Nine Steps to Being a Goal Digger. (Plus, get the action plan.)

It takes patience to stick with a nutrition and weight loss program long enough to see results. People generally trip up when they hit a bit of turbulence—one day of bad eating, one missed workout, stalled weight loss, or a pound or two increase on the scale. This doesn’t mean failure... that's a glass half empty mentality. To be a glass-half-full kind of person, channel your stick-tuit-ivness & perseverance and see it all the way through despite the turbulence. If you take daily action towards your goal, you’re on the path to living the life you desire.

This is how Price Pritchett looks at success:

“Everything looks like a failure in the middle. You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery, it looks like there’s been a murder in the operating room.”

Here are some tips to turn your goals into successes:

1. Begin with the end in mind: Your goal is to live a balanced life with less dieting and more living. No one wants to lose weight and then spend the rest of their life losing the same weight repeatedly. Just because you reach your goal doesn’t mean that new habits are ingrained… it takes continuous practice and skill building to learn how to maintain your new and amazing body. When times get hard, you’ll fall back on old habits. Let’s start by building new habits and instilling them within yourselves so you have support to fall back on. You can then resort to healthy choices that help you enjoy exercise, move with purpose, and incorporate all of this into your daily practice. Creating this new normal takes time and conscious effort. But it’s worth it.

2. Set the right kind of goal: Know what you want. Wanting weight loss isn’t enough. A random number on the scale won’t instigate transformative change. There’s a science behind setting and achieving goals that involves knowing what you specifically want, when you want to have it, and what it will look and feel like when you succeed. It’s about breaking down the skills you need to practice. It’s focussing your attention to everyday action rather than outcomes like the number on the scale.

3. Establish your starting point: Where are you now? What’s your baseline like weight, inches, body fat percentage, and muscle percentage? It may mean taking an initial performance assessment like how fast can you run without getting winded? It might mean taking a body scan to see where you experience discomfort or pain. To get the body and life you want, you need to know the body you have.

4. Create the plan: When you begin to put your plan together, like scheduling out your workouts, think about who you want to emulate. Who do you know that has already achieved your goals? Can you tap into their knowledge and experience? Strategize your calendar. Just like planning a trip, plan your workouts and meals. Adding them to the calendar makes them a priority.

5. Take action: The world’s best program and plan won’t cause action. You need to figure out consistent and daily tasks that you can do despite the chaos of life. At some point, you need to transition from reading about workouts to doing them, even though you feel intimidated or tired. Looking and experimenting with various diets needs to evolve into implementing the fundamentals that solicit change. Break out the elbow grease and experience the difference.

6. Take note: Stop, think, and take note. Does your effort solicit the positive changes you want to see? This doesn’t mean that the changes are grandiose. Pay attention. Don’t discount the small stuff. Don’t get caught up in the mistakes. If your current workout program is not working for you then assess. Are you taking enough action to get the results you want? Are you getting results but not in the amount you want? How’s your nutrition, sleep, and stress levels? What’s working well and what isn’t? Become an expert of your body. Take charge.

7. Be consistent, not perfect: Adjust as you need to. Frequently, people abort a plan after the first misstep. Then when life settles down, they start all over. Progress can’t be made when you’re continuously starting over. Isn’t a better approach to dial it up when you can and dial it down when you need to? Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t an opportunity to use the “busy" excuse. We’re all busy. Always. In spite of busyness, create time for yourself, prioritize self-care, and develop new healthy habits. Ask yourself: “How persistent have I been lately?”

8. Connect to the emotional reason for this goal: What is important to you about reaching a goal? What does the achievement really mean? A strong why makes the how easy. Getting connected with the emotional reason behind the goal breaks through and connects to your subconscious. Without this connection, we tend to go through the motions, give up on the plan when it gets to hard or when the goal is reached. Ultimately, you create a destiny of lacklustre results without your subconscious being onboard.

9. Celebrate: Your goal is reached. Celebrate! Reward yourself with nourishment for the body and soul. But it doesn’t stop there. Keep a list of goals you’ve achieved to reinforce that achievements are possible. Be a goal digger. Continuously evolve and improve.

To know where you’re going, you need to get specific with your goals. Narrow it down to the pound, the body fat percentage, the clothing size, the number of push ups. The more specific the better! When it comes to measuring success, we don’t measure the above. We measure the action we take. What daily action do you need to take to accomplish your specific goals? Next, what’s your goal time line? This gives you a specific day to work towards instead of vaguely saying “by this time next year.” Don’t delay your start because you think you have lots of time. Invest upfront energy in getting started to ensure you can get it done. Break down long-term and short-term goals. What does your ideal body look like? What does a balanced life look like? What does your exercise philosophy look like? The experts here at All Out Training suggest a 30 day, 90 day, six month and one year goal. When it comes to short-term goals, break them down into daily and weekly targets. Lastly, read them over and over and over. Make this part of your daily habits. Visualize the desired outcome. Your subconscious is responsible for automatic behaviour. Fuel it with “YES” for those habits you are building.

With all that said, take the time to lay out your top three goals:

1. Your highest priority goal:

Be specific.

What action do you need to take to achieve this goal?

What is your timeline?

What does “living” this goal look like on a daily basis? A weekly basis?

What are your goals at 30 days? 90 days? Six months? One year?

1. Your second priority goal:

Be specific.

What action do you need to take to achieve this goal?

What is your timeline?

What does “living” this goal look like on a daily basis? A weekly basis?

What are your goals at 30 days? 90 days? Six months? One year?

1. Your third priority goal:

Be specific.

What action do you need to take to achieve this goal?

What is your timeline?

What does “living” this goal look like on a daily basis? A weekly basis?

What are your goals at 30 days? 90 days? Six months? One year?

Ready to take action and be that goal-digger you know you can be?

All Out Training has 3 online coaching programs to get you started.

With online coaching we remove the hassle of scheduling conflicts and travel. You get all of the support, tools, and information and expert advice you need to succeed from the comfort of your own home. If you’re looking for help in the kitchen or in the gym but need flexibility these programs are for you.

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