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It might be the \u201cYear of the Pig\u201d but you can stay healthy and lean this Chinese New Year.<\/p>\n
Celebration food is a big part of Chinese New Year celebrations. But there\u2019s no need to derail your 2019 fitness goals. Why not use the Chinese New Year as a chance to reset your focus and double down on your healthy habits. Here\u2019s how to make the Chinese Year of the Pig work for you.<\/p>\n
January 1st already seems a long time ago. The Chinese New Year – on February 5th – gives us all a handy reminder to reset our health and fitness resolutions. Here are 3 ways to use Chinese New Year to refocus your New Year\u2019s Resolutions.<\/p>\n
What exactly did you pledge to do at New Year? If your resolutions have already started to slip, maybe they were over ambitious or not specific enough. Take another look at them for Chinese New Year (hey, they\u2019ll still be kind of New Year\u2019s Resolutions!). Fitness goals should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time based. That means no vague declarations of \u201closing some weight this year\u201d or \u201cgetting stronger\u201d. How much weight, in what time frame, by what end date? How much stronger, how will you measure it, and when will you test it?<\/p>\n
Some people find it easy to power through January with conviction, but then start to flag once February rolls around. So use Chinese New Year to focus your efforts on this second month of the year, too. It\u2019s a nice short month, and it\u2019s exactly 4 weeks long. What can you achieve in February\u2019s 28 days? Set yourself a mini challenge, or break one of your bigger goals down into a mini goal – and smash it in February.<\/p>\n
Did you take part in Dry January, or Mind charity\u2019s RED January fitness challenge? Whether you succeeded with every day, or had a couple of slip ups, keep it going. What did you learn from your January challenge? How can you take this forward into the rest of the year? What habits did you adopt, and what did you learn about yourself? Official January challenges are a great way to embed new habits and routines – but it\u2019s important to build on them once January is over.<\/p>\n