Here's a Method that Helps People Achieve Their Fitness Goals

“The only time you fail is when you quit. If you keep trying you will reach success.” - unknown

January is always a fun time to start exercising. People love setting New Year’s Resolutions to lose the fat and get in shape. Keep in mind if you’re looking for a quick fix, you might as well switch your resolution right now. Quick fixes either don’t work or are temporary and even harmful to your body. Understand to be successful you need to be in it for the long haul. Dedicate a minimum of six months, but preferably one year to this goal and don’t give up until you reach it. If you reach it before one year, great…. Then it’s time for maintenance. Besides, what’s the benefit of getting in shape if only to lose it once you get there? Use the New Year’s resolution to kick start your healthy new lifestyle.

Keep in mind obstacles will arise. The key is to ready for them and to overcome them. Don’t abandon ship just because you got sick, your kid’s activities take up too much of your time, or your work schedule changed. Successful people know obstacles will arise and they work around them.

My wife was training for her first marathon last year and was following a six-month training schedule to build up from not running to be able to run 26 miles. Do you think the road was nice and smooth? Heck no, there were days she was sore, but ran anyway; there were days when our daughters soccer schedule got in the way but she made the time to do it anyway. Then she got the flu and missed three weeks of training a month before the run. Did she give up? No, she rested, recovered and continued her training and ran the marathon and finished.

Never let a setback derail you from reaching your goal. Stay focused on what you want and why you want it. Read your goals daily and stay hungry for the prize at the end of the journey. You’ll be so glad you made it through to the end, I promise.