10 Tips for Starting a Wellness Program Today

These are my comments responding to each of the ten tips. You can put it in your blog too, if you want to copy and paste, then delet my answers.

1. Write out your goals and desires.  Goals should be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Action-based, Realistic and Time-oriented.
My goal is to get ot 155 and stay there forever because my BMI will be healthiest there. And I'm not far from that. I don't feel pressure to lose any weight, but I do feel a goal is to keep working out and eat all the vitamins and nutrients I need.

2. Ask what, when and how. Make a list of the hurdles that keep getting in your way of living a life of wellness. Then determine which ones are true obstacles – things that you need to work around or find solutions to. And the excuses – ‘nuf said!  Hurdles for me are just getting lazy and comfortable where I'm at and forgetting that I have a goal. The scale is something I fear as well, it's not my friend.

3. Have a plan. Specifically, I plan to go to the gym ever day that I can. Weekends I have free time and parking is free at the gym. Tuesday evenings I have class, but other weeknights usually work, especially if my BF is working that night. For example, this week: Wednesday night I'll go straight directly to work out after work.

4. Start a journal.  here it is!

5. Begin your journey where you’re standing now. I can accept where i am right now and where I need to be, which is building good habits and being healthy.

6. Take one step at a time. Baby steps: drink plenty of water, take my supplements every day

7. Learn from your setbacks.  I would say my most recent set back was settling into the new relationship with my boyfriend and putting my romantic life (dates) ahead of my fitness life (hitting the gym).  Being fit makes me feel more sexy.

8. Spend some time “cleaning house.” This is intended to be both literal and figurative.  Keeping plenty of gym clothes clean, unpack gym bags in the evening, organize my clothes is a biggie for me.  Keeping my bed made makes my mind happier, keeps my life together, in my head.

9. Stop comparing yourself to others. I make my health very personal.
i.e. buying organic foods, drinking green tea, keeping alcohol in moderation, amount of time (lots of time) it takes me to complete a gym routine, what size I wear in clothing, my healthy knees and shoulders.  

10. Reward yourself.  The zipper on my wallet recently busted, so buying myself a beautiful new wallet would be awesome. And I don't own a vacuum cleaner, I've always relied on roommates to have vacuums, but I want to buy my own.  Maybe the vacuum is more for #8.

Bloggers let me know if you decide to fill out the questions too, I'd love to read your answers.