Preparation is Key

I find another common issue is preparation especially in regards to meals. Preparation is key whether it be your schedule or what you plan to cook and eat, when you exercise and when you have some 'me' time. Spend that extra hour or two a week planning your meals, go to the markets, get your hands on some fresh produce and get rid of your process food in the pantry. This is such a vital part to living healthy.

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."

Benjamin Franklin

The year goes very quickly, let alone the day; with a blink of an eye, we're already in August. No matter what your goals are in life or work, you must seize the day. Life is too short to be sitting around wondering and wishing. No one ever got any results wishing and wondering so get of your arse and take some responsibility for your own health. 

Get cracking and start planning!

Train Hard, Eat Well, Rest Up

Change

Have you ever wondered how you got the way you are?

Is this something that concerns you?

What have you done in the last day, week, year about it?

A handful of you are struggling to get into a good routine, to start looking after yourself, to put you first and start taking action. 'Exercising on a regular basis is too hard', 'Cooking for one is too hard', 'I don't know what to cook', 'Work is too busy', 'I just can't be bothered'.

These are some reasons or what I call excuses to being proactive about changing your life. YOU are the only person that can change the way you are. No one said change is easy, if you don't like change or don't know how to deal with change, then go grab yourself 'Who moved my Cheese' by Dr Spencer Johnson. Change is what will give you results to some degree (this will depend on what changes are made of course!). If you keep doing exactly the same thing day in day out, how then do you expect anything different? Whether it be food or exercise, you can't expect that one day of change or a week to change what you have done your whole life do you? Isn't that being a little unrealistic to think that 2-4 weeks will undo all the damage you may have caused your health or life? 

Be patient, work hard, introduce new positive habits, one at a time if that's what works for you. No matter what the method is, you must change what you do now to change the outcome for later.

Remember, your body needs change and variety, once your body gets used to what it needs to do, it will choose the most efficient way to do it with minimal energy expenditure. So if you are wondering why your 5 days a week, 20 - 30mins on the cross trainer hasn't changed your body, I can tell you why...

Train Hard, Eat Well, Rest Up