In a few days, I will make the same New Years Resolution that I have made every year since I can remember participating in the tradition: Lose Some Weight. I have a feeling I'm not alone; while I have no hard evidence I'd bet weight loss is the most popular New Years Resolution as well as the least likely to be accomplished.
Why have I failed over and over again? Why the yo-yo dieting and the 2 week attention span? Why the lack of motivation to exercise and activity? I don't have the answers to these questions which is certainly bothersome; how can I expect to succeed where I have failed if I am no more prepared now than any other year to do so?
Something has to give; I've gained more weight in this past year than I'd like to admit and with an upcoming marriage, the last thing I want to be thinking about is being uncomfortable. "Does this wedding dress make me look fat?" The absurdity is painful!
I have figured out at least a few steps to take this year to combat this problem and they revolve around a desire to live more ethically in general. Perhaps this is the key; it's been said a million times that you shouldn't diet at all, rather change your lifestyle; so my eating habits need to be on track with the direction I want my lifestyle to go.
I'm dubbing this lifestyle "Lean and Green" (in my head, of course, for it sounds rather foolish even to type it out!) which basically means more attention to what I eat from an environmental perspective. I'll be:
Eating locally
Cutting my meat consumption significantly
Avoiding processed/modified food
Swearing off Fast Food (I drool for a Big Mac as I write that...)
Growing my own food (I tried this last year too but my garden failed miserably...we had so much rain I didn't know too many gardeners who got decent crops!)
And of course, I'll be hitting the gym. I'd like to get back into hiking as well; I used to go a few times a month with my father but this year I don't think I got on the trail even once. For shame! I love the time away from my busy, internet obsessed life, and we have beautiful trails all around my area.
So that's it. I hope to succeed this time for REAL by making hardcore changes not only to my diet, but the way I view food in general. Anyone else out there have a plan? Share it with me!
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