Before you know it the Christmas and new years festivities have been and gone, and now every person that you meet seems to be asking… Whats your new years resolution?

Now if you like myself have perhaps overindulged a bit on the cheese spreads and Christmas dinners as well as seemingly being invited out for a meal every day over the Christmas holidays then January can often be about resetting and getting back into a routine and base level that you were before the holidays, whether that be in the form of your weight, your fitness level or perhaps a meditation routine that you had nailed down before all the hectic ness the ensued.
Heres a few tips from me to help you get started!

1) Aim To Be Well Rounded

When I say try to be more well rounded I don’t mean around the waistline. Try to view health as a more general thing and not just your physical, mental, social or spiritual wellbeing. An example of bot being well rounded would perhaps be just focussing on losing 3kg of weight by the end of 2022, if you become so tied down with this aim and forget about looking after yourself on the whole, maybe you’re always stressed out or feel like you can’t be social and go out for food because its detrimental to a singular physical goal it can often make the goal harder to achieve as you become so downtrodden in achieving it.

2) Make the Goal Accessible and Attainable

The more that you can feel the goal is achievable and realistic the more motivated you are to achieving it. Find the sweet spot for your goal for 2022, something that will be challenging and maybe not be achieved straight away but on the same note not so unrealistic and challenging that you feel unmotivated to a point that you feel you will never achieve it will be no use to you. In terms of accessibility try not to set a goal which you may find difficult to access, for example if your goal is to lose weight but you don’t drive a car and maybe the only way to the nearest gym is by public transport which takes 30 minutes on a good day you may find that after a while you may lose interest in your goals. So a change of tact is needed and the planning to make the goal more accessible, an example of this would be to try running, this requires next to nothing equipment wise and sometimes all that is needed is for you to step out your front door to achieve this goal.

3)Reward Yourself!

For the most important tip of them all, the best to last as they say. If you’re on a super-strict diet the last thing you want to think about is not knowing when you can taste you’re favourite take-away order again. An important thing to keep in mind though when you think about treating yourself is as always do it in moderation, if you’re going for a cheat meal try not to make it day. Even at that cheat meal itself you can make reductions within it such as light versions of beer or diet mixers with your favourite spirits, this way you can save those hard earned calorie tokens that you’ve been working all week for at at the same time still enjoy a pink gin and lemonade (make sure its diet though).

These are just a few short tips to bare in mind when making new years goals this month, theres no bulletproof method to it, if you find it somewhat enjoyable and think you can achieve you’re pretty much there. Get in touch, I’d love to hear everyones goals for the year. All the best!