Keeping your desires bottled up inside is never a good idea. When you refuse to let them out, they tend to turn inwards and become negative thoughts. You should never let this happen. Instead, you should use your desires as the driving force behind your actions.
Are there things that you really want to achieve but haven’t gotten around to doing so yet? Do you have a dream that you still want to achieve? Well, now is the time to do something about it; right now.
People make New Year Resolutions every time the new year comes. Unfortunately, six months come by, about 60% of those people will eventually give up on their Resolutions to start exercising. In another six months, these same people will try to make New Year Resolutions only to fail.
The problem with most people is that they fail to take reasonable steps towards achieving their goals and dreams. They either give up or they are not consistent in their actions towards attaining their goals. Keep in mind that achieving a dream is an exciting and exhilarating process.
Sticking to an exercise routine can be daunting, but it is not impossible. Phung Tran, founder of Be Active is Easy, explains how you can prepare your mind to get sailed swimmingly.
Let’s Be Real, Your Exercise Routine Is Too Complicated
In this age of misinformation, there are so many “experts” out there, teaching you their secret way to exercise. You might have heard of some of these. “The golden rule is to do cardio on a treadmill for 45 minutes 5 days a week.” Well, that is a little too much. “Just do one 30-minute HIIT workout for 3 days.” HIIT can be too intensive for beginners. “Let’s skip all that and have a walk with the dog once a week.” Which one routine should you choose to exercise?
This article answers that exact question that you might have right now. Follow these principles before you begin to make your first move. Exercise when inspired, but when you’re in need of steps, try these:
- Break your big goal up into small goals
- Schedule in time to workout
- Pace yourself
- Do not compare yourself to others
Listen and believe in yourself. You are the only person who knows what you truly need to exercise and stay healthy. Rigorously keep track of the week’s workouts to ensure you stick to them. When forming a new habit, stick with it to the point that you start seeing results. In return, you will feel more energized, energetic, lighter, and stronger.
Small Changes Make All the Difference
Studies have shown time and time again that it is the small changes to your diet and exercise routine that make the biggest impact, not the drastic changes.
For example, just by adding 1 pound of muscle to your body, you burn about 18 more calories per day without doing anything more. One of my clients was trying to quit drinking ginger ale because it has too much sugar for her. She planned on quitting cold turkey at the beginning of our time together. I told her no. Instead of making that drastic change, my client should cut her ginger ale in half and share some of it with her roommate. That way, they can develop a friendship while my client got to start her healthy habits.
Understanding this simple way to increase the number of calories you burn every day is the first step to figuring out how to change your lifestyle for the better.
What simple changes can you make to start exercising today? The first step to changing your lifestyle for the better is to make small, simple adjustments. These small changes are your small wins, a reward that keeps you strong during this uphill battle.
Wondering how you can begin to come up with the small changes necessary to help you love exercising? Introducing the Habit-Forming Checklist for you to start today.
A Simple Exercise Routine Will Help You Get and Stay Fit
Starting an exercise routine is hard. One of the easiest ways to get started with exercise is to use a simple routine. You can revise it and change it as you get more and more comfortable with exercising.
Here is an example of a simple routine that I personally use:
- Sunday: Rest
- Monday: Strength – upper body workout
- Tuesday: Cardio – Run/Elliptical
- Wednesday: Strength – lower body workout
- Thursday: Cardio – Run/Elliptical
- Friday: Total bodyweight workout
- Saturday: Yoga
We all want to be successful and get the things we want, but it is easier said than done. Sometimes we get so caught up in the day-to-day that we don’t stop and think about what we need to do to get to where we want to be. It’s important to remember that we all have the power to be successful and get the things we want and we just need to create a plan and map out what we’re going to do to get there. You create your own life, so if there is something you want out of yours, you need to go out and get it.
There are benefits you can reap as you start exercising. You might not be able to lose weight right away, but you can feel yourself become more energetic and your mind more clear as you go through your daily life. Over time, you will get stronger as a person, build your immunity, and love life more than before. As you age, you can also lower your risks of getting chronic diseases such as heart attack, diabetes, cancer, and more. Exercise is not helping you now, but it is also preparing for what is to come in your future.
Build Your Self-Esteem to Start Exercising
Having a positive self-image will improve not only your health but also your self-esteem, which will help you in various aspects of life. You should start by:
- Ending long conversations with negative self-talk
- Eating healthy and exercising in a way that is acceptable to you
- Finding time and money to hire a trainer
- Rewarding yourself as you achieve your small goals
Having a positive self-image will improve not only your health but also your self-esteem, which will help you in various aspects of life. After years of inactivity, the prospect of getting started might seem daunting. By building your self-esteem even before you exercise, you make sure that your mind is set on the right path and will not waiver when you encounter any push-backs.
Believe in Yourself As The Progress Takes Place
You will soon quickly find out that visible results will not come easily as you thought. Indeed, this is why so many people fall for fitness scams, either with diet pills or dangerous detoxes.
During this difficult time, you should take advantage of your self-esteem to fend off against any push-backs coming your way. Remember, you are the only one who knows what is going on and how to move ahead.
Listen to what your body says. Do you feel better? Do you feel any pain? Is there anything else happening when you start creating a change to exercise more often? Write all of your feelings down, either on a piece of paper or on a digital diary.
Use the Habit-Forming Checklist to keep track of your progress. The improvement might not be visible for anyone else, but you can clearly see the improvement as you continue to make small changes and keep going. Any new changes you make can be daunting, but it is not hopeless.
You can do it 100%. The New Year is a great time to start exercising and keep up with your brand new exercise routine going throughout the year. Fitness is inherently simple and easy. Enjoy the progress as you improve your health.
Phung’s Bio:
Excited to achieve your ideal body with healthy habits that last forever? Then Phung Tran is your new fitness bestie.
As an ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist, Phung has helped young women of color like you, to implement science-backed methods to lose weight, with personalized exercise routines and the joy of eating. Her fitness strategy has prompted her clients to be more health-conscious while continuing to enjoy life as it should be.
When she’s not busy breaking a sweat, you can find Phung cuddling with her black cat on the bed, and crocheting her latest amigurumi project.
Ksenia Sobchak enjoys blogging on fashion, style, lifestyle, love and CBD areas. Prior to becoming a blogger, Ksenia worked for a renowned fashion brand. Ksenia is a contributing author to leading fashion, lifestyle and CBD magazines and blogs. You can bump into Ksenia at her favourite cafe in South Kensington where she has written most blogs. Ksenia is a staunch advocate of CBD and its benefits to people. Ksenia is also on the panel of CBD reviewers at CBD Life Mag and Chill Hempire. Her favourite form of CBD are CBD gummies and CBD tinctures. Ksenia is a regular contributor at leading fashion, lifestyle as well as CBD magazines and blogs.
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