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5 Steps to instituting life changing habits to ultimately change your life by changing your body

5 Steps to instituting life changing habits to ultimately change your life by changing your body.

Author: S Hayward

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1) Focus on one habit to install into your life at a time. It's tempting to pick up 3 or 4 healthy habits, but choosing just one new habit is realistic and doable.

Here are some healthy habit ideas:

•Do not eat anything white 7pm each night.
•Pack your lunch and take it to work instead of eating fast food.
•Exercise 5 times a week after work for 30-45 minutes each time.
•Eat a complete protein or have a protein shake for an afternoon snack.
•Get up early and exercise for an hour each morning.
•Work with a personal trainer 3 times a week.
2) Write your new habit down on paper. Also include your 3 main motivators for developing this new habit, the obstacles you'll face, and your strategies for overcoming these obstacles.

Here's an example:
•My new habit is to work with a personal trainer 3 times each week.
•My 3 main motivators are 1) to feel confident in my bathing suit this summer, 2) to have more energy, and 3) to fit into my skinny jeans.
•The obstacles I will face are 1) not having the energy to go to my session after work, 2) not having enough money to pay for sessions, and 3) not having my spouse's support.
•I will overcome these obstacles by 1) doing my workouts before work instead of after work, so I have more energy, 2) cutting down on frivolous spending to ensure that I can afford it, and 3) asking my spouse to join me so we can get in shape together.
3) Go public- This could mean putting a post on Facebook, or simply announcing to a group of friends. Put yourself in a position where you'll be embarrassed to give up on your new habit. This will also keep you publically accountable. Friends or family members can offer support or hold you to the fire if you falter.

4) Have a plan—Keep everything logged into a journal of sorts. Everything - Nutrition, Resistance Training and cardiovascular training, this gives you a road map of where you are heading on your journey.

5) When you falter (and you will,) take comfort in the knowledge that a new day, hour or minute is the perfect time to start. Get back on the horse, and recover.

Once your new habit becomes second nature, usually in about 30 days, feel free to add a second habit by going through the same 5 steps.

Having clarity of Focus by concentrating on one goal at a time is the most effective way to achieve it. By trying to implement too many changes all at one time will seem overwhelming and ultimately will lead to you failing. You hit a point of diminishing return by trying to do too much at any one given time. Remember a thousand mile journey begins with the first step. After seven consecutive days of adhering to your new habit, reward yourself (in a small, non-self-defeating way.)

About Author

Early Life
As a child growing up in Pittsburgh, PA, Scott Hayward always had a love for fitness and physical activity. He played in little league baseball, youth basketball, but his first love was always football. He excelled on the gridiron playing throughout his youth, high school and onto college. His love of fitness and exercise was evident throughout college as he helped many of his fraternity brothers and people on campus achieve a healthier lifestyle.
Career
Fitness Expert and Personal Trainer
Hayward owns and operates a gym and private training facility in Pittsburgh, PA where he works out up to 16 clients per day. He says that it makes for long days, but I feel a real sense of accomplishment when my clients achieve their goals. His main focus is educating and motivating his clients and he focuses on functional fitness, something they can relate to their everyday life and life’s demands.
While Hayward works out up to sixteen clients a day at his Pittsburgh gym,

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