Right along the traditional January posts about New Year, New You come the flood of unhelpful posts telling you all the reasons resolutions “don’t work.” Let’s reset. It’s become trendy in recent years to trash the New Year’s Resolution idea. Dig it out, and let’s go after your success. So don’t ditch your New Year’s Resolution. You have an intuitive draw to do something good for yourself, improve your life in some way, and lift your spirits with wins that make you happier, healthier or better, and you deserve that. That’s important, because you’re important. We’re doubling down on the New Year’s Resolution with new rules, for new results. Or if already by January 18th you haven’t yet set a New Year’s Resolution (or forgotten the one you did set) ~ Or if you’re a serial dieter who resolves every year to lose weight ~ If you’re one of the many who join the crowd at the gym at the start of every new year, swearing, “This year will be different!” ~ Mentioning that they’ll be gone in a few weeks anyway is negative, and not encouraging for folks just checking things out, and hoping to learn to love working out.This article was written by LRI Director Joelle Jay, an executive coach, speaker and author specializing in leadership development. And finally, you should be encouraging of anyone who is making steps and changes to create a healthier lifestyle.That would be rude, right? Especially given that you take that resolution very seriously. What about your goals? What if someone grumbled to you that they thought your 2015 planner was stupid and that you’ll ditch the thing by March anyway, so not to bother.Maybe today is the day you try a new class or go for a run outside? Who knows? The fact that your favorite elliptical in front of your favorite tv is in use isn’t the end of the world. They’ll keep you on your toes! So all the cardio machines are used up.Of course, if someone is breaking gym etiquette or seems completely clueless, feel free to politely inform him or her of their party foul, but play nice. At some point, you were the new kid too, and just because you fancy yourself a pro now doesn’t mean you can side-eye the new guy or gal. You didn’t pop out of the womb nailing squats on the squat rack.So as you’re mumbling and grumbling about how “annoying” resolutioners are, and how you won’t worry because “they’ll be gone in two weeks anyway,” remember a few things. Sure, my active-lifestyle awakening didn’t quite occur at the stroke of midnight on January 1st, however, had folks been rude and unwelcoming, perhaps I would not be sitting in my job where I am now. When I finally lost it and started feeling comfortable in the gym, I was one of those new people. At some point during undergrad and into my first year of grad school, my metabolism could no longer efficiently handle the crap I was shoveling into my system, and I gained somewhere between 30 and 40 pounds. Which, I guess, for folks really dedicated to the gym, can seem sort of annoying, but this type of talk is extremely problematic for a number of reasons.įirst and foremost, I used to be a little bit heavier than I was now, and I never worked out. I have a big, big problem with us fitness people, and it centers around the talk regarding New Year’s Resolutioners, or, the reason the gym is packed with folks essentially swinging from the chandeliers in the months of January-March.
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