Your 4 Step Action Plan to Achieve Your 2019 Goals

It is the start to another New Year! It’s time to set your goals and finally achieve those things you have been talking and dreaming about. Are you aware that what you feed your mind and how you feed others is just as important as the actual foods you eat? It is true. You see, how you feed yourself, in your thoughts, actions, and food, will have a major effect on the way you reach your goals.

This year I challenge you to incorporate all four of the following principles into how you plan to reach your goals.

1. Feed Your Mind

Start your day with a positive quote or spiritual reading. Do this before you check e-mail, Facebook, or the news. Why? Because what you read and the words you hear influence the way you start your day. If you immediately check on your friends’ social statuses as soon as you wake up, it can leave your mind wandering off in other directions, thinking about and comparing yourself to others.

Tune out, turn off, and walk away, when you can, from negative thoughts, comments, and gossip. All of these things start to chip away at the positive things you are working towards. Don’t let someone else’s negative energy drag you down!

2. Feed Your Body

• Eat whole foods that nourish your body.
• Drink water. (Aim for 1/2 your body weight in ounces.)
• Eat more foods from the earth, and limit packaged and processed foods.
• Prepare more meals at home.
• Cook as a family or with friends.
• Slow down.
• Taste and enjoy the food you are fueling yourself with.

3. Feed Your Lifestyle

Embrace an active lifestyle and find activities to nourish it. Take an evening walk. Plant a vegetable garden. Take an active vacation. Schedule walking, running, or cycling dates with friends and family members instead of traditional lunch dates. Meet up for an evening workout instead of a cocktail.

Do something every day that moves your body one step closer to the goals you want to achieve.

4. Feed Others

This does not necessarily mean you have to literally feed someone else food (although you could!). But the final step in your plan for success is to find someone else who needs help, and to find it within yourself to feed them with the words of encouragement and support they need to reach their goals. A life changing quote for me was something I read by Zig Ziglar: “You can have everything you want in life as long as you help other people get what they want as well.”

Figure out what you want to achieve. Set your plan and work towards achieving it every day. Surround yourself with the tools (and foods) you need for success, and, finally, find someone else who is also working towards a goal (it does not have to be weight loss or fitness related) and encourage and support them. Believe in yourself. Believe in others. You’ve got this! To a happy and healthy 2019!