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Do you want to achieve your fitness goal but are tired of making plans? Do you find it hard to stick to them? You’re not alone.
Achieving your fitness goal takes more than just making a schedule.
You want to wake up early in the morning and workout, eat clean and fresh, and stay active throughout the day but….
In most cases, you have no motivation to do so.
You know you WANT to look your best (because who doesn’t want that?) but this why of yours does not motivate you to get out of the bed.
You feel lazy, want to sleep 5 more minutes.
And by the time you wake up, it’s already too late and you don’t have enough time now.
Because now you have tons of other things to do.
Creating a routine is easy but creating a proper plan that is actionable and gives you results is hard. It takes lots of trials and errors to figure out what is working for you.
And when you check back your progress, you feel that you have failed yourself before even starting it.
It does not feel great and lowers your self esteem when you don’t quite live up to your expectations. I can also relate to that feeling because that was me until last year when I finally wanted to get out of the funk and work on myself.
Related- 13 Toxic Habits To Quit To Live A Happier Life.
PS- I had been skinny all my life, that caused me so much trouble in my school and college days. If you’re insecure about your body, I get you. I know the feeling and that’s why I am writing this post to let you know that you’re not alone. And you have the power to be your best self.
It was quite hard to do that but at the beginning of the year, I promised myself that no matter what it takes I will do that.
As I am writing this post in November, I made progress that I never made in previous years even though I wanted to get fit, I could NOT.
There are some reasons behind it which was holding me from achieving what I wanted to and I am quite sure that you could easily relate to these as well (as you also might be making the same mistakes)-
- 1) Not having a plan. Create a proper plan using this guide.
- 2) Expecting unrealistic results.
- 3) I was not taking actions and just thinking about that in my head and that was pretty overwhelming.
- 4) Not believing in myself.
- 5) I had no previous results so I was having a hard time believing that I could also get results. (The most common one).
It takes time and patience and most importantly the ability to believe in yourself.
Fitness Goals For Women: 5 Smart Fitness Goals Examples That Will Help You Reach Your Goals
There are TONs of information available online that are more confusing and make it hard to decide how to even start your fitness journey in the first place.
Here are 5 smart fitness goals that will surely help you get started-
- 1) Walking >6000 steps.
- 2) Drink 8+ glasses of water. Set alarms if needed.
- 3) Challenge yourself to eat a certain number of fruits and veggies every day.
- 4) Try doing some simple stretches every day.
- 5) Work on your balance.
Bonus tip- Reduce stress as it does affect our health. This might be easier said than done but you can work on it slowly. Eg. Including 10 mins of meditation in your daily routine.
Those were very basic fitness goal examples that I mentioned above, anyone can do that regardless of their goals.
And if you have a busy schedule, do not worry about doing them at a specific time.
How Modifying Your Personal Action Plan Can Impede Personal Fitness Goals
Do you know that it is one of the biggest reasons I was not getting the results I wanted. I created a plan that I thought I would follow. (This is the most valuable lesson I could share with you after experiencing it myself).
Imagine you decided to go somewhere and you have a map guiding you to your destination but suddenly you take a different route or even worse you stopped it altogether because you didn’t reach there within a specific time you had in mind.
It happens when you are not sure what you are doing and try to figure everything out by yourself which can demotivate you and delay the results you could achieve much sooner.
Hiring a coach is a great option if you could find one.
I did hire a coach in the past for 3 months and currently what I prefer is alo moves, it is affordable, has easy to follow lessons and just because I invested in it, I am more consistent towards my goal.
I want to make it worth every penny I invested.
I definitely suggest you to try it. Plus they have 14 days free trial (with this link) so you can cancel anytime if you find out it isn’t for you. (which I think won’t be the case). You can also get 20% right now as they are running black Friday sale until this week only.
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