Goals Accomplished! Time to relax and have some fun, right?

I achieved all my goals this week so it is time to enjoy life and have some fun, right? Shouldn't that be what every day is about... Having fun and enjoying life?

I use to think that Sundays were a day to relax and let down my guard. Maybe I would go have a fun brunch with the family and not worry about all of life’s challenges.

The question I have with that thought is that it assumes that my guard is up and a fit and healthy lifestyle is hard not to mention all my other responsibilities in life require stressful diligence.

When I was a younger lad I was excited to get to the gym and enjoyed the challenge of the workouts and eating what was good for me. Nothing else seemed to matter and I got “things” done, when I got them done. No worries!

Why worry now?

Perhaps we can live every day like that, excited about the challenge, lost in the happiness of what makes us feel good instead of looking forward to “a day off” where we forget about everything.

Enjoy the moment and enjoy whatever you are doing.

Health and Happiness!

Bill

The Week in Review

What did we learn this week?

1) You can either choose to fail or choose to learn from your experiences… Learning feels better than failure.

2) That making a little investment to track your progress might be helpful… 

I know it has been for me.

3) Taking Small steps in the process of big dreams is all you have.

I am grateful for every step I took this week… and every step I shall take today!

4) That living from the thought that you have already achieved your goals feels better than living from the point of looking at how far you have to go.

5) Having a positive Mantra is a good thing especially when the alternative is to sit back and complain about all the bad stuff happening. Maybe, just maybe, it was supposed to happen so you could learn from it. ;-)

Health and Happiness

Bill

A Mantra for the day!

You are where you are, if you were supposed to be somewhere else, you would be there! 

That is my mantra for today!

I tell myself this because, as I mentioned yesterday, it would be easy to bitch about all the stuff that I don’t have, how difficult life can be. Or I could be frustrated or annoyed with where I am or with people in my life.

I could say, “if it was supposed to be easy, it would be” or “nothing comes easy” but that would not be effective for me as a statement.

So today, I am where I am for whatever reason and I can be OK with that knowing that if I was supposed to be somewhere else I would be there.

Makes me smile inside.

Enjoy the day… it’s the only one you have!

Health and Happiness

Bill

Choose to be happy today and imagine your goals as if you have already achieved them!

Stop for a moment and think of the goals you have. Would it be easier to say, “ I will achieve this” or speak to yourself as if you have already achieved it?

I can say, “I will be in the best shape of my life in 90 days” or I can say, “I am in the best shape of my life”

Am I fooling myself or manifesting my dreams? We shall see won't we?

There are those that say it can’t be done if it is not imagined first. I like that thought… 

Imagine your goals as if you have already achieved them.

Our lives are happening right now, not yesterday or tomorrow or 90 days from now. Why not live as if you are already successful?

While easy to say, I have to admit it is difficult to do and live from that day in and day out. Between trying to be a good single Dad and challenges of using a relatively new technique in the fitness world that no one know about, it would be a whole lot easier to just bitch about all the things I don’t have and hard it is to live the life that I am living.

Nah… I think I will live today happy as if I have already achieved my goals. Feels a whole lot better.

Health and Happiness!

Bill

Day 3… Small steps

“It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.” ~Proverb

Goals and dreams are achieved with small steps. Take one today!

My goal today is 10,000! ;-) And I will be grateful for each one I take.

Health and Happiness!

Bill

Tracking Progress… might be worth little investment

I have always been a firm believer in journaling, so this time I went out and bought a Fitbit One activity tracker. It helps you estimate how many steps you take in a day, stairs climbed, calories burned and the distance you traveled during your day.

You can also log (journal) additional information like food, activities, sleep and even enter heart rate activity, blood pressure and glucose if you want to.

I love it because it helps me shoot for daily achievable goals.

A little over a hundred dollars to get this high tech device, it was worth the investment in myself and something I could give honest feedback to clients and those that read this blog as to it’s effectiveness.

My first full day with the device was fun… I achieved all my goals and even got a little “badge” for my achievements, which of course I can “tweet” about if I like.

For now I will keep my achievements to myself… After all it’s only day 2!

Health and Happiness!

Bill

You can call it failure or you can call it learning... You choose!

Wow... has it really been a year since I starting writing this blog? I would say I was embarrassed but I think it is beyond that. It is what it is.

I can come up with every excuse in the world why I did not accomplish what I set out to do last year but when it comes right down to it I did not get the job done. You can’t possibly want to remain overweight, “out of shape” or whatever label you have given yourself. Can you?

At one point in the last year, I was down to about 186 pounds, but I find myself back up to over 200 again. Embarrassing to say the least and discouraging when I think about it. I am a fitness professional, how can this keep happening to me?

I asked my girlfriend today how many times in the last year has she taken "before" pictures and she easily replied... 3. Uhg!

But three failed attempts has only fueled the fire in me.

So starting today, again, I have committed to a 90 day health and fitness regime that includes the following:

• At least one of my 20 min Still Motion Workouts per day
• At least 10,000 steps per day
• Burn at least 1000 more calories per day than I take in
• Eating food, not too much, mostly plants
• Resistance Training at least 2 times per week
• Cardio Training at least 2 times per week
• Journal about it every day

So today is Day 1, like so many other day one’s I have done before I embark on a journey. I am committed just like before… Let’s see where it takes me.

Come on along for the ride… No promises. Let’s just see if I can stay committed for the next 90 days and see what happens. There is no failure, only learning from our experience.