Planning to succeed
The old adage “if you fail to plan you plan to fail” is never truer than in the pursuit of yourhealth and fitness goals.
Failing to plan is often what will bring you unstuck, causing you to veer off course.
Time spent planning your day, your week and even your month will pay dividends as it will help you to avert possible disaster before it strikes!
It will also help you to maneuver around the little challenges life likes to throw at us.
A simple way to plan your month is to take out your calendar and look at all of the things that may effect your diet or exercise commitments in the upcoming month.
You may find you have some social commitments, a busy time at work, possibly travel, a partner away or even school holidays. Having an awareness of these upcoming events will help you to plan for them.
For example if you know your children will be on school holidays in the next few weeks you could use the time to plan for play dates with friends or book in early at the gym crèche or at the very least know you will need to plan your exercise early in the morning while your partner is still home or find ways to exercise around your home.
Another example is knowing you have some travel coming up for work and you don’t want to lose the momentum your have gained with your training schedule, you can use the time to seek out accommodation with a gymnasium or hire some exercise DVD’s from the library or video shop to take with you or know you need to plan a workout you can do with an exercise band that easily fits into your suitcase.
You might even want to seek out a running trail in the area you are traveling to.
When you look at the week ahead on a Sunday you can plan around your commitments duringthe week to ensure you don’t miss out on getting the exercise you need.
It may mean planning to get up super early a couple of mornings or deciding to do an exercise DVD at home because you know you are not going to get out to the gym or to go for your usual walk or run.
It may mean planning a time to make lunches for the week so you can take a healthy lunchwith you.
The key is to take a solutions focused approach to your planning. When something comes up that challenges you ask yourself “How will I work around this”?and remind yourself that if you are committed you will find a way.
When To Plan
Plan the month ahead in the last week of the previous month, plan to do this in a quiet moment.
Plan your week on Sunday, I like to do it Sunday afternoon over a cuppa when my husband is around so he is on hand to quiz on anything that relies on him being available.
Plan your day either the night before or as part of your early morning routine.
Failing to plan is often what will bring you unstuck, causing you to veer off course.
Time spent planning your day, your week and even your month will pay dividends as it will help you to avert possible disaster before it strikes!
It will also help you to maneuver around the little challenges life likes to throw at us.
A simple way to plan your month is to take out your calendar and look at all of the things that may effect your diet or exercise commitments in the upcoming month.
You may find you have some social commitments, a busy time at work, possibly travel, a partner away or even school holidays. Having an awareness of these upcoming events will help you to plan for them.
For example if you know your children will be on school holidays in the next few weeks you could use the time to plan for play dates with friends or book in early at the gym crèche or at the very least know you will need to plan your exercise early in the morning while your partner is still home or find ways to exercise around your home.
Another example is knowing you have some travel coming up for work and you don’t want to lose the momentum your have gained with your training schedule, you can use the time to seek out accommodation with a gymnasium or hire some exercise DVD’s from the library or video shop to take with you or know you need to plan a workout you can do with an exercise band that easily fits into your suitcase.
You might even want to seek out a running trail in the area you are traveling to.
When you look at the week ahead on a Sunday you can plan around your commitments duringthe week to ensure you don’t miss out on getting the exercise you need.
It may mean planning to get up super early a couple of mornings or deciding to do an exercise DVD at home because you know you are not going to get out to the gym or to go for your usual walk or run.
It may mean planning a time to make lunches for the week so you can take a healthy lunchwith you.
The key is to take a solutions focused approach to your planning. When something comes up that challenges you ask yourself “How will I work around this”?and remind yourself that if you are committed you will find a way.
When To Plan
Plan the month ahead in the last week of the previous month, plan to do this in a quiet moment.
Plan your week on Sunday, I like to do it Sunday afternoon over a cuppa when my husband is around so he is on hand to quiz on anything that relies on him being available.
Plan your day either the night before or as part of your early morning routine.
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