing me to teach you how.

So make resolutions! Just please don't make it about weight. Here are some out of the box (and not out of the box) resolutions that you can make. 

  • Drink more water each day
  • Get more sleep each night
  • Incorporate more fruit and veggies each day
  • Train for a 5K, 1/2 marathon, Mudd run/Color run --> its OK if you need to walk it! Its about reaching the goal
  • Get a massage once a month
  • Eat food again and not freak out
  • Get a facial once a month (I got a hydra facial every month in 2016 and my skin could not be happier!)
  • Read a book each month or if you're super busy, every 2-3 months
  • Travel more
  • Follow out of the box thinkers on social media
  • OR delete the apps if it's consuming too much time
  • Give away the clothes you say you will wear but haven't 

I know asking you to not make your New Year's resolution be about your weight can be challenging or scary. But, once you work on living life and not obsessing about your weight, I promise you will wonder why you didn't do it sooner! 

Are you ready to change your mindset?