What Will You Gain When You Lose?

I look for motivation and inspiration in everything I read and watch.  The picture below is from Fitness Magazine, and it was an ad for the Special K Challenge (a diet where you eat nothing but Special K products, uh, no thank you, but I love the ad).

The headline read: What will you gain when you lose?  I loved it so much, I took a picture and ripped it out so I can post it and see it again later.  It's so true.  When you work hard at your goals and accomplish them, you receive so much more than just the end result.  In my case, yes, I've lost weight  and I'm healthier, but I've also gained confidence and moxie and most of the other things listed below.  

This is the time of year when everyone resolves to be more, do more, etc. It's important to set goals, but I think this ad just reminded me that it is about so much more than the goals themselves.  When you set your New Year's resolutions today, take a minute and try to visualize the outcomes and the many ways they may affect you.  It all helps as you pursue your goals. 

In addition to my normal goals of drinking all my water, exercising regularly, eating within a specific calorie range, etc., my new year's resolution is to perform two 30 second plank exercises a day. Apparently planks are the best way to strengthen your abdominals and can be done anywhere.  Adding a minute to my day seems highly possible right now. Do you set New Year's resolutions? If so, care to share in the comments section below?