Sunday, January 9, 2011

Start a Wellness Program TODAY!

It's never too late, a welfare program, no matter start on your age, health or circumstances. Even small changes count. A wellness program is not for a moment, a total life style change today.

Start the program can be as simple as standing for a few minutes every hour or two to eat donuts instead of 3 Small changes add up and move forward in the right direction.

1. Bring your goals and desires on paper. Be realistic. Set goals for this week, next month,next year and five years from now. Be specific in stating exactly what you want to do. How many pounds? How much exercise? You need to measure your progress of a goal of losing weight is not helpful. How much weight, in what time period. You must be able to know if you are on the right path and see progress. Without a measurable part you will never know if you have achieved your goal. Goals must have action attached to them. Just thinking and dreaming won't do it. You must take action. Set realistic goals. You can achieve great goals, in time; make plenty of small steps on a realistic level to make success. You may wish to lose 100 pounds. This is doable, but not in a week or even a month, be realistic in your expectations. Set a time limit to reach your gal. If your goal is large, break it down into measurable and doable segments.

2. What, when, and how? What will achieving your goal take? When will you work on you goal? How will you do it, where will you do it? You need The answer to this question in order to achieve the desired success

3. Plan a couple of things in life without planning (planning deliberately not always) happen. Set a schedule for you as much detail as possible. Expect detours and plan around them.

4. The article in a magazine. If your desires, problems, fears and obstacles have written often opens a way to see the solutions. Write your feelings, vent, and rejoice.

5. Start where you are now, today, where are youStanding is the only place they have. Do not wait for a different circumstance. You have only this moment, start here

6. Starting small: one step at a time. As a child ensures success makes major changes almost always guarantee failure

7. Expect setbacks, learn from them. Do not belittle or blame yourself. You are human and humans make mistakes, fall back into old habits. And 'normal and expected, go to learn.

8. Projects, a little 'house cleaning. " This isboth figurative and literal. Most of our homes need decluttering, as much as our minds do. If you are living in cluttered mess and are unable to easily walk through your home you will not function at your best. Likewise if your mind is filled with negativity and must do's you cannot think straight and concentrate on you wellness plans. Your things may need prioritized and streamlining.

9. You are unique and wonderful. Other people are also unique. Don't compare your progress with anyone else's. Your only completion is yourself. Work to improve the healthy food choices you make, the number of steps you take each day. Your wellness plan is for you and you alone so it matters not how anyone else is doing. You are focus of your plan.

10. Reward yourself! Smile, giggle, do a high five! Give yourself a treat (just be sure it is not a self-sabotaging treat.) whether treat s small or large just be sure you know you are the star.

The wellness plan started today is the plan that will succeed. One small step at a time finishes the race.

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