A New Beginning
Do you feel
ready for a new beginning? Do you feel
like you’re really ready to take your health and fitness to the next
level? Have you felt this way before but
then didn’t follow through? Don’t worry,
you’re not alone and that’s why I’m here!
My goal is to motivate you to reach your goals!
Why Things Haven’t Worked
It’s time to move forward but in order to move forward you
need to look back at why things didn’t work out in the past – you gotta fail forward!
·
Impatience.
Fitness doesn’t come fast and that’s just a fact. People have a really hard time with that
because we live in a society that is used to instant gratification. It doesn’t matter how many infomercials you
watch that promise you a 6 pack in 6 weeks, it’s just not going to happen. If you gave up in the past because results
didn’t happen fast enough, get ready for a little attitude adjustment! You need to fall in love with the process,
celebrate the small changes and just be patient.
·
No plan. You have to have a plan. You can’t just say ‘I wanna get fit’ and
expect it to just happen. If you don’t
have a plan, you won’t start eating healthy, you won’t increase your water
intake, you won’t get enough sleep each night and you won’t stick with an
exercise routine. Believe me! I’ve had this happen to me and I’ve seen it
happen to others. You need to think
about how your life is going to look and then make sure you have the tools you
need such as healthy food, a reasonable bed time and a workout regime that’s
effective and personalized to your goals.
·
No Support. You
need support! This can be really tough
if your partner isn’t on board with you so you may have to look elsewhere for
support. This could be a workout buddy,
or an online support group, a friend you can talk to every day or a trainer/coach.
Without support most people will give up when the going gets tough so make sure
you have someone for support – I’m available ;)
Your New Beginning!
Decide you’re
going to do this and just jump in! Don’t
worry about the past! In fact use that
disappointment in your past efforts that failed to fuel your determination to
be successful.
Here are some tips to help you out.
1.
Don’t over think what you have to do.
This
is where patience and courage comes in. Decide
what steps you need to take right now to get you closer to your goal and do
them. Don’t think beyond right now just do
what you need to do to move forward.
That could be cleaning out any junk food you have at home and shopping
for some healthy food. Or maybe pick out
your workout plan and go do your first workout.
That first step is what’s going to start the momentum. This is a process and staying consistent to
the process is what will guarantee success.
2.
Write out your plan.
Write
down what foods you’ll be eating and ensure you have access to those foods – do
you have a small cooler you can pack your food in to take with you? What workouts you’ll be doing and at what
time? How much water are you going to
drink? What time will you be going to
bed at night so you can get about 7 hours of sleep? You could do this at the beginning of each
day or write down your entire week’s plan every Sunday. Do this until your new lifestyle becomes
natural and automatic.
3.
Make yourself accountable.
If
you have nothing in place to hold you accountable chances are you’ll find an
excuse to give up. Here’s a cold hard
fact: getting fit is not easy. If
it were we wouldn’t have an obesity epidemic right now. If it were easy, everyone would be doing
it! In order to make sure you succeed
this time, set up some accountability.
Accountability can come from a few friends who are making a new
beginning with you, a fitness instructor/trainer, your social media friends or
an online support group.
Motivation
comes and goes. We all lose motivation
sometimes. The people in your support
system will be genuinely interested in how you are doing and will want to help
you keep your motivation. They’ll
support you 100% and they’ll expect you to tell them how you’re doing. They’re not going to let you quit! They’ll come after you if you start slacking.
Are you ready
for this? If you are leave a comment
below and if you need me to be your accountability partner let me know and I’ll
get in touch with you.
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