Resolutions or Solutions?

Anyone who knows me knows I really don’t do New Year’s resolutions. I really think they’re silly for the most part. Being the editor and writer that I am, I also like to play with words. If you think about the word “resolution” it has two parts: re and solution. “Re” implies doing something over and over again, and to me that also implies failure. Alternatively, it could mean doing something over and over again because it works, so you keep at it. I really like the second part of the word, “solution”, because I try to live my life by “living in the solution” – a phrase I learned many years ago. Somewhere along the line I learned that to every problem there is a solution so when problems emerge, I look hard for the solution. Sometimes I have to wait a while to find it, but it always appears.

Thinking about my weight loss and new healthy lifestyle, I’ve certainly found the solution in Weight Watchers. This works for me. It might not be the solution for everyone, and there are tons of alternatives out there, many of which work just as well if you follow the basic calories in/calories out/stay accountable philosophy.

I also am stubborn.  I hear women say things like, gee, when you hit 50 – or middle age, and I refuse to call myself middle aged – you lose your waist and you can’t get it off. I don’t like the mentality of fatalistically giving up on the shape of my body and attributing it to age without even trying – although admittedly I did do just that for many years. I figure if there are women like Demi Moore or Christie Brinkley who can still have a rockin’ body and health, then there’s no reason I can’t also.

So, I guess for me, I’m going to just keep doing what I’m doing because it’s working for me. There will always be the short term goals and things that come up that I decide I want to change – truly change – but no change in calendar date is going to force me into it, that’s certain. I’ve proven that to myself time and time again, so I’m not going to set myself up for failure and reasons to feel bad later in the year when I don’t accomplish some lofty goal I set for myself in this moment. (In fact, I noted in my post this time last year that I hoped to hit goal before 2009 was out – I didn’t, but I’m close, so to me that’s a success.)

On to a new year. I have a new granddaughter arriving sometime in the next ten to twelve weeks, so I better get busy with the sewing! Starting now.

Stay tuned for progress pics!