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New Year's Goal Setting

New Year’s Resolutions and goal setting can be tough!  Statistics show that most folks will fail at reaching their resolutions and goals!

 

With the end of 2011 upon us, it's time to decide exactly what you want to accomplish in 2012.

 

1) You must have a "WHY" for each of your goals.

 

One of the biggest factors for making sure you reach your goals is to have an underlying reason as to why you want to reach this goal, something that truly drives you.

 

2) Write your goals down.

 

I am a huge believer in sitting down and handwriting your goals out. Then keep them visible and review regularly.

 

3) Find a support system.

 

Let's face it, it is tough to reach your goals and stay internally motivated for the entire year.  You will have periods of time that you struggle and find it hard to stay motivated.

This is where a great support system comes into play.  This can be family, friends, workout partners, and your fitness coaches. You have a built-in support system of coaches, friends and people that know exactly what you are going through and what you're trying to accomplish.

 

4) Create both outcome based goals and procedural goals.

 

Most of us create goals that are outcome based such as 'I want to make more money", "I want to lose more weight", etc.  These are strictly based on outcomes.  If you set procedural goals as well you will be able to track your progress and reach your outcome goals.

 

If your outcome goals are to do 10 regular pushups and lose 20 lbs in the next year then you need to set some action steps in place to accomplish these tasks.  Trust me; they won't magically happen because you wrote them down.   So an action step procedural goal might be to get in at least 150 workouts over the next year.  

 

5) Have a plan!

 

The biggest mistake that you can make is not creating a plan.  As I stated before you can't write down your goals and hope and pray that they are achieved.  You have to do a little work!

 

For each goal write up a plan for how you will accomplish the goal.

 

Example:   "I want to drop my body fat by 15% over the next year."

 

Action Steps:  "I will begin by making one positive nutrition change each month for the next year.  I will start with eating a healthy breakfast every day.  Next I will make sure to increase my vegetable intake.

After those steps are reached I will cut out starchy carbs." And so on.

 

If you use these 5 tips above I promise you'll get great results and 2012 will be an awesome fit and healthy year for you!

 

Have a safe and happy New Year!