Keep sticking to your goals
It was a tough day at the office this week because more and more people are in dire frustration with their current health situation. I had one client in tears because she had been working so hard at her home office and did not have time for anything else, but she put on several kilograms over and above the weight she wanted to lose.
A mother told me her son is in desperate need of help because he put on over 15kg during lockdown and might be pre-diabetic. These are the stories that are unfolding and where you find yourself in a hole. There are two things you need to do: take immediate action and then seek professional help.
The first goal is finding the path of least resistance. What I mean by this, is find the easiest way to take action that is not going to allow you to make excuses. Excuses like: “I don’t have training clothes, I don’t have shoes, I don’t have time, I don’t have money, I am sore, I am tired and what am I going to do with the kids?”
Before you even go down that route find something simple. As Bruce Fordyce mentioned at a charity drive on Zoom, don’t complicate your run. Start with walking first. Don’t set yourself unrealistic goals, just move and get out. Each day you do the same thing and slowly move the goals so you can build up to a 5km run.
When this fails, that means you need some serious motivation and that is when you call in the expert to worry about all
Three paths of least resistance 1 Take a walk
Don’t set any rules, just walk out your front door and out the gate. Look up and decide which direction you fancy walking and then start walking. Don’t think about anything. Use the world’s leading female motivational speaker, Mel Robins’ five-second rule. Count back in seconds and when you get to one, take action immediately. It is one of the biggest self-development secrets on earth and it works. Focus on small gains, like making it to the stop street, then to the school at the end of the road, then to that beautiful Jacaranda tree in bloom. Keep moving forward and don’t even think about calories being burnt or that you should be jogging. It’s not the point of this exercise. You have just taken action and it’s the start of your journey to a healthier, the stuff you don’t care too much about. The maximum calories burnt, injury prevention exercises, mobility exercises to increase range of motion, strength to support your body, core development to improve posture and circulation and concentration, and improving breathing techniques to deal with stress and improve oxygen intake. happier life. When you start to feel like your legs are getting a little heavy, don’t overdo it, turn around and start heading back at your own pace.
2 Skip for joy
Before you tell me you don’t have a skipping rope and give me all the excuses, don’t. You can skip without a rope by mimicking the same motions. The important thing I want to tell you here is that for every time you jump up and land you are burning approximately 0.1 of a calorie. If you jump 10 times you have just burnt one calorie. This is a power concept because the more you jump up and down, the more you personally know how many calories you are responsible for and are burning. If skipping is too hard on your knees, then try running on the spot. 1 000 skips or complete jumps on the spot equates to 100 calories. Over
Your goal is not to become a scientist in this field, but to rather lose weight, tone, get stronger and to get a hold of your emotional wellbeing. When you start feeling more confident, then you can start to understand the training system so that you don’t become dependent on the coach.
Your goal then is to learn and grow and make this a part of your life. seven days. that will become 700 calories burnt in a week and 3 500 calories over a month.
3 Keep nutrition simple
With the whole lecture of what is good and what is not, focus on passage of least resistance. Reduce your plate portion size by either using a side plate or making a wedge on your normal place where no
I personally believe there will always be a need for a coach in your life. They are staying ahead of the game in their field and can pass on “tried and tested” knowledge to you quicker than if you had to research it.
Coming back to my first point, which is “take action” today. You can start in the following ways: food is allowed to go inside the wedge. This simple, yet powerful trick reduces your calories consumed in each meal and technically if your food choices are right, then it is easier to lose weight consuming less food than to burn it off through exercise. It is important to remember that both exercises and reduced calorie intake are a powerhouse combo together.
Take charge of your life because you only have one and it is being happy, content and living life to the fullest that should be your top priority. Good luck and I am proud of you for taking the first step to improving your current health.