it’s ALL up to YOU!!!

Everyone wants to have a lean, sleek figure, but not many people are willing to make time to exercise. And beyond that, people want to eat pizza and cookies for every meal! They then proceed to get angry because they haven’t lost weight and still have flab on their arms or tummies. Listen people, to get healthy bodies and create clean eating habits you must take it one step at a time. Focus on the present! Choose the Beachbody workout that best fits your style. Commit to that workout and clean eating for the 60 or 90 days of that program. When that program is over, choose another and commit to that 60 or 90 days. Don’t overwhelm yourselves by thinking that this is for life. Hopefully it IS a lifestyle change; however, you must take one day at a time or it will be so overwhelming that you quit before ever getting started! Another thing my wife and I do that we feel has been vital in the success of our weight loss is that we don’t worry when we make an eating mistake and decide to “start the diet again on Monday”. Don’t get me wrong, we do our best to eat as clean as possible to the best of our knowledge each of our 5-6 meals a day, but we do occasionally eat birthday cake or chips. It is not the end of the world! The bottom line is this – a magic pill will not get you the results you want for your body! A beachbody product will teach you healthy food choices and how to exercise in a way that will create a healthy happy you for the rest of your long life! In the end, it’s all up to YOU!  Here are three easy steps that will guarantee success.

Step 1: Set a Date
So many people that I have helped do not set a completion date for the workout program they have chosen. This will make the entire process feel like it has no end. If you set the completion date in stone then you are working towards something. I also recommend setting smaller milestone dates for the 30 and 60 days to check you measurements and take progress pictures. Life will cause you to miss a workout a few times and that is OK. Do not change the date because you missed a workout. Pickup with the workout that is scheduled for that day and keep moving forward.

Step 2: Plan your meals ahead of time.
This step does take time but the small time in planning will payoff big time in results. My wife and I sit down Sat and go over what we will eat each day for the next week. We have been doing this for awhile and the only meal that really rotates is our Dinner. It takes us about 30 minutes to create a menu. Sunday I go and buy the groceries that we will need for the next week. In planning our meals it allows us to stockpile certain food items that we know we will always need and we have set ourselves up for success. I pack my lunch so I plan about 15 minutes in my morning to make sure I have my snacks and lunch packed for the day.

Step 3: Stick with the Plan
All the planning you have done in steps 1 and 2 are not going to do any good unless you stick to and follow “Your” plan. It might seem like a lot of effort but it is just a different way to think about how we eat and exercise. I know how many calories I will eat and what I will eat before I even start the day.

These are 3 easy steps that will guarantee success if you follow them. It took me awhile to wake up and see that not planning what I was going to eat or when I was going to exercise was setting myself up for failure. Invest in yourself with a little planning and preparation. I would love to hear what you think so please comment or send me an email at matthew@matthewhillis.com.