Motivation Mondays: New Year, New You. . . Not!

I thought I'd start a regular feature in the blog for the New Year. I know tons of people have made it their New Year's resolution to lose weight and get in shape. Well I have some theories on the New Year's resolution and what you should do right now if you haven't already. Because to go from that to this:

takes a whole lot of blood, sweat, tears and possibly a professional glam squad:) Most importantly it takes a ton of motivation. Why is it that for some people every year they make the same old BS resolutions. Get your head out of the freaking clouds. Just because it's the beginning of a new year does not mean that you will magically transform into a new person. This year hubby and I started a new tradition. We didn't pop champagne or kiss at the stroke of midnight. We did spend a quiet evening together reflecting on what we accomplished in 2009, what our goals were for 2010 and what strategies we devised to work towards them.

See the thing many people miss is that Jan 1st isn't really any different that June 1st. Sitting down with pen and paper and writing down not just your short and long term goals, but also your strategy, time line and measurable outcome are all key to your success. I can't tell you how many people I know that don't do this last one. If you don't have some way to measure the outcome, how will you know you achieved your goal?

Instead of talking smack about how horrible the past year has been, I really wish people would do something constructive with your time. I cleaned my house, gave myself the deluxe beauty treatment, spent some time planning and enjoyed QT with the one I love. Why is this important? Because it takes more than jumping on the treadmill or pumping iron to lose weight. What? Yeah I said it. Notice I didn't mention anything about food or excessive alcohol being apart of my plans.

Too many of us use food as a crutch. Sugar and alcohol are socially acceptable, legal drugs. It takes time to wake up to the total and complete inappropriateness of the Standard American Diet (SAD) but the real problem is when people know and don't do anything about it. Now before you get your panties in a bunch, I'm not getting preachy here. What I am saying, is that the first step is recognizing you have a problem. The second step is to get up and do something about it. For me that meant cleaning a bunch of crap out of my kitchen today. There may be healthy produce, grass fed meat and dairy products and filtered water on tap but even I am guilty of housing some trash in my kitchen.

It was hard but I threw out the pizza. . .and the coupons for more. I tossed the cookies and the cakes and all that mess that doesn't belong in the kitchen of someone with my goals in mind. Now I know it's not all my stuff but I'm sure my husband will understand. If you want to succeed, you have to get up with something on your mind everyday. The road to success is made up of hundreds of little steps and those steps are made up of a combination of our decisions, actions and opportunities. Today, getting my stuff straight was on mine. So the question I'll leave you with today is what did you get up with on your mind today?

Cheers!