Doncaster Fashionistas

Exercise

To prepare for spring and summer, many of us are attempting to lose excess weight we’ve accumulated during the fall and winter season. Here’s a motivational article about techniques to help you stay on track and feel good!

NOTE: Doncaster makes clothing that can be easily and cost effectively altered…up to two sizes!…and you can alter them as you drop each 1/2 or full size.

This epiphany strikes the masses every January 1. I personally stopped making them for the past few years when I realized that my verve to create the uber me diminished around the 11th. Typically, only about 65% of us actually make it past mid February, so for many of us this article is hitting us just when we need it the most!

Here are some helpful hints and mindful motivators to help you keep up the good work or to get yourself back into the game!

1. Don’t punish yourself. Research shows that in the long term, the pleasure of victory is a better incentive than the agony of defeat. Punishment is a poor motivator, it really only successfully sets you up for failure. If you are accustomed to punishing yourself for your failures, you won’t stay motivated to change for very long.

2. Surround yourself with people you respect. Surround yourself with friends who can also be role models. The people you surround yourself with influence your behavior. Social imitation can oftentimes lead to self-improvement.

3. Don’t kid yourself. You need to understand in advance how much is too much for you. If you know what your limitations are to begin with, cheating will become more evident.

4. Announce your intentions. If more people are aware of your goals the more support you will get and the more you are likely to stick with your resolutions.

So here is a little peak into my resolution …….

2010 New Years Resolution

Step 3. Come back to reality and figure out how to accomplish this. For me the answer is a little healthy competition and accountability. So, I enlisted another fashion loving lady that also had a few fabulous frocks she was dying to don (a little side bet never hurts – a pair of Doncaster organic hoop earrings). In short, several weeks in and not quite in “white pant” condition but certainly on my way. I have days where I slip up, but I get back on task and keep moving forward toward my goal.

2010 New Year's Resolution Reward

Take a moment and think of what you really want to accomplish this year? Don’t automatically jump to the things that disappointed you in 2009, the donation you didn’t make, the party you didn’t go to, the promotion you didn’t get or the dress you couldn’t fit in-that is over and done, look forward!