Are You Working on Losing Fat Daily?
A friend of ours is a business coach in the fitness industry.
He teaches others how to take their businesses to the next level.
A lot of what he talks about — running a successful business — applies to what we do: teaching people how to lose weight and reach their fitness goals.
Recently in his daily newsletter he talked about getting better.
Directly from Pat Rigsby’s newsletter (which you can find on this site):
"You’re either getting better or worse. Every day. There is no status quo. If you’re not progressing – you’re losing ground."
While he was applying this to the business of fitness, it can be directly applied to fitness and fat loss as well.
While we encourage people to look at the big picture, each decision made throughout the day will ultimately play a role in your success.
Every meal. Every snack. Every day. All of these add up. So while it’s important to remember that one meal isn’t going to "make or break" permanent success, very often one splurge can cause a negative downward spiral.
Same goes with training. I was riding with a friend the other day and we were talking how easy it is to get out of the daily habit of exercising — a few days of not training makes it harder and harder to get back into it.
So think back to what Pat suggested in his newsletter.
"You’re either getting better or worse. Every day…"
Apply these 5 strategies to reach your physical goals.
- Decide what you want to achieve (e.g., lose 10 lbs)
- Determine when you will hit that landmark (e.g., pick a reasonable date of when you will achieve that)
- Write down the steps needed to achieve that weight loss goal (e.g., eat breakfast daily, eat veggies with each meal, train daily, etc)
- Practice the habits needed to achieve the goal (e.g., everything written down from step 3 above)
- Work daily to achieve the goals … "every day…if you’re not progressing, you’re getting worse."
July 21st, 2010 at 7:39 am
I understand the idea, but I think there is a small margin between taking a break for our own bodies sake, and falling off the wagon with exercise. For me, it’s hard to stop working out because I feel as though I’m cheating myself out of my health. However, sometimes I just have to listen to what my body is saying, and take a break. This is from someone who exercises one to 1.5 hours, six days a week.
I guess I’m just saying, that mentally, we shouldn’t feel discouraged if we need to take a break, but yet not let it be a habit to achieve our health goals. Sometimes, it’s hard to see a difference between the two. Just a thought…
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Chris and Kara Mohr Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 8:00 am
Definitely a great point — rest and recovery are a good thing. It’s the rationalization that “recovery” needs to be several weeks, as I’ve often heard from clients. Thanks for the thoughts!
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