04/30/2024
Don’t feel like working out today? Bodies a little sore, didn’t get enough sleep last night. Long day at work and don’t feel like making dinner, too easy to get takeout. The list goes on and on…..These reasons, albeit understandable, are far too common in our daily lives and are a big part as to why we don’t accomplish the health goals we desire.
The hard truth is that waiting for the perfect scenario or set of conditions to happen in order to start eating healthier and working out will probably never occur. And if by chance it does, it will only be for a short period of time until life decides to throw you another curveball and out the door goes your routine, setting you back to square one. Unless you figure out how to be disciplined.
Being disciplined is not some high level of focus or trait that only a few people can posses, it’s something that is learned by completing small tasks, day by day, that turn into habits. And everyone, I repeat, EVERYONE, is able to become disciplined. But it gets better…
Once you start completing those small tasks (workouts, healthy meals, less snacking) in a week or two you will feel the results, giving you motivation to push forward. Then in a month you will see the results, giving you even more motivation. And lastly after 2-3 months, everyone around will begin to notice, again increasing your motivation and confidence.
If you solely rely motivation to help you eat healthier and workout more, you’ll end up having great weeks and bad weeks that will only leave you back to where you started. Discipline, however, will help you build habits that will increase your motivation, giving you results that will last a lifetime.