Resolution Solution

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We've all had 'em; we've all made them; we've all broken them; some of them we've achieved; many of them we've forgotten. I've had complete sentences, full paragraphs, even some diaries of New Year's Resolutions. None of which I completely accomplished.

Then several years back I decided to simplify. Everything. I just chose a word or short phrase to stick by, to live by, to make decisions by, have an annual creed by. "Believe", "Patience", "Peace", "Contentment", "Constraint", "Connected". Whatever the word was that penetrated my soul and I knew was where my focus needed to be for the New Year.

So this year as we move forward with wanting to feel better, live to more of our potential, and live more whole and complete, I was really contemplating what that would mean and how we would fulfill it. What settled with me was:

Don't Cheat Yourself.
period.

Be all you can be. Feel the best you can feel. Fuel your body like it's meant to be fueled. Live to your potential ~ inside and out. So picking up those processed cookies is no longer about how they will taste in your mouth for the next 15 seconds, but what the bigger impact will be. You will be putting chemicals and harmful, inflammatory calories in your body; you will then later mentally beat yourself up because you "fell off the wagon again", your body will consequently not be as healthy; your mind will have unhealthy thoughts; your insulin levels will shoot up, not allowing your body to utilize fat; you may snap at your significant other or kiddo because you're ticked off at yourself for not ever being able to stick to your resolutions to "eat healthier"; as the cycle repeats itself, your health declines, you're not living to your full potential, and one simple cookie contributes to a vicious cycle in which you spin out of control.

Don't Cheat Yourself.

You do deserve to have a clean, toxin free body; to feel good inside and out; to be healthy and complete in your interactions with others; to move freely, confidently, and happily. To put your energy into producing positive results for yourself, your family, and those within your community.


This year when life becomes gray and you're confronted with a decision of what to eat, whether to Get Out and Move, to speak positively or negatively, to do something kind or don't do anything at all,  to sleep in or get up 30' early to feel better about yourself; to eat an apple or a cookie, to look your child or significant other in the eyes instead of at your phone or computer when they are talking, just tell yourself:

Don't Cheat Yourself.

And decisions and life will become very clear.


On January 12 we will embark on an 8 week Resolution Solution together. It's going to be a fun ride :-)