Your First New Year’s Resolution? To Start Looking Young Again

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One day you look in the mirror and look youthful and beautiful. The next day you look in the mirror and see an old woman staring back at you. “Who is this strange woman?” you think, “And, why does she have my eyes?” If you have begun to look older than you feel, it is time to do something about it. Aging is a natural part of life, but you don’t want to age too quickly. If you have started to think about your new year’s resolutions, why not make one to start looking young again?

Start eating healthy food and exercising

One of the main things that makes people look older than they are is a poor diet. If you live on pizza, chips and Pepsi, something is wrong. You need to cut all the fatty foods and high-sugar drinks out of your diet. Replace bad food with healthy alternatives, like fruit, veg and juice. You also need to make sure that you get enough exercise. Exercising won’t just make you slimmer; it will make you look more youthful than you do now.

Drink plenty of water and take supplements

Drinking loads of water each day will help to improve how you look and feel. There have been loads of studies in the area and the results are conclusive. When you drink water every day, your skin and hair appear healthier than they otherwise would. It is not hard to introduce more water into your diet. When you are eating meals, instead of grabbing a soda, have some water. If there is anything missing in your current diet, you should consider taking supplements to change that. For example, if you don’t eat fish, you might want to take some Omega 3 supplement tablets. You can buy tablets online in bulk or at a high-street health store.

Find something that you love doing

When people are happy, they look younger than they are. That is a fact. If you have lost your lust for life, it is time to find it again. Start a hobby or pursue your dream career. Whatever you do, make sure that you are enjoying yourself. If you can find something that you love, you need to hold on to it. For example, if you love dancing, make an effort every week to attend a dance class. You might not want to go all the time, but you should force yourself to. That way, you will get into a routine of making time for the things you love. That will make you happy and so you will have a youthful glow.

Would plastic surgery help?

There are certain parts of your body that you can’t change by changing your lifestyle. For example, if your skin looks old around your face, you will struggle to conceal that with makeup. One thing you might want to consider is a facelift by Dr. Schwartz. A facelift will make your face look young straight away. Getting plastic surgery is a big deal, and you shouldn’t rush into it. Take some time to think about whether surgery is the right option for you.

Buy yourself some new clothing

Remember that feeling you got when you last put on a new outfit? When you wear new clothes, you feel confident. That confidence makes you look young and carefree. Next year, treat yourself to some new clothes. Try and choose staple pieces that you can wear with other things in your wardrobe. That way, you can make sure that you don’t have to spend too much money on a whole new wardrobe. Get clothes that suit your age bracket. When people wear clothes that are too young for them, it makes them look older rather than younger.

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I make New Year’s Resolutions most years but in all honesty by February they are often a distant memory.  This year I decided that I would share my New Year’s Resolutions with you, my readers, so I would be more accountable and so I would have it right there in black and white.  Maybe we can help keep each other accountable.

Personal-

  1. Number one on my list every year- lose weight.  But this year I don’t just want to lose weight.  I want to get healthy as part of losing weight.  I want to take better care of myself so I can be a better personal, wife, and mother.
  2. Find a new doctor that can figure out why the heck I have debilitating exhaustion every day.  I already know I have fibromyalgia and sleep apnea but I just feel in my heart that there has to be something else going on, too.  I use my CPAP and I am just as tired the next morning as I am if I don’t use it.  I take Xyrem which is supposed to help me get to a deeper REM sleep and I am still as tired the next morning as I am if I don’t use it.  My sleep doctor said my CPAP is at the right setting but I don’t think it is.  I did the sleep study a few years ago so even if the settings were correct a few years ago they could have changed.
  3. Get on a normal sleeping schedule.  I take my clear, focused moments when I can because fibromyalgia causes such a mental fog but often I end up staying up too late and then sleeping all day when my kids are in school.  I want to do my best to go to be as early as I can.  I am going to try other methods such as a white noise machine, not sleeping with the tv on which is a horrible habit hubby and I both have.

Family-

  1. Spend more family time with my whole family when my husband is available and more time with just my girls.  I will set times that will be computer and electronics free for both my girls and myself.
  2. Make sure my girls know how important they are to me.
  3. Make time to spend alone with my husband and find a babysitter so we can start going on regular date nights.
  4. I am on so many meds because of my fibromyalgia that my libido is gone.  I feel like I could go the rest of my life without having sex and I’d be ok with that.  But I am married and I know my husband isn’t ok with that.  I want to be a good wife to him and I know he wants more intimacy and well, more sex.  I really want to try to “fake it until I make it” so to speak and try to work on getting in the mood and spending more intimate time with my husband.  I know my family will read this and think that I am putting too much out there but they don’t realize that sometimes you need to as a blogger. 😉

Blog-

  1. Write more personal posts.  I spent so long as a deal blogger that just writing a post about my life, my family, etc. when it isn’t tied to a sale, product, or sponsored post is sometimes difficult and doesn’t always come naturally.  I want to find my voice and get more comfortable sharing with my readers.
  2. Work on getting more traffic to my blog and relying less on Facebook because each time Facebook changes it’s algorithm it messes with how many readers actually see my posts.
  3. Post more recipes and crafts.  This will be great for my readers and great for my children because we’ll have more time together when we’re cooking and crafting.  I am thinking about starting a Cooking With Kids series on my blog.

Learn how I got my children involved in making New Year’s Resolutions and learning about gratitude and making positive changes.

What are YOUR New Year’s Resolutions?

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