Fit & Healthy Buffalo- Fitness Success After 40

  There are going to be days you don’t feel like doing anything. I get it! I’ve been there 1000x before. But want to know the secret to achieving any goal in life? Something is better than nothing. It doesn’t matter what goal you are trying to accomplish, ANY progress is better than no progress at all. You are human. And to be human means that you are not going to be motivated 100% of the time. In fact even if you were motivated 80% of the time, that would be a LOT. Yet we beat ourselves up because we feel as though we should be like Mel Gibson from Braveheart rallying ourselves to victory 24 hours a day. It’s insane that we think this way. You are always going to go through ebbs and flows. For periods of time you will be highly motivated. Other times you are barely scraping by. It’s during the times that you are barely scraping by that doing something is better than doing nothing. And I do truly mean that you can do ANYTHING. It doesn’t matter what it is or for how long. It just n

  You know I am all about POSITIVE ACTION, right? Basically, focusing on the actions that will move you toward whatever it is that you want. Well, today I am going to get a little <gasp!> NEGATIVE. It’s time to take inventory of the things that are getting in your way – the hurdles between you and your vision of success. These hurdles drain your energy … resources … confidence … and make the journey from where you are NOW to where you want to BE longer and more challenging. Here’s what I’m talking about. Let’s say you have a goal of finally losing those extra pounds... What are you doing NOW that gets in the way of making that happen? If you’re serious about reaching success, it is time to start dealing with those obstacles. At Applied Fitness we definitely do NOT recommend cutting out every obstacle at once (or maybe ever). But it’s important to acknowledge them – because it takes their power away. If you start by targeting those obstacles one by one, you’ll have a better chanc

   I’m going to share something really important that just might change how you look at your health & fitness. It’s a mindset trick that will make it EASIER for you to: 1. stick with the basics, 2. avoid feeling overwhelmed, and 3. take off some of the pressure you might feel about all things you think you “should” be doing. Think back to the last time you had to teach someone something. Maybe it was a new person at work … maybe it was teaching a kid to tie (or Velcro) their shoes … or maybe it was in an actual classroom. How did you do it? I’m guessing you didn’t overwhelm your student with EVERYTHING at once – or expect them to do it exactly right on their first (or second or third) try. You probably started with the basics … at the very beginning … and then when they understood them, you added more info or actions. Your healthy lifestyle habits are no different. EXCEPT that we expect ourselves to be able to jump right into the deep end and do ALL the things from Day One. (And