Most of the clients I meet are tired of quick fix solutions, want to stop yo-yoing up and down in their progress, and struggle to maintain motivation and consistency in their exercise or nutrition plan or both.
Heck, I have even struggled with this. For a long time, I thought I just had to deal with it and “reset” and start over on Monday. Turns out that how I thought about my goals and my mindset needed a shift.
I’m going to guide you with two steps you can take immediately to avoid this problem once and for all.
Step 1: To maintain your motivation and consistency around your fitness, you need to focus on health-related goals first (internal goals are less fleeting) and learn to use aesthetic goals only as markers and stepping stones to achieving the overall goal of being healthier, stronger and more confident for the long-term and not just vacation or summer.
Health first goal example: “I want to maintain a solid health routine so I don’t end up having the same health issues as my parents”
Step 2: Shift your mindset from weight loss to fat loss and by this, I mean learning to build and preserve lean muscle that will keep your metabolism revving, and keep you burning fat even after your workouts.
Weight loss is achieved by eating less calories. But what a lot of weight loss programs won’t tell you is that this approach also leads to your body storing more fat, your hormones going haywire, having less energy, and more cravings or binge behaviors with unhealthy foods that don’t nourish your body appropriately. If you’re open to it, here are a couple of things you can try to implement right away.
- AVOID focusing on the number on the scale and pay attention to measurements, energy levels, how you feel and how your clothes fit. 150 pounds of toned muscle looks a lot different than 150 pounds of fat.
- EAT MORE of the good stuff! Whole healthy foods to support your workouts, support proper hormone function and keep your metabolism revving.
These small yet important shifts are the first 2 changes that my client Raquel made when she started my custom online training and check out what she has accomplished:
Pretty powerful changes with some simple mindset shifts. Fun fact about Raquel, she didn’t like exercise (because she never got results). Now she says she can’t go with out!
What would this shift in thinking do for you? How would your life be different?
In the meantime, stay tuned for more tips 🙂
