With how the world has been changing, people have been changing, etc.…I’m sure we are all very blessed to have completed and make it through another tough year. A lot has happen, and a lot more is going to happen. Maybe its time we do something different to reach and live a successful lifestyle!! As Americans, we spend more time thinking and in limbo rather than creating a plan and carrying it out! Sure nothing is wrong with thinking, but the more you go back and forth with your thoughts...the more time your wasting putting those thoughts into action!

With the New Year in our sights, people seeking to get or stay fit in 2015 might do better to start today rather than rely on a New Year’s resolution to shape up tomorrow. Losing weight and getting fit and healthy I’m sure is everyone’s top five resolutions every year, even though most of winter’s great expectations wither by spring. “The New Year’s resolution is a kind of grand, glorified, long-term goal that people, for societal reasons, tend to begin on the first day of the calendar year.

According to a University of Scranton Study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, “45 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, and only about 8 percent succeed”. So you do the Math

If there is a fitness need, such as to increase strength or decrease body fat, then let’s make a plan now and set a long-term plan with short-term goals. Make sense???

When I was an athlete, I was in shape year-round. Athletes have a program scheduled and planned over an entire year with variation, rest days, more-intense and less-intense workout periods. Working out and taking care of your body is just like a job. Some of us have work (job 1), kids (job 2), and now working out (job 3). So instead of defeating yourself, lets take the steps to juggling it and handling it. Obviously easier said then done right! So don’t be afraid to ask for help and use your sources…

Our problem is that we don’t take time to celebrate the little successes… let that thought sit in your mind…because we as Americans are so freaking hard on ourselves…because were so focused on, say, an arbitrary weight goal, and we overlook and don’t notice that they are sleeping better or feeling less anxious, less stressed, dropping inches, feeling good, happier…people don’t take time to celebrate the little successes,” he said. “Because they’re so focused on, say, an arbitrary weight goal, they don’t notice that they are sleeping better or feeling less anxious.

Goals are wonderful to have but we tend to reach too far and wide for goals sometimes rather than having goals like “I’d like to cut down on junk food a little bit”. This is a goal more likely to be accomplished than “I’ll completely revamp my lifestyle” which is the kind of goal we set as a New Year’s resolutions. Start of small to get to the big stuff. Before you know it, all the little cutting down on the junk food, next thing you know you don’t even eat it anymore! How about we all work on giving ourselves more credit this year. We (IFT Trainers) have seen you all make tons of progress, commitment, spending more to get more, losing inches here and there, gaining muscle and losing fat. We see and notice all of you. So keep going. If you see/feel yourself not progressing and still eating those bad foods, then this year, don’t be afraid to come in to the office and let us help you change/take out/see the bad habit to get you back on track. Even though our name is changing, WE STILL ARE FITNESS TOGETHER! Name's change, but FAMILY doesn’t!!