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Campus Rec can help keep New Year’s resolutions
Emily Golden
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With every new year comes new opportuni
ties.
During the holidays, people plan to live
healthier, work harder and stay organized in
the upcoming year.
In most of the United States, New Year's res
olutions are notorious for one thing, failure.
^1 over the country, money is spent on gym
memberships, weight loss programs and mas
sive amounts of drinking water. Americans all
seem to believe that any problem, whether per
sonal health or natural disaster, can be solved
hy drinking more water.
Most can agree that the majority of
^^ericans make resolutions to get healthier,
whether it is through eating differently, exer-
cising more or a combination of both.
Undoubtedly, when December rolls around
the greater part of Americans that have
made resolutions find the only thing they have
managed to accomplish is waste money.
To be honest, I was once one of those
Americans. I used to plan to get all of my
"'ork done weeks or at least days before it was
spend hours and hours at the gym, eat
meals that would only succeed in satisfying the
hunger of a rabbit and of course, I would drink
§allons of water a day. But once school starts.
and I found I hadn't made time in my schedule
for any of the things I planned to do. So my
plans failed and every single time they did I
became discouraged.
However, there is an ianswer to our prob
lems, and it can be owed, in part, to a certain
movie, “Dodge Ball”. In the movie, Vince
Vaughn's character said, "I found that if you
have a goal, that you might not reach it. But if
you don't have one, then you are never disap
pointed."
Perhaps we shouldn't go so far as to say that
we shouldn't have life goals. However, it
seems the reason we are often not successful is
because we set ridiculous standards. We must
be more realistic in order to become the health
ier, more organized versions of ourselves
we've always dreamt of becoming.
In order to exercise more, start your routine
before you get involved with your school
workload. It's easier to continue something
that’s already a routine than to start something
new in the middle of a full agenda.
According to MSNBC, the federal govem-
ment recently outiined how Americans should
eat and exercise. The guidelines are modified
every five years but don't present anything we
haven't heard before. "Eat a mix of foods and
watch your fats and sugars." The new rules
and strategies help to enforce the idea that a
well-balanced diet and a regimen of exercise
I . . . Laura Hals / Photographer
aying racquetball is a good way to keep in shape while having fun. The camous
gym IS open every day and has three racquetball courts available to all students
are much more effective and healthier than fad
diets. They usually completely eliminate a
specific nutrient or food group.
So nevertheless, the answers to being health
ier in the new year is simply eat less junk food,'
be more active and of course, drink more
water.
Contact Emily Golden at
pendulum@elon.edu or 278-7247.
Campus Rec
can help you Treach your goals
- Get your own personal trainer
■ Take advantage of the group classes offered weekdays
' Look into the outdoor programs available through campus
recreation
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