Wednesday, December 27, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Andrew Luscutoff
Columnist
New Year’s
resolutions
Christmas is in the rear-
view mirror; soon it will be
New Year’s.
It’s time to partake in the
American tradition of retro-
spection about the past year,
and vows to improve in the
coming year. We’re swear-
ing off the indulgent foods
and lack of exercise once
the new year begins. 2018
will be a milestone of per-
sonal health and fitness.
If this sort of talk sounds
familiar, it’s because there
are millions of others doing
the same thing. New Year’s
resolutions are often dreamt
during the blood-sugar
spikes of the holiday eating
and the ball dropping on an
alcohol-infused night of cel-
ebrating an arbitrary date on
the calendar referred to as
New Year’s.
Some 27 percent of reso-
lutions involve health and
fitness, which often involve
a diet and exercise plan
aggressively positioned to
succeed. The stats of suc-
cess, however, are rather
bleak. Only 8 percent of
these goals are met, accord-
ing to Forbes Magazine.
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The discrepancy between
aspiration and actualization
often falls on arbitrary goals
without proper planning or
tactics for execution.
Making the proclama-
tion that you’re going to
lose weight and eat better
is so vague that any con-
firmation bias can be actu-
alized. Eating “better” can
mean hundreds of different
things. Eating organic bacon
instead of regular? Vegan
chocolate cake?
Some practical tips might
increase your odds of suc-
cess this resolution season.
Stair-step goals:
Just as the pyramids were
built one stone at a time,
goals need to be structured
the same way. If you’re not
exercising at all, perhaps 10
minutes a day is the goal
to make in the first two
weeks. Frequency should
be high (to establish a habit-
ual routine) and duration
should be low (to help with
compliance).
The same goes for diet.
Elimination of 100 calories a
day will result in 10 pounds
of weight loss over the
course of a year (about the
amount of calories in a piece
of bread). Start with add-
ing one more vegetable and
fruit a day and taking away
just one calorie-laden food.
Be specific and thorough:
Everyone wants to exer-
cise more and eat less. This
is a good start but it’s just
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the beginning. Establishing
a work-around for com-
mon sticking points will be
essential. Going on vacation
in January? Where are the
safe places to eat nearby and
when will exercise happen?
Plan and prepare.
Not all success needs to
be a fairy tale: Growing up
in the “you can be whatever
you want to be” generation
may leave millennials dis-
illusioned about the reali-
ties of the world, but many
people actually fall to the
same fallacy. Their utopian
New Year’s resolutions are
too big a piece of pie-in-
the-sky. Losing 50 pounds?
Exercising for an hour every
day?
Goals like that are hardly
ever realized — and falling
short can be discouraging
and counterproductive. How
about taking the approach
many savings experts say is
the best way to sock away
for retirement? A little at a
time adds up to a fortune
with compounding interest.
Make a small change and
the ripple effect will soon
have other changes coming
easier and easier.
Use these tools to pre-
pare for resolutions that
actually make sense. When
taken one step at a time,
with a thorough vision —
and realistic goals — a reso-
lution can stick.
You might even find it
easy.
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Chops Bistro Live Music!
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information call 541-549-6015.
Hardtails Bar & Grill
Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every
Friday, no cover! For info call
541-549-6114 or go online to
hardtailsoregon.com.
Black Butte Ranch Horse
Drawn Carriage Rides
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with cocoa,
cider or coffee after the ride!
$12 (kids under 5 free if on a
lap). Reserve at 541-595-1252.
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