New year resolutions: A guide.

Ciao!

I'll assume that we've all made New Year Resolutions before? And I think it's safe to assume that we've all failed at least once!

I was always one of those people who would promise something spontaneously and then give up by the 5th. That was, until I learned a few tricks...

Prepare

This is possibly the most important goal ever. You need need NEED to have everything sorted and ready. Don't wait until you're feeling sick from christmas pudding on the 31st to decide that you want to lose weight. You need to start planning what you're going to do and how. Are you going to get up every morning and jog? Are you going to join the gym? Or just cut down on those really cute cupcakes?!

This adorable bite is modelled on the adorable Gala Darling!

You may think that this tip has come a little late for this year but it's good for next year!

Set clear goals.

Another real important one. You have to know what you're going to do. Exactly. A few people mihgt be scoffing now but how often have you written "Lose weight" as a goal? This might seem a clear goal but you need to go much deeper! How much weight do you want to lose? By when? When are you going to start? What is your inspiration?!

This is my inspiration! I want this dress so so badly as my prom dressbut I reckon it'll cost acouple of grand..we don't have that but if I could even fit into it I'd be chuffed!

Pick a date.

A pattern that I have noticed in myself and others failing is that we have no clear start date. We just assume that it starts on the 1st. This is well and good if your goal is something like "Go to Greece in the summer" because you still have a little time to prepare, but are you really likely to "lose weight" if you're going to a New Years dinner? Are you really going to want to work out if you still have last nights hang over? A good Starting date is essential!

But how do you know when a start date is good? I try to pick a date that gives me time to recover from my "Celebrations" and to put a few last minute plans in place, but ultimatley one that's not too far away. I like January 5th. You can recover, tidy up, and normalise life again. What you don't need is a date like March 7th when you probably would have stopped caring or completley forgotten about your goal by then!

Measure your progress.

A brilliant tip for sucsess is to know how often you're going to measure your progress. You might want to wiegh yourself once a fortnight or count how many cigarettes you've cut out. Counting this at the end of the week/fortnight/month should be lovely motivation and if you're very proud of yourself you can treat yourself to something nice!

Go public.

Announce your goal. To family, friends, work mates, your donkey - anyone who will listen! Start a blog marking your progress or upload a series of Youtube videos. This works on a basic principal that no one likes to fail in front of others.You'll be under a little more pressure but you'll recieve a lot more support and encouragement!

Be confident!

Of course! You knew this was coming didn't you? If you don't elive in yourself how can you expect others too? You have to know that you can do these things or you're not going to get anywhere!

Condfience! What a thing!

Well, let me know how this advice works out for you!

What are your resolutions?

What made you pick those ones?

Happy New Year!

Cuddles and cookies,

Vixxie.