How To Be Healthier in 2021

Whether it’s weight loss, feeling fitter, improving your diet (or all of them!) that you want to achieve this year, this post will help you do it. The ‘stick rate’ of peoples New Year’s Resolutions, particularly when it comes to health and fitness, is incredibly low. So first we need to understand why that is. Then secondly we need to have a plan to make sure that doesn’t happen to you. Find out how to be healthier in 2021.

Over-reaching

Put another way, setting yourself goals that are too extreme and difficult to stick to. I see/hear the same thing every year. People spend December eating/drinking and by the time they get to January they really feel ready to make a change. But so much so that they put in place really extreme habitual changes. Which may be do-able for a couple of weeks but ultimately is too much of a change from the old habits to be able to keep up.

Solution – Set realistic goals based on what you are used to doing. For example if have haven’t exercised for months don’t try and exercise for an hour every day. Just start with 4 30 minute workouts a week. Something that is achievable and maintainable.

Tailor the program to you

Generic diets rarely work. One of the main reasons being is that they are not tailored to you personally at all. The reality is we all have different preferences and challenges nutritionally. For example for one person giving up alcohol may not be a big deal. For another person that might seem a huge task and taking it away totally would actually take away something they really see as a pleasure. If you are feeling resentful or have a negative association with whatever changes you are making you are not going to be able to stick to them for the long term. Same theory goes for sugar, carbs, processed foods etc.

The truth is there are many ways to lose weight. Of course you can’t just eat drink whatever you want. But you don’t have to give up anything totally to be successful. Being extreme may lead to faster weight loss but a much higher chance of falling off the wagon and ending up at square 1 or worse.

Don’t expect perfection

If you expect yourself to be able to stick to the goals you have set 100% of the time you are setting yourself up for demotivation, stress and ultimately failure. I’m not saying it doesn’t matter if you go off track and you should let yourself do that whenever you want. But at the same time don’t beat yourself up for drinking 1 extra glass of wine than you planned or eating something you didn’t plan to once in a while.

We are all only human and the odd slip is both inevitable and not an issue in terms of your long term weight loss success. But when someone expects themselves to be perfect, and then feels depressed and demotivated when they are not, then comes the issue. So give yourself a break from time to time as long as generally speaking you are ‘on it.’

Conclusion – How To Be Healthier in 2021

The planning and mental side of losing weight is so important. Follow these guidelines and it will give you a much better chance of staying motivated, sticking you your regime and ultimately achieving and maintaining your weight loss goals.

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