Happy New Year!
Here we go again. Goals are set. The promise to ‘keep it off’ this year is announced! It is by far the fitness industries best marketing tool. They love the holidays…the weight gain and sentiment. Promises to loved ones to increase health. Gift certificates for gym memberships. The Fitness Industry thrives this time of year. Give the Gift of Health this YEAR!
It may come as a shock to you however, that they don’t thrive on your success…but on your FAILURE. Yes, you heard me correctly…they want you to FAIL.
What would happen to the fitness industry if everyone accomplished their New Years Resolution of ‘getting into shape’! The industry would go out of business. Oh, those ‘gift memberships’ you received…they don’t want you to use those gym memberships either. That would be additional wear and tear on their equipment and money for maintenance. They definitely want you to BUY the membership, they just don’t want you to USE it!
Frustrating isn’t it? The sad truth.
It may also come as a surprise to you that my profession is in the fitness industry. This entire concept is my business. The difference is…I WANT YOU TO SUCCEED THIS YEAR! MY SUCCESS is a direct reflection of YOUR SUCCESS. I’m not a gym. I’m a Holistic Wellness and Fitness Consultant. My training is virtual…online…and done in the comfort of your own home. So this year I’m going to tell you the trade SECRET TO SUCCESS! Not for anyone’s demise but for your success!
When it comes to being better and healthier. No gym membership is required. Just the ‘know how’. And the only way you know how to be better is to know the improvements you have to make. And these improvements are RELATIVE to each person. There is no cookie cutter formula, habit changes or fitness plan that works for everyone! Every change you make in your lifestyle has to be exclusive to you, attainable and actually fit into your lifestyle so it becomes a HABIT.
That is the secret. Know where you are…where you want to go…and learn how to get there! So how do you do that?
Easy! And I’ll show you how!
The SECRET to a SUCCESSFUL New Year Resolution!
1. Knowledge is power! I’ll bet almost everyone could tell me their weight if I asked them! Not that they would want to but simply, they would know the number. But how many of you could tell me your resting heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol, BMI or Body Composition? Not that weight isn’t a factor pertaining to health…but keep in mind it’s not the ONLY factor. Know where you are starting…totally. Get a physical. This information will also provide a baseline for comparison. There are more avenues to a successful health and nutrition program than JUST the number on the scale.
2. How is your lifestyle inhibiting your success? Make a list of ‘Unhealthy Habits”. Include not only food and exercise…but how you live your life. Stress, rest, movement, positive thinking, hope and prosperity are also contributing factors to good health. How you live your life is just as important as what you put into your body! So make a list…check it twice…and figure out how to change the ‘naughty’ into ‘nice’.
3. Pertaining to #2…make the changes realistic and do them one at a time. You may have a list of 50 unhealthy habits. So take your time. Change only ‘ONE’ habit a week. And keep it for the next 51 weeks. Most people jump in full throttle and find out that changing too many things at once IS too many things at once. It took you a lifetime to form these unhealthy habits…so give yourself the TIME to make the changes!
4. Last, change your outlook this year on health and wellness. If your only goal is to lose 20 lbs, you may succeed initially but I guarantee you will be setting the ‘I have to lose 20 lbs this year’ goal again. Instead focus on the ‘how to’. Change the habits in your life that put you in this position in the first place. If you change your perspective from ‘I want to lose 20lbs’ to ‘I’m going to change factors in my life that detract from my overall good health’ all the benefits of a healthy lifestyle will come…and you will have a very successful NEW YEAR.
Be Well!
Tracey L. Stroup
