Whatcha gonna do: Hit that snooze button or GIT UP & GIT GOIN’???
I spent the weekend hunkered down getting some work done, and mixed it all up with a few yoga sessions and an awesome rainy hike with our South Bay “Best Body Challengers”. (You can check out our pics on Facebook)
But… I did notice over the past few days how my New Years Resolutions kind of started to go by the way side.
Not that it’s all lost, but it’s amazing how fast old habits start easily creaking back in if you let your consciousness go back to auto-pilot.
Anyone else going through that?
Do you find yourself easily starting to slip back into old habits?
Changing old behaviors, instilling new ones, and trying to keep up with your already hectic life it a lot of work!
In the video below, I talk about the #1 reason why New Years Resolutions fail, and give you 3 strong things that *MUST* happen if you want your new habits to stick.
Wanna see exactly what I do to instil new habits? Check out this cool trick I figured out while in Kauai!
My Big Why: Because my mental health is directly tied to my physical health and when I move my body, my whole life feels better. I deserve to have that good feeling all the time.
My replacement habits: Exercise 5 days a week (used to be 2-3)…trying to make moving the default, instead of the exception. Also, MORE WATER. Working on erasing the diet soda.
My community: I run with two very active women every Wednesday, which keeps me more active the rest of the time (I have to, if I want to keep up with them!), and, of course, the Be Fit family!
Lookin’ good… Keep it up Emily!!!
My Big Why – I want to be able to do the things I do today, as I get older. Being able to hike, bike and have adventures with my husband as I get older is the real reason I’m doing this.
Here are my current 3 MUSTS I’m focusing on turning into habits:
1) exercise at least 30 min 6x/week AND 300 kcals min during an exercise session
2) Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day
3) Keeping a food journal AND keeping my sodium & fats in check
My community is mostly virtual – I have my Facebook friends who are checking in with me daily/weekly seeing how I’m doing on my goals, and I signed up for Saturday bootcamps during the challenge. So far it’s working!
Great Big “Why”, Linda! Stay involved (virtual communities work!) and keep me posted. : )