SummerChallenge #6: Daily Goal

Before you get serious with your training you need to have a clear idea of WHY you are working out. Where do you want to go with this? What do you want to achieve?

It is important that the goals you set for your self is something that actually mean something to you. Setting a goal about running a marathon as a beginner when you really hate running and care nothing about doing a marathon at all is just going to force you into doing an activity you really hate. You may learn to like it. You may just learn to despice wokring out in general.

If you are a beginner, it may be enough just to have as a goal to make working out part of your daily routine! Start with making a plan for your self. Or just print out the plans I've already made for you here. Make sure you do the workouts you've planned to do. Mark off the ones you've done and make sure to arcive your scores so that you can see your progress.

You need to have a big distant goal, something to work towards over time.

But the little goals you set for your self in the here and now are even more important. To really change your routine give your self daily goals. Not more than three. That will make your task manageble and you will be forced to work with only one change at the time.

Daily goals can be:
- Do my workout (fitness goal)
- Drink water for every meal (nutrition goal)
- Climb 70 steps of stairs. (everyday movement goal)

-or they can be something else - something that make sense to you.

The important thing is that you do something to improve your life and your routines.

Take care of the easy ones first. That will make you feel you can master your plans and stick to them. That you can actually make a change. A feeling of victory and "I can do this". Then move on to more difficult challenges later. Some things you may not be able to eliminate, but there may be ways to work around them.

And be grateful for evey opportunity you have to give your self a better life. Be grateful for being intelligent enough to see that change is needed. Be grateful you have a body that is adaptable and willing to change with you as long as you believe in change. Be grateful for every positive choise you are able to do. Find someone to share you succsess with. Someone that will cheer you on.

Visit our facebook page or G+ page and talk to other people about your training, your goals and your challenges. It is good to have someone push you on. I will be there my self - pushing you, challenging you, and give you personal feedback on your progress.

Alanna