Healthy Handful: Five simple resolutions
How many times have you made a big news years resolution, only to fail by the end of January? It happens to us all, and if you ask me, it's because the changes we resolve to make are too sweeping, and we're not ready for such a big change. So this year, resolve to take it slow, to make small changes and gradually increase them. Here are my suggestions for achievable new year's resolutions:
- Resolve to ... eat a fruit or vegetable at most meals. You might not be able to do this at every meal, but do your best to have something healthy --if only a couple of carrot sticks--every time you eat.
- Resolve to ... do something active for 10 minutes each day. This could mean taking a walk around the block at lunch, taking the stairs instead of the elevator or going to the gym and sweating it out on the treadmill. You can increase this if you want, but make sure you're doing something active for just 10 minutes each day.
- Resolve to ... write it down. Keep a journal of some sort, and write in it when you have time -- but at least once a week. It could be a diary of your deepest thoughts, a food journal chronicling what you ate that day or simply a log of what you did that day. It will come in handy in the future -- I promise.
- Resolve to ... be patient. Slow down your life -- eat slowly, drive slowly and enjoy slow weekend days with your family. Take time to savour everything, and you'll see everything change for the better.
- Resolve to ... not beat yourself up if you mess up. Forgive yourself, and get back on the wagon. Move on. It's as simple as that.
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