Thoughts From a Health & Fitness Coach
New Year’s resolutions are an ancient practice that the fitness and health world uses as a selling point. Most people tend to stand in one camp or the other, making a resolution every year or disregarding the tradition with complete disdain. Ultimately, the fitness and health world use New Year’s as a way to make money by selling training, gym memberships, and a lot of new gadgets! When you are seeking change, it is natural to see these marketing campaigns and think, maybe this is my year, and jump on a few of the bandwagons available.
I do not think these options are “bad”. It is absolutely possible that a new program will be a jumping-off point for a lifelong habit. However, over the years of coaching and training clients, I have watched the cycle of New Year’s Resolutions. Most often, resolutions follow the pattern of setting unattainable goals, becoming disappointed when you cannot meet them, feeling shame that ultimately inhibits changes, and finally ending up in the same place you started, feeling worse about yourself.
To me, this is not the ideal path to improving health and wellness. An alternative concept or mindset around new habits, which could ultimately be integrated into New Year’s Resolutions, is looking at change and how you can realistically make changes that are lasting and helpful.
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