Determined To Succeed

Happy Monday, my friends. It’s the start of another week. I can honestly say I started today right. I got up, did a little stretching, went to the gym, did four miles on the elliptical, did weighted tummy crunches (I so want to get rid of this remaining belly of mine) and started the day nice and early.

I also finished a two-part column devoted to New Year’s resolutions. In it I state the two main reasons why we never seem to keep them for very long: we don’t feel worth the work and we have no plan to achieve the goal.

I won’t go into the meat of the columns here but I just wanted you guys to put on your thinking caps now if you are planning on making a New Year’s resolution or two. Mostly I want you to start thinking of your goals for and your plan to begin your weight loss journeys. You’re probably saying, “Whaaaaa!? Now?! I’ve got a couple of weeks until New Year’s. Why now, you screwy guy?”

The answer is simple. On New Year’s Eve I want you to be able to answer the question of HOW you are going to achieve your goals. That’s all. It’s easy to say “oh yeah. I want to lose ten or twenty pounds” on New Year’s Eve. But HOW are you going to do it? What’s your plan?

We are all in this together and I wouldn’t be doing my job as your friend if I didn’t ask these things. Would I? We are all meant to succeed, and I want to see us all succeed. Heck, I still have a few pounds left to go from the grief weight I am still losing (stubborn pounds) but I will get there, too. My body may not look all buff but it’s almost half of what it was before and that is way cool.

So today, start mapping out your plan. You guys are awesome. You really are. And we will pick this conversation up in a couple of weeks. Until then, have a great start to your week.