Support Groups are TOPS!

It is always a good idea to use the buddy system when you are trying to lose weight and start living a healthy lifestyle.

As with my all my weight loss attempts over the years I have joined many groups and been on many programs. through the process of trial an error I have found the perfect organization that you should consider if you need the added help of a support group.

TOPS or Take Off Pounds Sensibly, is a national organization made up of hundreds of local chapters around the country. Each chapter meets once a week for 1 to 1-1/2 hours. These energizing and motivational meetings consist of various games and general discussion on healthy living and weight loss tips. Everyone offers their support in many ways from e-mailing, to sending cards and notes of encouragement and phone calls.

Check out their web site and find a chapter near you. You can drop in and check out a meeting to see if it is something that might work for you. The members are friendly, compassionate, non judgemental and will encourage you to live a healthy lifestyle while making life long friends in the process.

A value proposition that can not be beat. in a word these folks are TOPS!!!

Goals

We are well into the new year and for many of you your New Years resolutions are lying on the ash heap of broken dreams. The problem with dreams for many of us is that they are just that, dreams, a fantasy that you wish for. You take control of your dreams when you turn them into goals.



Achieving your goals becomes much easier when you write them down and set a date to complete them. You recall the statistic that only 5% of us ever commit a goal to paper and the 5% of the population that does this simple act achieves their goals 99% of the time! Remember to break your goal into smaller segments. If you want to lose 24 pounds then set the goal of losing 2 pounds a week and the total in 3 months.



Do not beat yourself up for falling of the resolution wagon. Failure is just a learning experience. Understand what caused you to fail and go back to the drawing board and adjust with a new plan based on the last experience.



With this Sunday being Easter celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and also celebrate the fact that you can resurrect your dreams. Turn your dreams into goals that are written down with a completion date. The act of writing them down and reviewing your progress weekly virtually guarantees your success.

GOALS ARE THE FUEL IN THE FURNACE OF ACHIEVEMENT!