Fitness Perfection

“Fitness Perfection”
A common comment I hear from clients (especially with all the recent snow) that they have turned to their comfort food and are ready to abandon all their fitness efforts.  I find this absurd thinking and very destructive to the person’s ego.  It’s like going on vacation and losing your luggage.  Yeah it’s a pain in the tush but is that going to ruin your trip? No. You go buy clothes, wash them in the sink…you make the best of the situation you are given. So forgive yourself (but don’t forget) and move on.  Learn from your lapse.  Was there a certain trigger that made you reach for the comfort food?  What can you do in the future to maneuver around this if a similar situatuon comes up? It’s not about perfection it’s about consistency. Nothing in life is perfect and neither are you (or ever will be).  So if you are an all-or-nothing type of person you need to have a reality check.  I am not saying to not strive for perfection but understand that they are some limitations to this.  If you are five foot tall and want to be six feet tall it’s just not gonna happen (unless you wear some serious platform shoes!). When people start on their fitness goals, most of those goals are unattainable setting them up for failure.  Typically, there are some strict rules made like “I am never going to eat chocolate again”.  This is unrealistic if you enjoy eating chocolate.  Or their goal is to do two hours a day at the gym when they work full time, commute and have family obligations. The key is to set realistic, attainable goals.  They might be smaller goals like “this week I am going to do 15 minutes of exercise 5 days this week”.  This is an attainable goal.  Your self-esteem will not b be crushed and you will have accomplished one step towards your fitness goals.

~Nicole Simonin

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