Forming habits and replenishing lost momentum

When it comes to creating a body transformation that lasts, and being able to maintain your fat loss progress, it is VITAL that we start forming habits.

By doing this successfully, it means you will less likely return to old ways, that got you out of shape in the first place.

But it is not always as easy as it sounds!

And it takes time...

But, if you stick to these 3 C's, and you keep them in mind, you will find it much easier to form new habits on you body transformation journey.

Consistency

Obviously you cannot form a habit if you do it once, or for only one week. You must be consistent with your actions.

Drink 3L of water a day for a week, you can easily stop. Drink 3L of water a day for a month, it gets easier to maintain. Drink 3L of water a day for a year, that habit is well and truly engrained until broken.

You MUST be consistent with your actions that are getting you results.

If going to the gym is getting you results, be consistent.

If eating fresh foods is getting you results, be consistent.

If counting calories is getting yuo results, be consistent.

Only over time will these tasks become habitual.

Convenience

In order for us to find the consistency part easier, the habits we are trying to form must have an element of convenience too.

It is no good trying to form a habit of going to the gym at the time we are supposed to pick the kids up from school.

You will end up missing lots of sessions ans spoil the consistency, leading to no habit being formed.

When creating plans for my clients, we always discuss the plan and ensure that the client is able to execute the plan 90% of the time with little resistence.

If there is a high chance that the plan cannot be stuck too because other commitments get in the way, then it is not convenient and it will not be stuck too.

Contentment

If we are to create effective habits that last, and therefore create the results that we want to last, we must be happy to execute these habits day in day out for years to come.

If you are undergoing a diet of nothing but cabage soup in order to lose weight, but you do not like cabage soup, you will never stick at it and therefore your results will never be sustainable.

If however you are happy to drink 3L of water a day, walk 10k steps a day and hit the gym 3x a week, then you will more likely maintain these tasks, form habits of them and create lasting results as a result.

When creating a plan with my clients, I always ensure that they are happy with the plan and happy to execute the tasks daily.

So when it comes to your attempts at creating habits to give you the results you long for, are you succeeding in achieving all 3 of these C's?

If not, I am certain you will not maintain these tasks for long enough for them to become habits.

Adjust your plan so all 3 C's can be adhered too!

Once you are on track and habits are starting to be formed, it is not always plain sailing.

A problem for many people is not necesserily making progress in the first place, but rather maintaining the momentum necessery to keep the progress for life.

It is all too common to lose momentum on your journey and do not feel ashamed if you have done.

You may ave let a few bad habits back into your lifestyle, you may be eating a little worse or your gym workouts now seem fewer and farer between.

So I want to take you through a process that I use with my clients to replenish lost momentum on your fat loss journey.

It is a process I call the 4 R's:

Revisit your vision, goals and affirmations to create drive. We often lose momentum because we lose sight of what it is we desire. Go over this again to recreate that motivation.

Remind yourself of the 'why'. Not only do you want to go over your goals again, but WHY you want to achieve them. When you can connect to your goals on an emotional level then the more powerful they become.

Review the process goals necessery to achieve the goal. You will often find, 9 times our of 10, that you are not achieving results any more because you are no longer doing the tasks you origionally set. Are you still getting to the gym? Are you still adhering to your diet plan?

Round up some form of accountability. Once you have a plan of action, it is important to ensure you are actually stick at it. Having accountability from a family member, friend of coach will ensure this happens.

So there we are, if you are struggling with momentum, go through these 4 R's and you will rekindle your motivation and start seeing results again!