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Five Ways To Achieve Success
So you want to achieve some goals. You wanna get back into working out and feel better, look better, lose a bit of flab and generally perk up a little. Well, its tough!! I have 5 ways that could help you achieve success.
1) Set a time frame
Possibly the most important of the five is setting a time frame. Perhaps you have an important event coming up. A reasonable time frame is anywhere between 3-6 weeks. I’m talking about a small transformation here – not looking at anything too drastic.
2) Create clear goals
If you do not have clear goals, then you will be floundering around, wondering what to do. An example of a clear goal would be somewhat like this: ‘I want to have to wear a belt with that pair of trousers.’ An unclear goal would be somewhat like this: ‘I want to have a little more definition on my arms’. ‘Little more’ could mean anything – there is a vast scale on which it could be placed so it is not particular enough. Your goals must be particular so that you can efficiently gauge if you have attained them or not.
3) Set achievable goals
As well as being clear, your goals must be attainable. For example, if you have a 3 week time frame and say ‘I want to be able to fit into those trousers’ and currently you can barely get it past your hips, then you have no hope of being able to achieve that goal unless you don’t eat a thing. Your goals must be achievable. However, don’t make them too easy. Perhaps try to make goals that are a step on the road to your ideal. Make them achievable so you avoid setting yourself up for failure.
4) Journal your day
This one really works for me. If you keep a running journal on your day – on what you eat and drink, and what you do for exercise, it forces you to think every day and enables you to look back and analyze. Even better, put it up online so people can read it and comment – can help you change for the better.
5) Stick to your plan
A plan is very important. If you have clear, achievable goals in a reasonable time frame, then you must be consistent with your diet and exercise. If you are not consistent and you do not stick to the plan, then you will not see results. If you give up part way through, you will not see results. If you eat something you ought not to, you will not see results. For example: I decided to give up eating sugar – refined sugar – or anything with refined sugar as an ingredient – and during my three week time, I refused to eat anything with sugar. I did my best to avoid it and unless I unwittingly consumed something containing sugar, I successfully refrained. I stuck to my plan. Three weeks is a short time. If you focus hard and stick to your plan, you will see results.
So, if you do these five things, I can’t actually guarantee that you will see success – because I don’t know what exercise you are doing or what food you are consuming. But if those two components are excellent, then you will see success.
However, there are cases when you may not see success at the end of your time frame. What do you do then? Check back next week as I have reasons to celebrate despite apparent failure.
