Healthy lifestyle and weight loss

Setting a goal to lose weight has its drawbacks. It’s hard to measure unless of course you set a goal to lose xxx number of pounds in xxx number of weeks or months.

The problem with a goal like this is that it lacks definitive action.

It’s easier to set a healthy life goal.

Then you can decide the steps you are going to take to achieve your goal.

A healthy living goal means eating more healthy foods and becoming more physically active.

That doesn’t mean you have to go all out and become a fitness freak overnight.

It’s important to take small steps to get your body used to the changes.

Focus on the healthy lifestyle instead of your waistline.

Which task is easier?

To lose weight or to change your diet.

Focus on the actions instead of the result, as the result will be a product of the actions.

When I was involved in track and training, I had my goals, like breaking my personal best times in middle distance and road races, but my focus was on what I needed to do to achieve those goals. I wasn’t going to get personal best times unless I trained for it.

Elite athletes performing their best at the Olympic Games make it all look so easy, but what you see are the results of years of hard work and sacrifice. Everything requires focus.

The key to all of this is passion. No one can subject their body to all this discipline unless they have a passion for what they are doing. It is passion that enhances perseverance.

As an athlete, I wasn’t blessed with a huge amount of talent, but I made the most of whatever ability I had to perform at my best.

What does all this have to do with losing weight and living a healthy lifestyle?

It’s about living your best life.

An unhappy and unfulfilled life is going to sabotage your weight loss efforts because you will always find an excuse to comfort yourself by eating if you are trying to lose weight or miss a training day if you are involved in any sport.

The bottom line is this: if you don’t feel like getting up in the morning, you need to make changes.

Think about what you liked to do when you were younger. Is it possible to resume some of these old interests?

Getting involved in something you’re passionate about will get you off the couch and away from the TV, and that can undermine your healthy living goals if left unchecked. Remember the old saying “Use it or lose it”.

Taking a balanced approach to life is the way to go when working to live a healthy life.