December 31, 2011 will soon be here. Have you accomplished all that you wanted to do this year? I'll share a few thoughts with you as I enjoy the perfect weather today in Florida, writing while the fresh air blows through the house.
A gentle reminder about achieving your goals is in order. Having written goals for your health, your family, your personal development and for your work is a great place to begin. Pull out the goals you have already written and see if you are moving forward in each area. If you don't have any written goals, then get out a piece of paper and write some. Go to a quiet place today, before we get back to the crazy-busy work and school routines tomorrow. Reflect on where you are now and where you want to be. Think about what you want. Write it down. Visualize it. Picture it your mind how it will look. Act as though it is already done.
I am reflecting on one of my 2011 goals which is to get the Growing Healthy Kids work into book form and have it ready for distribution on the http://www.growinghealthykids.me/ store in December. I'm almost there. Now we're looking for a couple of people with a national presence to write notes for the back of the book. Who do you know??
Every day I think about this goal and what I am doing to move the project forward. So many people have been asking me to do a book that brings the lessons we teach in each Growing Healthy Kids program together into a format they can share with others, beginning with the kids' favorite recipes. Each healthy cooking program we do for kids includes a recipe, a healthy eating tip, and a physical activity component. It is a lot of work to summarize the work and energy. I hope you will be pleased with the results. Preventing obesity-related diseases seen primarily in adults is the focus of the Growing Healthy Kids movement I started. It is an ambitious project because this country values treatment of disease more than prevention of disease. Yet, our mantra is still, "Think globally and act locally." With every local Growing Healthy Kids project we do in Indian River County, we are thinking globally about ways to reverse childhood obesity.
As I continue to bring this project (and goal) to completion, I want you to think about what you need to move your own goals forward to completion. Let's get some wins in before the end of the year. I want to hear about your goals that involve improving your health or your kids' health. Please send me a comment so we can support each other to achieve our goals!
Growing Healthy Kids is dedicated to improving the health - and lives - of America's kids, one child and one garden at a time.
To your health!
Nancy Heinrich
Founder, Growing Healthy Kids
Showing posts with label goal setting for 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goal setting for 2011. Show all posts
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
A New Year, New Commitments, New Results: Tip One
My dear friends,
Growing Healthy Kids is a movement to educate Americans about reversing and preventing childhood obesity. Act boldly and BE the solution. Since today IS the first day of your life as well as the first day of 2011, make the new commitment to get new results. So here is Tip One for _______'s (fill in your name) A New Year, New Commitments, New Results: Make one SMART health goal every week in 2011. What is a SMART health goal, you ask? It is a goal that is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-Specific. As an example, I'll share my own SMART health goal for Week 1: I will weigh myself on Monday 1/3/2011 and Thursday 1/6/2011 at 6 AM and record my weights in my logbook. If I gained any weight while I was on my family vacation last week, then I will commit to eat smaller portions at dinner on Monday through Friday this week. Now, make your first SMART health goal for 2011, write it down, and tell someone what it is so you have an accountability partner!
You can help Growing Healthy Kids, Inc. reach more adults and children with our education programs to halt and reverse childhood obesity. Our first annual event - A Fusion of Fashion and Fun - will be held on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 in Vero Beach, Florida. Who do you know who will purchase a ticket to this great event and become part of our movement to prevent obesity-related diseases (like diabetes and high blood pressure) in children? Go to http://www.irculture.com/gala.cfm and scroll to the bottom to purchase tickets.
For more information about Growing Healthy Kids, Inc., click on http://www.growinghealthykids.me/.
To your perfect health.
Nancy Heinrich
Founder, Growing Healthy Kids
PS - The first ten people to share their 2011 week one SMART health goal in the "Comment" section below will receive a copy of the new Growing Healthy Kids e-book, "Tips for Growing Healthy Kids - and Families."
Growing Healthy Kids is a movement to educate Americans about reversing and preventing childhood obesity. Act boldly and BE the solution. Since today IS the first day of your life as well as the first day of 2011, make the new commitment to get new results. So here is Tip One for _______'s (fill in your name) A New Year, New Commitments, New Results: Make one SMART health goal every week in 2011. What is a SMART health goal, you ask? It is a goal that is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-Specific. As an example, I'll share my own SMART health goal for Week 1: I will weigh myself on Monday 1/3/2011 and Thursday 1/6/2011 at 6 AM and record my weights in my logbook. If I gained any weight while I was on my family vacation last week, then I will commit to eat smaller portions at dinner on Monday through Friday this week. Now, make your first SMART health goal for 2011, write it down, and tell someone what it is so you have an accountability partner!
You can help Growing Healthy Kids, Inc. reach more adults and children with our education programs to halt and reverse childhood obesity. Our first annual event - A Fusion of Fashion and Fun - will be held on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 in Vero Beach, Florida. Who do you know who will purchase a ticket to this great event and become part of our movement to prevent obesity-related diseases (like diabetes and high blood pressure) in children? Go to http://www.irculture.com/gala.cfm and scroll to the bottom to purchase tickets.
For more information about Growing Healthy Kids, Inc., click on http://www.growinghealthykids.me/.
To your perfect health.
Nancy Heinrich
Founder, Growing Healthy Kids
PS - The first ten people to share their 2011 week one SMART health goal in the "Comment" section below will receive a copy of the new Growing Healthy Kids e-book, "Tips for Growing Healthy Kids - and Families."
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