Enjoy Your Milestones to Boost Your Efforts in 2021

Setting a goal to lose unwanted weight over the next year is a simple resolve but shedding pounds and keeping them off requires setting small attainable goals. Moreover, it is important to celebrate milestones to boost your efforts. Setting a New Year’s resolution comes from ancient Romans who would promise their god Janus that they would be better in the coming year. Most people who make very unrealistic New Year’s resolutions never create a regimen to follow that will lead to success. Make sure your resolution is filled with realistic goals backed by true resolve. You don’t have to let a New Year’s resolution be the only time you consider losing weight. Just like stopping smoking or exercising more often, it may take several attempts to reach you goals as there will likely be challenges along the way.

• Identify Culprits for Overeating - Emotional overeating due to stress is essentially a form of binge eating and often triggered by anger, loneliness, or sadness.
• Avoid Foods with Added Sugars - Added sugar is obvious in candy and soft drinks, but it is often hidden processed meats, pre-packaged foods, ready-to-eat foods, and baked goods. If eating prepared foods check the Nutrition Facts Label.
• Include Extra Protein in Diet - Adding protein to your menus can provide a metabolic advantage and an appetite-reducing advantage making it easier to manage your weight.
• Eat More Fiber to Feel Full - Fruits and vegetables are rich in fiber, as well as vitamins and minerals. Whether you are trying to lose weight or not, try to eat five or more servings a day.
• Include Good Fats - As strange as it might sound, you can lose fat by eating fat if you consume good fats in the right amounts. Dietary fat provides key benefits regardless of your weight loss goals.
• Limit Liquid Sugar Intake - Alcoholic beverages are metabolized to sugar, and cocktail mixes can contain large quantities of added sugars that boost total caloric intake.

Don’t just set a target. A New Year’s resolution is a personal proclamation, so weight loss goals should focus on processes that lead to positive outcomes that you desire. Address how you intend to hit your target. Specific goals can be helpful for weight loss as they focus on changing behaviors and habits that are necessary for achieving a desired outcome. Process goals include details of how you intend to reach your outcome goals for a successful resolution. It will always help if you have an idea of how much food your body requires to lose or maintain your existing weight. This will provide a good starting point for making healthy food choices every day. Off-the-cuff weight loss resolutions may or may not be helpful. If your goals are too lofty or overly aggressive, it can undermine your efforts to reduce weight and improve your overall health and wellness.