The Zen of Health

By Sandy G Goldberg

Feeling overwhelmed with everyone talking about resolutions? I'm not surprised. Before the end of a year everyone starts talking about what their new year resolutions are going to be, then after new year everyone tells you about the resolutions that they've set and asks you about yours. Every single health magazine has at least one article about resolutions and twitter is full of resolution tweets. By week 5 or 6 they've faded, been forgotten or failed. That is until next year.

I think it's time to change our thinking. I think we should toss New Year's resolutions out of the window as well as diets that start on Monday's. Rather let's have an ongoing goal to change one thing at a time. When we've mastered that move onto the next. It should be ongoing, one week rolling into the next, month after month and year after year regardless of the day, date or year.

A healthy lifestyle is about simplicity not complexity. Here is my take on the Zen of Health.

Have faith -

• in yourself and in the process
• that if you keep doing the right things often enough you will get results

Be mindful of -

• how you treat your body
• what you put into your mind and body
• what you want to achieve
• the choices you make and their impact on your life

Apply wisdom -

• Be your own guru - no-one knows you better than yourself. You know your strengths, weaknesses as well as what motivates you and what triggers your bad habits.
• Know that it's OK to go off track - apply the 80 /20 principle i.e. make healthy choices at least 80% of the time
• Leading a healthy lifestyle is not about complexity - it is about simplicity.
• Apply wisdom, logic and common sense to offers of quick fix remedies and promises of easy and fast weight loss solutions.

Be authentic -

• do what you say you are going to do
• talk less and do more

Focus on -

• what you are trying to achieve
• one thing at a time
• making healthier choices more often
• the present - not on yesterday or tomorrow
• where you put your attention and energy
• leading a healthy energizing lifestyle - not on weight loss
• simplifying your life and removing the clutter
• finding balance by feeding your mind, body and soul
• being consistent
• the big picture

If you want to lose weight decide on what one thing you're going to change and do it. If you want to lead a healthier lifestyle, decide on the one thing you want to change and start. When you've mastered that one change select the next one. Small changes, big impact. Forget New Year's resolutions, forget Mondays. Start now, don't wait.

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