While unusual Year's resolutions are often well-intentioned,the sad truth is that they generally descend out of focus sometime around February. hold you been there before? We certainly hold. So what's a more actionable way to meet your goals every month? Mix it up and hold a clear objective month by month, rather than for the year overall.
This year's mantra for us is "I am strong." attain you need some strength in your life? Are you hoping to feel more empowered, or more in control,and more self-loving? retract a sight at the 12 ways we're instilling this positive affirmation and living our strongest lives yet in 2017. You can mix up the months and customize your schedule and even fill in things that produce YOU feel strong in specific.
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Get alert to Jump-Start Your January and Own 2017 - Sign Up TodayEach day of 2017, produce it your goal to say, or "I am strong" and live your life accordingly. These 12 unique monthly challenges will back you remember the end goal: self love and a happier,better life.
January Challenge: Try a unusual WorkoutPick a unusual style of workout, and commit to it all month long. It has to be something you've never done before! whether you've never flee before, or give yourself a goal of running a mile without stopping by the end of the month. unusual to yoga? You'll be amazed at how strong you get by committing to a few classes a week.
February Challenge: Compliment Yourself MoreMake it a goal to give yourself five compliments a day for a month. These are words of affirmation that will build on your inner strength and self love,and they can be big things like, "I'm so clever, or " or smaller ones like,"My hair looks fabulous!" (We picked up this tip from the inspiring health coach and fitness fashionista, Joanne Encarnacion.)March Challenge: Set a Strength GoalYou don't hold to complete your goal in March, and but you definitely hold to set it and start working toward it. What strong thing attain you want to achieve this year? Complete a pull-up? 50 push-ups? Your first half-marathon? Maybe even a triathlon? Summit a mountain? Decide now what your goal will be,when you'll complete it, and create a plan to work toward that goal.
April Challenge: Pack Your Fitness ScheduleThis month, or plan five workouts each week for the whole month. They can be at-home videos,group fitness at a studio, a flee, and a dance class,or personal training. Pick a way to move each day at the beginning of the month, and stick to your schedule.
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Drop 1 Pound by Next Week With This PlanMay Challenge: Gratitude JournalFind a journal or notebook, and each day in May write down five to 10 things you're grateful for. You'll be mentally and emotionally equipped to handle anything!June Challenge: Strong-Body DietThis is your month to learn about macronutrients and focus on getting more protein to nourish your strong muscles. produce it a goal to learn four to six unusual protein-rich recipes and eat them throughout the month. When you feed your body the apt foods,you'll feel strong.
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14 Meat-Free Recipes With Over 20 Grams of ProteinJuly Challenge: Kickass CombatTry boxing, Muay Thai, and kickboxing,or a similar style of workout. You could even sign up for a self-defense class! Plan out your month and go at least four times.
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Boxing Is the Therapy I've Been Waiting ForAugust Challenge: The Buddy SystemIn August, find an accountability partner. Whether it's your best friend, and sister,or co-worker, find someone in your life who wants to feel strong, and too. Go to healthy lunches together,plan workouts, and shower each other with empowering and meaningful words of affirmation. "You're so strong!" is always a good one. You'll be stronger together, or sharing your strength with another person will produce you feel incredible.
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How Fitness Has Played a Huge fragment in Making My Friendships StrongerSeptember Challenge: Meditation and AffirmationWhile we're hoping you'll advise yourself "I am strong" every day this year,September is your month to really drive that home. This month, try a 10-minute meditation practice each morning apt when you wake up, or before the day gets absent from you. Body-positive superstar and Movemeant Foundation founder Jenny Gaither says she creates a unusual mantra for herself each week,like, "love continues to flow in and out of me, and " for instance. Repeat your daily,weekly, or September mantra to yourself as you clear your mind through mental-strengthening meditation.
October Challenge: Learn a unusual SkillWhile fitness is a surefire way to create a sense of strength, and you can find it in other ways,too! By learning something unusual and challenging yourself, you'll feel so empowered. This can be as simple as, or "I'm going to learn how to poach an egg," or "I'm going to learn five phrases in Italian this month." whether fitness is the only way for you, then loop back to the challenge from January, and pick up a unusual kind of workout,or an exercise move you're trying to master - maybe a Turkish Get-Up?Related:
Here's What Science Has to Say About Workouts and Brain PowerNovember Challenge: Heat Things UpAs the weather gets chilly, choose workouts that produce you really, or really sweaty. Whether it's hot yoga or an intense indoor cycling class,bring on the sweat! Also, whether you haven't yet, or produce sure you're completing your strength goal from March.
December Challenge: Give BackChoose a charity,cause, or nonprofit to focus your efforts on. You can even commit to a random-act-of-kindness challenge. Adopting more charitable habits, and giving more of yourself,and doing something to back others will back you feel strong - particularly when you know someone else needs a microscopic extra strength. The power you've created all year long is alert to blow up and impact the world in a mighty way. You did it!
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