Get in shape for life, not an event

Too many people spend their life getting in shape for summer, birthdays, weddings, school reunions and other significant social occasions.

Like athletes, they peak for an event… and then get fat again.

Sad really. Creating your best body is about the next few decades, not the next few weeks.

We have all experienced the therapeutic benefits of food. We know that in times of stress, anxiety, sadness or frustration nothing comes close to chocolate cake (or your personal equivalent).

And although we enjoy some short-term sensory pleasure, the physical consequence of those reactive, emotional-eating moments is usually carried on our hips or stomach in the form of unwanted fat.

While we are essentially emotional beings, one area of our behaviour that we don’t want dominated by emotions is our eating. 

So next time you feel the urge to medicate or sooth yourself with food, remember: ‘Nothing tastes as good as being in shape feels’. Don’t focus on the biscuit that gives you five minutes of pleasure; focus on the body that you live in twenty four hours a day.

There is an undeniable relationship between attitude and outcome. Bad attitude always equals bad outcome.

Many people don’t want to hear that transforming their body is more about attitude, commitment and self control than it is about finding the right program, gym, super-diet or miracle-pill.

Good attitude typically equals a good outcome and the truth is many people make the process much harder than it needs to be.

You might not love every moment of the process.... but you will love the results, so get on yer bike and tough it out.