2020: My Best Year Yet

Things to Cut Out of Your Life to Be Healthy

Many of us wants to improve our diet and overall well-being but that doesn’t always mean junk food or sweets — some habits might be holding us back from our healthy goals that we should consider eliminating for good.

Here’s what we’re cutting out of our lives to have our healthiest year yet.

1. Negative self-talk: Stop being mean to yourself. Just stop. You are enough! You ARE strong! You’re capable. Start giving yourself more compliments, and make this year about NO negative self-talk — ever. The more you berate and degrade yourself, the harder your year will be; you’ll also have a much harder time reaching your healthy goals.

• Your scale: Look, quantifiable goals are great, but the scale can be an evil enemy, and doctors agree! If you’ve been obsessed with the scale and every decimal point on your weight, it’s time for that thing to go. Forever. Remember that a number on a scale doesn’t reflect the hard work you’re putting in, and the numbers absolutely do not define you.

• Calorie counting: This year, stop obsessing over calories — especially if it has created a negative relationship with food. Food is fuel, and we need calories to have strong muscles, bones, and a functioning body! Have a healthy balance of protein, fats, and carbohydrates each day.

• Workouts you hate and doing it for wrong reason: Not everyone likes running, and that’s OK. Forcing yourself into a workout that you hate definitely won’t encourage you to keep working out. There are alternatives. If you hate bootcamp classes, try barre . Hate barre? Stop doing it! Try yoga. If something’s not working, keep going until you find something that clicks. Also, working out because you “hate” your body is the worst thing you can do. Celebrate your body, don’t try to “fix” it. Working out will boost your energy, improve your health, and can change your mood for the better, alongside so many other benefits.

• Perfectionism: Striving for a goal is great; striving for perfection is unhealthy. Giving yourself unrealistic or unattainable goals is detrimental to your mental and your physical health. That desire for perfectionism can often be a defence mechanism, when you’re either consciously or subconsciously protecting yourself from the judgment of others. Focus that energy on progress, not perfection, and you’ll have a much better year.

• Stress: Whether you have clinical anxiety, or you’ve been stressing way too much in 2019, your compromised mental health can have a seriously negative impact on your health. Stress can cause weight gain, bloating, physical pain, skin problems, and more.

• Everything that is holding you back: What is keeping you from being your best self and living your best life? Is it an unhealthy relationship, a terrible job that drains you of your energy, or a deep-seated fear? Let. It. Go. Remove unnecessary obligations that keep you from reaching your physical, mental, and personal goals. This is YOUR time! Replace these things with activities that help you reach your goals, a job that fosters your creativity and empowers you, and relationships with people who build you up.