Your Best Body 12-Week Challenge, Week One!

Runner or not, congrats on taking your first step!

The scope of the Challenge is that you choose a plan, program, or way of eating, set your goals, and work it.  You set the goals,  you do the work, and I cheer you on!

Need program ideas?

No plan in place and no goals set, but you’re expecting results?
“If you aim for nothing you’ll hit it.”

Yes, we agree with you 110% on that one, Dr. Phil!

-My suggestions….I’m down 92 pounds, so I know this works!-

1.      Get a water bottle and take it everywhere with you!  Set a goal of how many times you’ll refill and drink it daily.  Refill it at night so it’s ready for you first thing in the morning!  I suggest the 56-ouncer with a straw and handle from Target!  Find it in the Tupperware aisle in red or blue!

2.      Choose a proven program (diet plan, exercise routine, at-home workout program, etc) to follow.  Following a tried and true program is more likely to get you results because those people have gone ahead of us, written books and structured programs, and given us regimens to follow.  Why recreate the wheel?!

3.      Get more sleep!  It has a huge impact on your body’s recovery from the diet and workouts during the day.  It’s the time of repair, fat burn, and recovery.
More sleep equals more results!

4.      Write down your goals.  What are you aiming for?  A new pants size, a lowered weight, an improved look, to have more energy, to take less medicine?  Focus on the goal, what you’re going for, and then your diet and exercise plans are the baby steps to get there!

5.     Be flexible, don’t expect perfection, and allow for mess ups…..and when you do slip (we all do), let it go and get right back on track!

6.  Every three weeks I’ll ask to hear from you!  I want to know your progress, your stumbles, and your successes.  Consider sharing your journey with me!  Either reply on a post or email me at [email protected] and fill me in!

7.      Last but not least, no excuses!  Write them down, throw them away, and don’t let “I’m busy” or “the kids…” or “I had this….” creep up on you!  You’re not being dishonest with anyone but you and you owe this challenge and change to yourself!

Take this first week to explore, educate, experiment with diet and exercise plans that work for you.  Stay plugged in, keep you a priority, and before you know it, you’ll be full steam ahead on a new rhythm in your life.

Take comfort in knowing others are doing this along side you, but you hold the biggest role in this to stay disciplined, positive, and focused on your goals.  It takes 21 days to create a habit….so let’s start something great here!!

Consider your first step taken….and we’re off!