31 December 2009

I like letting go of an old year much better than making over-the-top NYR's. Think about this.

On little pieces of paper, write down the things that happened this year that you want to put into your past. I am not suggusting you forget them (because you lived through them and they are a part of you) but write down the things you do not actively want as part of your present.

Once each one is down on a piece of paper, take them to your fireplace or your firepit outside and light each one on fire...individually. Watch each of the pieces burn to ash and make a firm commitment to let those things stay in the past. You have dealt with them, quit letting them take up valuable brain space and move past them.

Your weight and eating behaviors sometimes need to fall into this catagory. We spend so much time stressing about how we look or feel or fit into our jeans and on occation, we need to just let it go.

You are at the weight you are at today. There isn't an inherint good or bad associated with the number on the scale. It is what you make of it. "But..." you say, "What about my health -- carrying more weight than I should makes me more unhealthy. That is an inherent bad." And to that, I will, again, say:

Multiple studies have come out in the last couple years that talk about a much looser link between health and body size than was thought in the past. Science is pointing to weight and disease as the symptom of poor health not the bottom-line reason for poor health (If you are interested in taking a new view on this check out either Health at Every Size or Good Calories/Bad Calories).

Here's my point: Let it go. Today is a day of closure. Prepare to move on. You're here and that means you have more time to do what you need to do. But you have to clear some brain space to get ready to move into the New Year.