End of January Fitness Check Up

by Heather Long | More from this Blogger

31 Jan 2007 08:01 AM

It's the end of January - yes, I know, already. I promised you at the end of last month that I would be making some changes to the end of the month fitness goal check ups and this is our first edition of a new check up method. We'll see how it goes, of course, I'm always open to your ideas and your suggestions - feel free to drop me a private message here at families.com or in the suggestion box I'll be posting on our forums.

So let's get to it.

Fitness Check Up

Let's talk about our resolutions. Did you establish some resolutions at the beginning of the year? Perhaps you made weight loss, quitting smoking or getting more fit a part of your resolutions. How are you doing on achieving those resolutions? Have you joined a gym? Have you started workout at home? Do you walk regularly? What progress have you made?

Valorie posted some great details of her own personal journey with the 10,000 step program, both her strides forward and her faltering steps when life got in the way. That happens to the best of us - it happens to me and I know a great deal about getting on track and staying on track.

Faltering?

Did you falter? Did you get sick? Did the kids get sick? Did the gym cost more than you thought you could afford? Has the weather been really bad? Did you just get overwhelmed with all the need to do stuff? That's okay, too.

Look at why you faltered, think about it and focus on the information and intelligence that those mistakes can give you. After all, the best thing about mistakes is what they can teach us. For example, if you just couldn't find the time, maybe you need to focus on time management skills in order to make the time necessary to achieve your goals. You may also need to scale back your expectations, if you can't generate thirty minutes a day for a workout, can you make ten minutes?

Make Changes

If you need to make some changes to your daily routine or your regular activities to accommodate your goals, then now is the time to start assessing what changes you need to make:

• Do you need new shoes?
• Do you need a new route?
• Do you need to make more time?
• Do you need a little help from family and friends?

Take the time to identify what you need to do to accomplish your goals. Take the time to review your goals. Have your goals changed since January 1st? Did you have trouble setting goals? Did you decide there was something more important that's come up over the last month? I have one reader that I will be addressing tomorrow who wrote to tell me about how her fitness and weight loss plans have been completely derailed because she found out she was pregnant - did something similar happen to you?

The Goal Checking Process

Goal checking is all about understanding what you're doing and how you're doing. It gives you a chance to self-assess, make changes and more. So - how are you doing this month?

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Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago.

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