5 Killer Tips to achieve your best body in 2021.
At the start of every year, a lot of us set our intentions to feel better, lose weight, tone up and get fitter! Even though we all start off the new year with good intentions, the statistics show that the vast majority of us fail to reach our goals.
Now, 2020 sucked and now we enter 2021 with caution and a bit of uncertainty. I can’t tell you what will happen over the next 3 months, but I can tell you that regardless of what the COVID situation is, you can still take charge of your health and do what you can get to fit and lean!
So how do we make this year different? How do we make 2021 the year we actually achieve our goals and feel awesome? Try these super simple tips to get you the best body ever.
Here are my top 5 Tips to hit your 2021 Fitness Goals:
1) HAVE A PLAN
Don't just wish for your goal to naturally happen, make a plan on how you're going to get it done. For example, if weight loss is your 2021 goal, then you know that diet if the biggest factor in succeeding. How will you improve your diet? What changes will you make? Write it down and make it happen.
2) FIND YOUR “WHY”
Why do you want to lose xxx kilos? Why do you want to tone up? Why is it so important to you? Let's dig a little deeper. The road to any goal is filled with good and bad days. The bad days are when you can't be bothered or you just want to break. It's natural and unavoidable. When you choose your goal, knowing your "why" will push you through and keep you on track.
3) BREAK IT DOWN
Take your 2021 yearly goal and break it down to either 90 day goals or 1 month goals. Losing 10 kilos seems daunting and scary. But losing 800 grams per month seems a lot more achievable and less imposing. So take a big hairy goal, break it down to small parts, and tick off the milestones along the way.
4) KNOW THYSELF
This one can be tricky. Ask yourself, what will stop you achieving your goal? Your love of chocolate? Your potato chip habit? Friday night work drinks? Know your obstacles ahead of time, then plan how to beat them.
For me, it’s potato chips. Not hot chips, the packet stuff. Love them. If I don’t control myself I can have multiple packets per week. This year I’ll hardly eat them without using any willpower. How? Simple. I noticed that I only eat chips after I’ve put the kids to bed and set down on the couch to watch a movie to TV show. I love snacking whilst watching TV. So, I’ll simply switch the late night TV to reading a book instead. Craving gone! I mean, I’ve never sat down to read a book and thought “I’d love to munch on some chips whilst I’m reading this book”.
5) HACK YOUR ENVIRONMENT
The best way to form new and healthy habits is by hacking the environment around you. What does that mean? Glad you asked.
One of my goals this year is to read more, so do help this all I'm simply doing is placing a book on top of my pillowcase every day. So when I go to bed, I'm reminded to do my reading every night. This works for anything. ie: to work out in the morning, place your workout gear at the foot of the bed every night, to eat healthy snacks, get rid of junk food in the pantry and put healthy stuff at eye level. This works for anything.
Let me know if these tip help. I’ve kept it brief so if you want more information of want me to delve deeper into a tip for you, contact me jerome@balmainhealthclub.com.au
I hope 2021 is your best year ever.
Jerome