{"id":666,"date":"2008-12-23T08:30:06","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T14:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/wordpress\/?p=666"},"modified":"2013-08-23T14:52:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T14:52:46","slug":"make-a-better-new-years-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/g\/make-a-better-new-years-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Better New Year&#8217;s Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With 2009 fast approaching, it&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s resolution time.\u00a0 Are you making a resolution to lose weight?\u00a0 Every year thousands of people resolve to drop a few pounds in the New Year.\u00a0 The challenge with this resolution is that it doesn&#8217;t describe what\u00a0specifically needs to be done to lose weight.\u00a0 We have the goal, but no plan on how to achieve the goal.<\/p>\n<p>Make a better resolution by writing down a more detailed plan to lead you to your goal.\u00a0 Break your resolution down into specific steps.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are some tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">Think about the specific steps that need to be taken\u00a0to help you lose weight.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\"> \u00a0If you are going to &#8220;work out&#8221;, what are you going to specifically do?\u00a0 Work out on the elliptical at the gym?\u00a0 Run on your treadmill at home?\u00a0 Instead of saying <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">I&#8217;m going to &#8220;eat healthy&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">, be more specific: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">I&#8217;m going to take a piece of fruit to work for an afternoon snack.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">Create steps that are measurable so you can\u00a0see if you&#8217;re on track. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">Simply writing <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">I will run on my treadmill<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\"> doesn&#8217;t give you the same guidance as <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">I will run on my treadmill for 30 minutes four times every week.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">\u00a0 The latter helps you know exactly what you&#8217;re trying to do.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">Review your step to make sure it&#8217;s attainable and realistic.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a personal example.\u00a0 Two years ago I resolved to run on my treadmill before work during the winter since it was too bitterly cold (and dark) outside to run.\u00a0 I wanted to get back into the routine I&#8217;d had several years prior.\u00a0 I set out to run 50 minutes every weekday.\u00a0 Well, I couldn&#8217;t get myself out of bed to do it!\u00a0 I&#8217;d wake up and think, &#8220;oh gosh, I&#8217;ve got to run for 50 minutes?!?&#8221; and quickly press the snooze button.\u00a0 After becoming frustrated and a bit down on myself, I revised my goal to run just 20 minutes.\u00a0 It was amazing how when I woke up, I looked forward to the 20 minutes of running while watching the morning news.\u00a0 It was a more reasonable workout for me at the time.\u00a0 And as I settled into my morning routine, I was able to slowly increase my running time.\u00a0 Had I left the goal at 50 minutes, I&#8217;d still be pressing the snooze button!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"treadmill\" alt=\"treadmill\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/treadmill.jpg\" width=\"299\" height=\"448\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Aim for writing three specific steps to reach your New Year&#8217;s resolution.\u00a0 Here are some example steps to get you thinking\u00a0about what might work for you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">I<\/span> will pack my lunch to take with me to work at least three days a week.<\/li>\n<li>I will go for a 30-minute walk over my lunch break three days a week.<\/li>\n<li>I will eat one or more vegetables with lunch and dinner five days a week.<\/li>\n<li>I will exercise to one of my exercise videos before work on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.<\/li>\n<li>I will make a home cooked meal four days a week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good luck!\u00a0 Let us know how you&#8217;re doing with your resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 2009 fast approaching, it&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s resolution time.\u00a0 Are you making a resolution to lose weight?\u00a0 Every year thousands of people resolve to drop a few pounds in the New Year.\u00a0 The challenge with this resolution is that it doesn&#8217;t describe what\u00a0specifically needs to be done to lose weight.\u00a0 We have the goal, but no plan on how to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/g\/make-a-better-new-years-resolution\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-g","category-c","cat-45-id","cat-55-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/scale1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8692,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions\/8692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}