A tale as old as time, the ever-increasing popularity of healthy living doesn’t look like it’s going to fade away anytime soon. What fades though, is our inspiration. The weight loss journey begins with signing up with a nutritionist, getting a gym membership, and rising with the sun. However, as the weeks go by, the intensity and motivation tend to wane. If this is your story too, know that it is not you, it is your goal. The only thing you’ve done wrong is the goal you’ve set. While most people think that their own laziness or lack of motivation causes them to fail at their goals, the real reason is very different. Most of the time, the goal itself is flawed and not in your favor. In fact, research says that only 16% of weight loss resolutions are successful.
This makes us wonder, what are these 16% doing differently? Here’s a method that works with most people! Defining a health goal big enough for the entire year can be challenging. It is natural not to know how much is too much. So, follow these steps and make 2023 about achieving your health goal.
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Here are 4 steps you can take to achieve your health goals:
1. Define Only One Broad Goal, Like a Theme
Instead of making your goal something specific like “lose 25 kilos,” perhaps make the theme fat loss and body toning.
2. Define what success should look like
When it comes to health goals, keeping them fluid is the key! Instead of making “fitting into size 6 jeans” your goal, define your health using more holistic metrics. Waking up fresh, bringing HbA1c levels back to normal, being able to do 108 Surya Namaskars or running 21 kms in a marathon all define the same thing, i.e. losing weight and/or increasing fitness. However, these goals are more attractive and motivating in the long run. Such goals also ensure that you keep overall health in mind at all times.
3. Once You Know What Success Looks Like, You Just Need To Reverse-Engineer It
Let’s say your theme is disease-free living, and your success looks like HbA1c levels < 6%. Just make a list of all the changes you need to make, and add the smallest change you can think of. These changes can range from giving up sugar to sleeping at the same time every day. But this list is in front of you. This list becomes like a ready reckoner for you to refer at all times. It also gives us the opportunity to successfully complete the changes made (and we all know how satisfying it can be to remove the completed work).
4. Bring in a Professional if You Feel Out of Depth
You may not know what you need to do to achieve your goal, or even if you know everything you need to do, sometimes it’s hard to innovate. Signing up with a professional like a nutritionist or a personal trainer can be a complete game-changer in your fitness journey.
With these 4 steps, rest assured that you have a foolproof goal that will be successful.
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If you don’t know where to start, here are 10 health goals that are very relevant in our lives today and definitely need our attention in 2023:
- Regain stamina and overall health post covid.
- Bring all blood parameters back to their healthy range.
- Get fit enough to go for a super intense trek in the mountains.
- 108 Do Surya Namaskar.
- Reduce or stop diabetes medicines.
- Cook all the food at home.
- Stop getting angry all the time.
- Regular menstruation every month.
- Return to normal body fat mass range or bring body fat below 30%.
- Limit smoking to social occasions only.
Stay healthy, stay unprocessed.