There are only three things you need to do to achieve and maintain optimal fitness (which works on your psychological fitness at the same time). These three steps are very easy and very difficult. But motivation is the biggest hurdle when starting this journey to being fit and in the best health possible. Yes, the Chinese proverb says that “the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” That goes for your journey to health, too.
And the first step is to actually DO something. This could be anything from walking around the block to signing up for a marathon, but you have to get started. Of course, check with your doctor and remember where you start, but joining a gym, buying a bike, ditching your old sneakers – anything you do to convince yourself that you’ve really started this journey is the first step to getting there. .
The second step is continuous. Throughout your program (hopefully this journey will last a lifetime), you need to find ways to track your progress. Should you start with a weigh-in and body measurements? It’s up to you. Should you start with a “before” photograph? It’s up to you. Should you start writing down what you ate the last day before starting this new healthy diet? It’s up to you. But, for your personality and character, choose some way that you can track your progress so that those periods to come when you seem to be going backwards or haven’t progressed for a long, long time, you can see exactly how far you’ve come in your life. travel.
Keep a chart of your weight in the bathroom; keep a food diary (and give yourself permission to break the “diet” for one meal each week – this will make it much easier to stay on track); take photos of yourself every month in the same clothes so you can really see the progress; choose some way to track yourself and stay on track.
The third step is as much for fun as it is for health. Find an exercise partner. Maybe you have a couple of friends—one you hike with, one you swim with, and one you do yoga with, for example—who will walk alongside you on this journey. This will help you stay in the routine because on those days when you don’t want to be responsible to yourself, you will feel responsible to your friend. And he will be VERY good for your mind. It will add the positive point of socializing to the pain of getting your body to go one step further when it is so tired. The social aspect of getting fit cannot be stressed enough. When something is fun, you will want to do it more.
As you can see? Easy as one, two, three. Now, just go out there and do it.