Resolution or Lifestyle?

March has come in like a lamb here in the Midwest. We're all breathing in every single one of the beautiful 50 degrees after a long, very cold and very snowy winter. You notice your neighbors, those you may not have seen since oh, November, start to resurface. Ahhh...spring is nearly here.

Now is a good time to re-evaluate your New Year's resolutions. This is typically the time of year when people lose sight of those goals they were so focused on at the beginning of the year. Have you progressed? Are you headed in the direction you want to be? If so - congratulations. Good for you. You're making the resolution a part of your life instead of an empty promise.

If you've loosened the reigns a bit and started to sink back into what's comfortable, into what you know - check back in. Don't wait until next January to get healthy again. Focus on all the good things you did to get healthy - even if you're not exactly doing them now. It doesn't matter. You made the first, sometimes hardest step in the healthy process. Make a promise to yourself to rid the resolution mode and truly make health a lifestyle.