The days just seem to be zipping past. All your time seems to be focused on everybody but yourself. There are times when you just want to quit and run away! You don’t seem to have any energy. Slowly, the joy you felt everyday when you woke up, seems to be draining away. Well, it is time to take a good, hard look at yourself and take some time to reshape your life.

 Month 1: Take control. 

• Take a good look at your health goals
• Schedule a doctor’s appointment to have a baseline health check up
• Outline a plan for good nutrition
• Give yourself an attainable weight loss goal 

Month 2: Weight management - avoid health problems. 

•  Switch to healthy snacks
• A piece of fruit or a glass of low fat milk or buttermilk is healthier than fried snacks
• Make sure you drink plenty of water everyday. Hydration works wonders for your inner tissues and your skin will glow
• Eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Dried fruits count!
• Never go food shopping on an empty stomach. Make a low-calorie shopping list before you enter the store

Month 3: Physical activity - improve your long-term quality of life. 

• Involve your entire family
• Burn some of the calories you take in—use every opportunity to exercise Start to exercise gradually and work your way up
• Walking is the easiest form of exercise. Make walking a daily routine
• Use the stairs at home and at work

Month 4: Stress busters- be good to yourself.  

•  Allot fifteen minutes for yourself each day (and guard it zealously!)
• Learn meditation/ pranayama
• Surround yourself with music
• Get together with friends and family to cry, laugh, and support each other