DID YOU FOLLOW THROUGH ON YOUR NEW YEARS RESOLUTION ?

Below is an extract from the Wake Up Call e book

The Top 5 Excuses Not to Exercise. http://www.wakeupgetfit.com/products/ebook/


3. “I’ll start next week/next month/next year …”
Almost everyone is guilty of using this one at some time or another, but it’s
another excuse for never starting. New Year’s resolutions (usually with a
beer/champagne/wine in hand) are a classic version of this – at most parties
you’ll hear at least one person say “I am going to get fit and healthy next
year” … but it never happens.

So how are we going to make this year any different from the last 1,5,10 or more years you have promised yourself to get fit and healthy again ?

By turning your shoulds into musts.


Instead of saying “I should exercise” or “I should eat better”, you need to
change your current thought patterns to:


“I MUST EXERCISE”
“I MUST EAT BETTER”
“I MUST START TODAY”
“I MUST GET FITTER AND MORE HEALTHIER”


Change your current associations to exercise (for example, that exercise =
pain or discomfort) to a positive. Focus on the pleasurable results you will
get by exercising regularly and choosing healthier eating options.


How do we do that?
By getting enough leverage to change.
You need to come up with enough reasons why you must change and you
must change now to tip the scales the other way.

Whatever ‘reasons’ you have now for not exercising need to be seen for what they really are – excuses.

You have got to interrupt your current negative pattern of association to
exercise and healthier eating. One of the ways I have taught people in the past is to take a picture of yourself naked and place it where you can see it!
YES, that’s right! If you cannot face looking at your self in the mirror, put a
picture where you can see it every day so it will scare you into action!

WARNING – take it down when you have friends over, or you may never see them again. Place reminders everywhere. Hang them in the car, on the mirror, fridge,computer, in the toilet (door not bowl).
You may use my trademark saying, Excuses Change Nothing. Exercise Will!

So after reading this, what are you going to do right now to start to make a change?

Well you have already started, you have just read this article. Now it’s time to plan tomorrow and the rest of the week.

1. Walk each morning before work or before the family or friends get up, do this for 30 - 40 minutes each day of the week, NO EXCUSES ! Get back to me on how you feel. I guarantee you will start to feel better, more alert and have more energy.

2. Get a food diary on everything you eat this week and write it down, no cheating. Take a look at what you are eating and try to cut down on your worst habit e.g alcohol or dessert.

3. Invest in your health. Get a Personal Trainer to get you started & help guide you to eventually train yourself.

Just a few little tips from my experiences as a trainer over the years. It may help you with your New Year resolution in 2012.