You want the silver bullet, the magic wand, the one thing that will get you where you want to be.
Being fit and healthy really is simple, not easy, but simple.
Move well and with intention
Eat plenty of veggies, some fruit, protein and some good fats day to day.
Sleep for around 7 to 9 hrs each night.
Head, keep it learning, growing, aware and able to relax and unwind when needed.
Simple right?
But it’s not easy.
We can do all of this, or even some of it, and improve each day.
Life has a lot of distractions. Weddings, injuries, illnesses, kids birthdays, sport commitments, social commitments, overtime at work. All of these are important no doubt, but they can actually distract us from what we want for our health and wellbeing.
And the main thing they distract us from is being consistent with our routine.
Have you heard yourself say things like ‘Oh I can just grab takeaway tonight, I have nothing ready for dinner’
Or ‘I didn’t get to bed on time, so I will miss the gym today, couldn’t possibly go in the afternoon.’
And ‘I have been unwell, it is natural to have to rest because of that.’
Now saying these things here and there isn’t an issue. It is when it becomes more often than not that the problems start. These become the thing you are consistent with!
Can you replace them with something like? ‘It is super simple to grab a couple of things from the supermarket and whip up a quick salad for dinner tonight’
‘I need that extra sleep this morning, but I have my gym bag packed. I will take it to work and get a session done this afternoon.’
‘Yes I was unwell, but that was a month ago, I can actually get back to it now for sure’ (this last one is me by the way!)
I have been super consistent this last couple of years with my training. Doing sessions when I can fit them in so I can coach sessions and not miss out. BUT! I was not consistent with communicating everything here with you all. And that means I have let you all down.
To me, I need to keep giving you guys plenty of info and help to see that Armidale becomes one of the healthiest rural cities in Australia. Letting and illness I suffered in June (I had Influenza A for those that don’t know) get in the way of writing a weekly blog an helping you all get better to me was really bad.
I left you high and dry. No words of assistance, no drive forward.
So I am sorry for that. It is on me and I am the one that harps on about consistency, and here I wasn’t being consistent.
So my thing, from now until Christmas is at least one blog a week, one reel for how you can do one small thing a week to get you to be better than yesterday.
You reading this are my accountability.
If you don’t have a weekly update from me by Thursday each week, shoot me an email, text, or DM via the gram and I will get onto it again.
Enough woe is me though! There are eight more Thursdays before Christmas, that means for you it will be eight more ways to be better than yesterday.