New Beginnings; Health & Wellbeing Goals January 2016

New year brings lots of promise and hope doesn't it? I've not been terribly successful at fitness drives in the past, you see I am not a naturally athletic type. I am lazy, I love to sleep, I love food, I like a drink, and the fitness clothes I possess are more frequently worn to veg in than for fitness purposes. My fiancé however, is one of those sporty types, he loves his food and likes a drink too, but when it comes down to it he can run a half marathon without too much a change in his lifestyle, as he already regularly  exercises. He has long been extolling the virtues of exercise as stress relief, and that if I built up my core muscle strength that I would experience less of the aches and pains that I complain of. My stress relief strategy is currently a nap, a veg in front of the TV and a glass of wine. This has served me fairly well in the past, but I think it's time to accept that I need to up my game a little, as these are not working as well for me as they have done in the past. My new year promise to myself is to try and take care of myself a little better, so I'm going to think of my 2016 project as more focussing on my health and wellbeing rather than a diet and fitness kick, and then hopefully I maybe a little more successful than I have been in the past... where I go for a few weeks, but then nothing really sticks. 

I'm going to go for some achievable goals this month and see how I go... as a teacher when I set targets for my students they need to be SMART:

Specific

Measurable

Achievable

Relevant

Time-bound

It's time to practise what I preach and make these targets SMART baby. We'll review at then end of January. I'll try and do an individual post for each of these to focus my mind and explain their 

smartness, as I do need to set myself some clear rules so that I don't weasel out... I'm very good at loopholes and justifying my laziness! So here they are in no particular order:

1. Dry January

2. 10,000 daily step target at least five times a week

3. Join my local Slimming World group

4. Complete a pilates/yoga/stretch routine at least twice a week (that's at least 8 sessions this month Emma)

These all may seem very easy targets to you, but I literally do nothing at the moment. I'm hoping to go for some small wins then build from there; minimising my failure at the first hurdle risk. 

Here's to a great January *toasts with a cup of peppermint tea as I'm dry this January you see*