Live well. Eat well. Exercise well. It's a fresh start to the New Year.
Posted by Gabrielle Reece on Wed, Jan 10, 2007, 10:49 pm PST
Let's get down to it, unless it's to see how many slices of the pizza you can eat, setting goals is generally not all about yee haw. It's connected to work. Good. Now that we got that out of the way, let's figure out some low drama/stress ways to create a few diet and fitness goals.
1. Ask yourself: what the "Why" or reason is that you want to do this in the first place. Once you figure out what your why is, then focus in on that baby. If your why is strong enough, then you will have a good motive (both with your brain and heart) to stick to your goals, and you will do a better job at it.
2. Figure out where you're at in a few places. For starters, how is your overall fitness level, and how long has it been since you have been in a regular fitness routine?
Don't go out there guns blazing the first week and make yourself so tired and sore that you don't want to look at another sneaker or dumbbell as long as you live. On the nutrition front, don't approach this with the attitude of "what can I not eat now" but look at it like, 'What can I eat?"
Do not starve yourself. This is not a diet. This is about setting goals that reflect a change in lifestyle, not about goals that make you feel deprived.
3. Once you know who you are, then have your goals reflect your likes. If you like to be alone, then go on walks and wear your music at the gym. Prefer to hang with someone? Take a class or invite a friend to go for a hike. If you can't stand to be locked in the indoors, then create goals that represent you. Don't struggle every day doing something that you can't stand.
Find goals that you will be able to really follow through with week after week. Hate cottage cheese or low-cal anything? Forget it! You find the foods that will give you energy and help you reach your goals that you enjoy eating. They are out there, and yes, it sometimes takes a little more effort to find them, but they are there.
4. Set goals within your goals. Don't just start out saying, "I want to lose 30 or 60 pounds and run a marathon." Hello, who can live up to that one? How's that for stress? How does, "I'm going to work out four times a week this week and do cardio for 10 minutes" sound?
"Then next week I'm going to up my cardio to 15 minutes and throw in two days of light resistance training." Once you get a little momentum, then begin with the psychotic roller coaster talk of "I'm going to lose four pounds this week."
For me personally, I think that is a little scary, but I know some of you love those numbers, and I'm not going to fight with you. By setting these mini goals, you will be successful all along the way. This will give you more motivation during the process because you will be inspired by not only your results, but also the feeling of victory.
5. Reset the brain and heart. So, you're taking this on and doing a mini restart in your life. That means you have to see and believe the you that you are becoming. Cliché, I know, but the power of the mind followed by the belief of the heart is some serious juice. If we don't have that lined up when we create our goals, it doesn't matter if we do everything right, we can't make it happen. Clear away those old thoughts and habits that will keep you from reaching your goals.
6. Be realistic with your time reality. If you work five days a week and have two kids, then don't set goals where you are going to work out six days a week for two hours. Probably will get to be too much very quickly. See where you can get the extra time (yes, turn off the tube and hang up your phone), and make your goals reflect a realistic plan of attack.
7. Be kind to yourself. If you blow it one day or even have a bad week, get over it. Let's go! Don't torture yourself about something to the point that it stops you. In this regard, be nice enough to yourself to give yourself a break once in a while.
Good luck!
Posted by Gabrielle Reece on Wed, Jan 10, 2007, 10:49 pm PST
Let's get down to it, unless it's to see how many slices of the pizza you can eat, setting goals is generally not all about yee haw. It's connected to work. Good. Now that we got that out of the way, let's figure out some low drama/stress ways to create a few diet and fitness goals.
1. Ask yourself: what the "Why" or reason is that you want to do this in the first place. Once you figure out what your why is, then focus in on that baby. If your why is strong enough, then you will have a good motive (both with your brain and heart) to stick to your goals, and you will do a better job at it.
2. Figure out where you're at in a few places. For starters, how is your overall fitness level, and how long has it been since you have been in a regular fitness routine?
Don't go out there guns blazing the first week and make yourself so tired and sore that you don't want to look at another sneaker or dumbbell as long as you live. On the nutrition front, don't approach this with the attitude of "what can I not eat now" but look at it like, 'What can I eat?"
Do not starve yourself. This is not a diet. This is about setting goals that reflect a change in lifestyle, not about goals that make you feel deprived.
3. Once you know who you are, then have your goals reflect your likes. If you like to be alone, then go on walks and wear your music at the gym. Prefer to hang with someone? Take a class or invite a friend to go for a hike. If you can't stand to be locked in the indoors, then create goals that represent you. Don't struggle every day doing something that you can't stand.
Find goals that you will be able to really follow through with week after week. Hate cottage cheese or low-cal anything? Forget it! You find the foods that will give you energy and help you reach your goals that you enjoy eating. They are out there, and yes, it sometimes takes a little more effort to find them, but they are there.
4. Set goals within your goals. Don't just start out saying, "I want to lose 30 or 60 pounds and run a marathon." Hello, who can live up to that one? How's that for stress? How does, "I'm going to work out four times a week this week and do cardio for 10 minutes" sound?
"Then next week I'm going to up my cardio to 15 minutes and throw in two days of light resistance training." Once you get a little momentum, then begin with the psychotic roller coaster talk of "I'm going to lose four pounds this week."
For me personally, I think that is a little scary, but I know some of you love those numbers, and I'm not going to fight with you. By setting these mini goals, you will be successful all along the way. This will give you more motivation during the process because you will be inspired by not only your results, but also the feeling of victory.
5. Reset the brain and heart. So, you're taking this on and doing a mini restart in your life. That means you have to see and believe the you that you are becoming. Cliché, I know, but the power of the mind followed by the belief of the heart is some serious juice. If we don't have that lined up when we create our goals, it doesn't matter if we do everything right, we can't make it happen. Clear away those old thoughts and habits that will keep you from reaching your goals.
6. Be realistic with your time reality. If you work five days a week and have two kids, then don't set goals where you are going to work out six days a week for two hours. Probably will get to be too much very quickly. See where you can get the extra time (yes, turn off the tube and hang up your phone), and make your goals reflect a realistic plan of attack.
7. Be kind to yourself. If you blow it one day or even have a bad week, get over it. Let's go! Don't torture yourself about something to the point that it stops you. In this regard, be nice enough to yourself to give yourself a break once in a while.
Good luck!
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