Take a moment to think about your New Year's Resolutions now. Will you be one of the millions who says to themselves, "I've got to lose weight this year"?
If you will ... why not start taking steps NOW. Yes, I know the holidays are coming up, but that's the point. You have two choices. You can either eat all you want through the holidays, and come January first, tell yourself, "Ugh, I have to lose FIFTY pounds!" (Fifty just given for an example here.)
Or, you have another choice. Don't put on those five extra holiday pounds. Right now, you only need to lose 45 pounds. Instead, get out and take a little walk each evening. Get just a little more exercise. You don't need to deprive yourself of all the holiday foods you love ... if you do, you're that much more likely to "fail" on your "diet" because you felt so slighted. Instead, go ahead and have the slice of pumpkin pie. Just make it a smaller slice, and don't follow it up with a slab of pecan pie, telling yourself that you really like pecan too and after all, it's the holidays.
Instead, begin practicing just a little restraint. It will pay off in the end. You'll enter the new year maybe a few pounds lighter than you are now instead of heavier. And maybe more important, you'll face yourself with the realization that you CAN exercise (and maybe even enjoy it!), and that you DO have the willpower to resist temptations. And you'll have that much less to lose, and be that much further on the path to your goals. All of that means you will be MUCH MORE likely to succeed than if you simply ignore what you know if coming and make both your body and your confidence suffer in the meantime.
