San Antonio Personal Training

12/10/08

The second biggest reason I have found that people don't succeed in their fitness goals is simply that they are not consistent in working to obtain those goals.

If you workout four times in one week, and then skip four or five days the next week without doing anything that pushes you to your limits, then you are not being consistent.

The other half of the equation is your diet.  If you are not eating a diet that fits your goals, then you are in an uphill battle.

You know you need to be consistent with your workouts, and it is easy for me to tell you to be consistent with eating right and working out regularly, but you need to know how you can do that without sacrificing your lifestyle and happiness.

Fair enough.  Here are some ways that I personally use and I have had my clients use with success to stay consistent.

1. Don't complete all your workouts in the same location.  We all get bored with the same workouts over and over.  Being bored, will lead to a lack of interest and thus you will not be consistent with your workouts.  If typically workout with dumbbells in your garage, then go to the gym.  If you typically go to the gym, find a basketball court near your house and either play basketball or if you are not good at basketball, make yourself run sprints on the court and follow that with pushups/situps/squats.
2. Create a schedule.  You have a schedule for other things in your life, such as work, kids, school, etc.  Why not plug in 30min-1hr, 4-6 times per week to get a workout in?
3. Plan your lunch and dinner schedule.  Sarah is better at this than I am.  On Sunday of every week, she creates a list and determines exactly what we will eat.  Based on that, she then creates her grocery list.  When she goes to the grocery store, she doesn't buy any extras.  This keeps us consistent on many levels.  Number 1, we know what we are going to be eating.  This keeps us from guessing what we are going to eat for dinner and then deciding to go get fast food just because we are hungry.  When it is on the plan, she just comes home and gets it ready.  Number 2, because she plans our meals and does not buy junk food just because it sounds good when grocery shopping, we don't have junk food in the house.  If we want an after dinner snack, like ice cream, we have to make a decision to go out and buy it.  This takes energy at the end of a long day that we rarely have, so we eat less junk food.

Hopefully, these three tips will help you stay consistent with your diet and your workouts.  If you ever need someone to help keep you on track, don't hesitate to call or e-mail me.

Make it a great day!

Nicholas Wood

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