Just Say No…

To New Year’s Resolutions…. …and YES to a new, healthier lifestyle. Welcome back to my podcast and the start of season 2!!! I am beyond grateful for you! If you are new to my site and haven’t been following me then you can go back and listen to my first season here or, better yet, subscribe to my podcast on Apple, iHeart, Spotify, or any other site you see below so you never miss an episode! This week I am back after a 3 week hiatus from the holidays and getting an new addition to our family! Introducing, Maggie Mae, our 4 month old Chihuahua! So our “big girl”, Bella, now has a sister to play with, torment, and protect! This has been an eye opener when it comes to my time. I actually had to delay my podcast an extra week as I was so busy following her around, potty training her, and being sleep deprived that I couldn’t function. I may be getting too old for this! Ha ha!! She’s lucky she’s so cute. This week’s podcast is all about setting yourself up for success when it comes to creating a new and improved lifestyle, and it has NOTHING to do with making New Year’s Resolutions! I do not like New Year’s Resolutions because I feel like there’s a stigma that you’ll make them every January 1st and drop them within a month. It leaves you feeling like a failure and creates a bad habit of starting and giving up. Instead, what I implore you to do is to make small attainable goals with a deadline a month out, then another goal month out, and then again by summer. You want to create a healthy and positive habit with your goal setting. Baby steps, are still baby steps. With each baby step in the right direction it draws you closer to your small goal, which inevitably leads you to a bigger end result that you may or may not have perceived was even possible. Remember, hard work pays off and every little change in a healthy, positive way is worth doing…and you’re worth it! Remember to have grace with yourself and forgive yourself if you stumble. You’re human and you will fall, every once in a while. It’s what you do in that moment that shows what you’re made of. Do you get back up and continue to move forward or do you give up? As we enter mid January, don’t tell yourself you’re too late to start a positive lifestyle change this year. YOU CAN START ANY MONTH, ANY DAY of the week. Start today, do it for you! Do it for your family. When you eat well, get active, achieve goals you set for yourself, then you become a happier and healthier person to be around. When you feel good, your mental state also becomes healthy. Who doesn’t want to feel good inside and out? Don’t know how to start? Check out the Call the Action below. Let’s get started, today! *On paper write down your top 2-4 goals. Remember, they don’t need to be huge and hard to attain. Think small baby steps. As you begin to create a positive trend of goal setting/goal attaining then you can start setting bigger goals. *Next set deadlines next to each goal. This is very important. It’s creating accountability. Make it tangible. Ex. I want to take a walk everyday. My plan: walk each evening. My hopes are that I will create a habit by the end of a month and then I won’t have to make it a goal, it’ll be a lifestyle. The benefits; I will be more active, fresh air in my lungs will help my emotional and mental state, I may even lose weight! *You could also add your goals to your phone and set reminders to go off when you need a nudge. Whatever works for YOU. *If you miss a day in your routine don’t fret and most definitely don’t give up. Just get back up and start again the next day. Your life is a journey and there are going to be days where it’s almost impossible to hit a goal, that’s ok. Just don’t give up! If you need help or someone to hold you accountable please feel free to reach out to me. Check out my IG account @BAWarrior360 or Facebook: BAWarrior360 Best wishes and happy new year! Let’s make it great!!! Much love, Angie