Game Plan

REALITIES ABOUT A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE:

• A truly healthy lifestyle is one you do without thinking.  For the most part your choices are on autopilot.​

• You didn’t get unhealthy overnight.  Although there are “fast” ways to lose, the slower option is actually faster because it usually lasts longer.​

• What works for you may not work for me and vice versa. There are some basics about health and yet there are so many variables. So, it’s important to build the healthy habits that work best for YOU.

 

We divide the new healthy habits that we want to develop into three categories:

MEALS

MOVEMENT

SO MUCH MORE

 

WHY DO WE SAY MEALS INSTEAD OF DIET?

We focus on MEALS because a DIET is short term and involves “lack”.  That’s not sustainable. 

 

WHY DO WE SAY MOVEMENT?

We say MOVEMENT because EXERCISE can feel like a task.  Most bodies love to move but not all personalities enjoy the same movement.  So  when you find the movement that feels good, you’ll do it again and again.

 

SO MUCH MORE?

That’s the umbrella term for all the other habits that affect our health.  Those variables can make or break you--even if your meals and movement are spot on!

Here’s a short list of examples:

Sleep

Hydration

Supplements

Journaling

Red Light Therapy

Click to download an Excel sheet with more potential new habits.

 

So then we look at each of those habits and sort of figure out which ones will be super easy to implement. 

Give it one star. 

Then figure out which ones will be more challenging.  Give those two stars.
If you think it will REALLY challenge you, give it three stars.

 

WEEK ONE

Choose one from each category and do that for seven days. 

 

EXAMPLE of JO’S FIRST WEEK--

MEALS--150 grams protein per day***

MOVEMENT--Morning stretch sequence*

MORE--Take supplements consistently*

 

If you hit five days consider it a success.  If you do it for seven days?  You're on your way to building new habits!
If don't have five days of consistently doing your new 'small things', stick with it and do them again for the next week.
You don't have add a new habit each week if you feel like you need to HOVER for a bit on something. 

 

The goal is to be STRETCHED, not STRESSED. 

 

WEEK TWO

Repeat. 

Keep doing the the first week and do three new things. 

 

You may decide to only add two things.  Or one.  You get to look at your life and schedule and decide if that week, you need to stay focused on the previous week(s) new habits or if you're ready to add more.  

 

What’s important is that you’re adding something and making it a habit.  There is no 'failure' . . . no cheat days . . . no deprivation . . . no side effects.  Just weekly, manageable habits.
 

WEEK THREE and following?

Repeat. 

At the end of the year . . . in theory . . . you should have added dozens of new small habits that are making a big difference.  You should have a new lifestyle that you really don’t have to think about.  Weight loss should have occurred.  All the markers (blood pressure, etc) should look better.  You should have replaced bad habits with better ones and be able to feel and see the difference.