that are most popular with my clients with regards to being consistently active?
Here are 6-12:
- Build accountability at home: If the self-motivation approach isn’t working as you might have liked, sometimes external pressure works. I have found that involving partners / family / friends of clients is very effective with regards to building accountability, especially if you’re vocal about what you’re trying to accomplish.
- Visualise the benefits / a vision board: Trust me, even though having a picture of yourself photoshopped onto an image that you aspire to be may sound weird, however even if it’s something that you keep private, it’s often very motivating to see it frequently, especially after you start seeing results!
- Daily Journaling: Simply because journaling daily comments about what activities / aerobic exercise you do, about how you felt before, during and after, etc is a HUGE motivator when you are more fit and healthy, and able to do things much more easily than before.
- MFM → Motivation From Meaning → remember your WHY : Think about the vision you have of yourself when you’re older … how healthy is this person? How fun is he or she to be around? Be totally honest with yourself, and don’t be ashamed if this person is much more healthy than you are now. Why do you want to be as healthy, active, fit, mentally and physically energetic, and fun as this person? So … write out 10 (or more) reasons why you want to achieve your future good health and wellness.
- Build in rewards: Asking clients to identify a fun activity they can enjoy after they have successfully completed eating/exercise goals has worked for many of my friends in Asia. This leverages off of the “accountability at home” strategy when the fun activity is something your partner and family members want to do!
- Write down, and post somewhere where you’ll see it regularly, the pros and cons of aerobic exercise : Aerobic exercise (as opposed to lifting weights in the gym) is the key to great aging. With the consistency that’s required, it’s also something that always works and sets you up for success in all other health goals that you might have. Quite often, it’s also the biggest change for people in their day-to-day lives.
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