Lifestyle Changes (Bo)

Over the years I have seen so many people try and later fail at achieving their health goals. Why are some people successful while others are not? Is it because of good genetics or better willpower? Heck no! The main reason why people fail at achieving their health goals is because they fail to change their lifestyle. The classic example is the New Years resolutions. Someone will decide to lose weight and motivation is at a all time high. They hit the gate running by eating healthy and exercising like a mad man. Then real life starts to set in. The healthy food your choking down gets boring and tastes like cardboard. You start to realize that you don't have time in your busy schedule to exercise and you can't spare the little energy you have in the gym. That person then throws in the towel and goes back to their old unhealthy lifestyle. Something needs to change or this vicious cycle will happen again and again.

Nutrition: We need to get rid of the word "diet" when it comes to eating correctly. I think of a diet as being a temporary change in your eating habits to obtain quick results. Diets are usually too extreme and can't be maintained for long periods of time without health problems. My lifestyle change for nutrition came from slowly cutting out processed foods. I try not eat anything that comes from a box or has more then 3 ingredients on the label. I prep all my meals for the week on Sunday so I have all my food ready to go. My main goal is muscle building so I will shoot for eating 5 meals a day. I'm at a point now where meal prep and eating all the time is not even a chore for me anymore. It has become such a habit that I don't even think about it. Once you get to this point eating healthy really becomes so easy. The hard point is adopting these habit. Just remember it takes time and effort.

Exercising: Lets face it! Finding time to exercise can be hard. Especially if you hate to exercise. But why do something you hate? You have to enjoy your type of working out or your will never do it long-term. If you hate the gym then go outside and go bike riding, or jogging, or walking. The key is to just get your body moving. Everyone has to start somewhere. You need to get to the point where you look forward to your type of physical activity. It needs to become your stress reliever and high point of your day. This is only done by enjoying your type of exercise and by forcing this time in your busy schedule.

To keep it short and simple: You will not see permanent results until you make eating healthy and exercising a main part of your lifestyle. It will be very hard in the beginning but once it becomes a habit it becomes very easy.