“If you do not go for what you want,  you will never have it.”

This phrase sits above my computer  to constantly remind my self of  the “why” I must keep moving forward  everyday.

And so do you.

Because it is true…

If you don’t go for what you want,  you’ll never have it.

January is here and a new year, a new month, a new chance to get started fresh is right in front of us.

And the choices we make now.

The actions we take and the behaviors  we establish WILL matter in the months  to ahead.

You may be “Going for it” this week  and I hope you are!

I also hope I can help you get some  momentum and results.

After working with thousands of new  clients.The hardest part I believe are  those “firsts” in any program.

The first day you get up at 4:30am  to go workout, because that’s the  only time you can get to it.

Your first day you change your diet.

Your first day you say no to bread.

Your first lap around the block.

Your first Boot Camp workout.

Doesn’t matter what your first step is.

The first step is always the hardest  to take.

And I think most of the time, we are  our own worst enemies. We are more in  our own way, than other things are in  our way of making progress.

The stories we tell ourselves, the what  if’s that we imagine in our minds  (that rarely if ever happen anyway)

Here are 3 tips to making your first  days and weeks just a little bit  easier….

First pick one goal, keep it real simple  in the beginning.

For example

Just cutting out Fast Food.

Power walking at lunch.

Get 3 Workouts in this week.

Cut out soft drinks.

Big or small doesn’t matter just focus  on that one small change.

Too many things changing at once  can leave you feeling depleted and  overwhelmed, and less likely to be  successful.

Second set up a form of daily monitoring.

You can weigh in every day, keep a food  journal, have a training calendar etc.

Doesn’t matter what kind of tracking  Just as long as you’re keeping track of  your progress.

Another form of monitoring is telling  people what you’re doing.

You’ll stay on track a lot better by  telling a lot of your family or friends  what you’re going to do…

VIP Jennifer Holland does this well by  posting her progress  report and numbers  on Facebook on every workout day.

(If it makes you nervous just thinking  about telling people, you get the idea  of  the internal pressure this can  create to help keep you on track)
Third make it easier to stay on  track by controlling your environment  as best you can.

Removing any junk food that would  tempt you from the kitchen/house and refuse to buy anything not on your  healthy grocery list.

Research has shown NOT having bad  food choices nearby greatly increases  your diet success rates.

And make it easy for exercise too,  put your workout clothes next to the  bed before a morning workout.

The less you have to think about to get  out the door the better you’ll do.

Don’t dismiss the power of keeping  your plan simple in the beginning,  because what you really need is some  small victories in the beginning to  help your motivation and boost your  confidence.

This will begin what we call the goal  Snowball effect that starts when you  master one habit and add in the next.

Pretty soon you’re eating right,  getting up in the morning to workout  consistently and you’re feeling better  than ever.

And it all starts with that one decision  and one action.

Because if you DON’T go for, You’ll never  have it.

The choice is yours.

It CAN Be Done and YOU can do it!

Talk soon.

Dave
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