First of all, happy new year to you all!
Every year I watch the world go a little bit crazy in January as the new year fitness buzz begins. Newspaper ads, Facebook posts, live feeds, bootcamps, shitty meal replacement diets, Instagram, Twitter, new DVDs.... Catchphrases like 'new year new you' 'clean eating' 'detox' 'eat less move more' and so on... I have deliberately refrained from putting up a post here on the first of the month as I don't subscribe to any of the above. So much of it is temporary, faddy, half hearted cliched, or so over exerted that it's not sustainable. I'm not a complete killjoy ....I do think it's great that people are focusing on their health and reigniting their desire to be fit and healthy but I feel like this at anytime of the year - not just January. My whole ethos is helping people to unpick the mass of information out there, guide them towards HEALTH, happiness & balance through knowledge, behaviour change, preparation,stillness, motivation, exercise and hopefully a little bit of laughter along the way. I want to help remove the overwhelm and make it simple. So today's blog is about that....simple stats. Before you go head long into any health plan you need to ask yourself some key questions to make sure you know what you want, and are doing the things you need to be doing, to achieve your goals. It's no good being flippant about it saying 'I wanna get fit' 'I wanna lose weight' .....because how fit? How much weight? This way of thinking puts you in a mindset for failure...you drop a couple of pounds and go to the gym for a few weeks and your brain says...'I've lost weight, I can stop now' and subconsciously the exercise routine slips, the healthy diet drifts etc etc. So ask yourself: What is it you really want? (Weight loss? Heart health? Look good? Clothes to fit? More toned? Feel great? More energy? Better skin? Insert your own.....) How will I measure if I'm successful? (Before and after measurements of body fat or tape measure? clothing size changes? Wobble test? (!) fitness testing (can run further, lift more weights etc). Before and after photos, diary keeping etc) Where I am now? (Weight, height, age, body type, energy levels, fitness levels, what do I eat, how do I sleep, how much fluid do I drink, how's my skin, energy, mood) What do I need to do to get from here to there? ....and you need to list it out...for you...specifically... e.g I need to drink 2-3ltrs water per day I'm going to eat 3 meals and two snack per day of fresh unprocessed foods I'm going to exercise 3x per week at xxx location doing xxx class I'm going to get 8 hours sleep per night Etc etc etc Add to this whatever you need to do to get all factors in. Then ask yourself this last question...and be really honest with yourself.... 'What challenges are facing me (to stop me achieving my goals) and what can I do to overcome them? Once you have these questions answered you are almost ready to begin.... You know what you want, and how you are going to do it..... The last thing you need to do is make sure you are completely organised to see it through....meals planned, food shop done, packed lunches/snacks, water bottles/flasks ready to take with you, vitamins in a prominent place, gym bag in car or by the door, sessions diarised and made important, products for beauty routine in prominent place, bedroom set up as relaxing space etc etc) The process of becoming healthy and happy HAS to be a calculated mindful one. We need to practice all of the above until it becomes second nature.....this is the bit that takes time. We will all get it wrong sometimes but it's that conscious decision to get straight back to it is what will separate you from those that achieve and those that don't. When you have balanced nutrition and a healthy lifestyle, life's obstacles are so much easier to deal with. We have energy, a much more positive outlook, and a clear mind to work through the problems that life throws at us.
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