Fit & Healthy Buffalo- Fitness Success After 40

  You want to be fit. You know how much you should weigh. You know your ideal size. You can even picture how great those skinny jeans will look. So why aren’t you living life in your ideal body? There are many complex reasons that make weight loss a challenge, reasons that go deeper than simply calories-in versus calories-out. I’m talking about the life issues that get in the way of your success. Read the following 5 obstacles and the solutions to unlock your best body ever. 1. You don’t want to be bothered. It’s in your DNA to avoid pain and seek out pleasure. Unfortunately, this works against you when trying to get fit. In your mind, it’s painful (or at least uncomfortable) to deny yourself the tasty food that you crave and to exert yourself with exercise. There’s a simple way to work around this obstacle: Find something painful about being out of shape to motivate yourself towards healthy eating and exercise. Focus on the negative impact your current weight has on your health, self-

  We’re closing in on a big date … It’s January 19 – aka “quitter’s day.” The company that runs Strava (a fitness tracking app) says that’s the day by which most people who set New Year fitness and fitness goals end up quitting. You do NOT have to be one of those people! I’m going to talk about one of the MOST IMPORTANT reasons people give up on their goals. It’s because: They didn’t have a plan for when they slipped up. And by slip up, I mean when they missed a workout, ate foods they weren’t “supposed to eat,” stayed up too late, or somehow “failed” to follow through with their plan. Fact: Everyone slips up from time to time! (EVERYONE.) Knowing ahead of time what to do AFTER it happens goes a long way toward making sure that one slip-up doesn’t turn into two or twenty. A solid post-slipup plan will help you: Recognize WHY it happened Reevaluate your process to see if it needs to be changed Get back on-plan ASAP Here’s what I’m talking about: Let’s say it’s a Thursday night and you’r

  Do you think that you have more potential than you’re living up to? How will you harness your potential to create the very best you? I recommend using the teachings of Dr. Maxwell Maltz in his legendary book ‘The New Psycho-Cybernetics’. Dr. Maltz created the original science of self-improvement and success, so who better to turn to when you’re ready to take your life to another level. His teachings have stood the test of time. Take the following and make a change for the better: 1. Use Your Imagination If you thought that imaginations were only valued in preschool, think again. One of the key points in ‘The New Psycho-Cybernetics’ is the technique of using your imagination to reprogram and manage your self-image. You may have been exposed to self-improvement strategies that tell you to ‘act as if’ or to ‘fake it till you make it.’ Those typically don’t work because your self-image is still the same. According to Dr. Maltz, your self-image is the key to changing your actions and habi