Tag: Fitness motivation

  • How to Make a Fitness Resolution into a Reality

    How to Make a Fitness Resolution into a Reality

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    How to Make a Fitness Resolution into a Reality
    By Sara Colletti

    Creator of The LIFTSWEAT Method & Hamptons Wellness on Wheels

    The weather is getting colder, our hearts are feeling fuller, and t’is the season of new beginnings. I can bet a shiny nickel that this week you heard someone mention their resolution or their goal to make one; it’s legit everywhere! The most common resolutions we hear are, “I am going to get fit”, “I will lose weight”, and “I will start exercising.” The usual same old song and dance. One reason why these goals are often not achieved is because exercise is progressive and small steps are taken to make the bigger picture. It is hard to wake up one day and decide that every day you will have a kick a** workout when you don’t currently exercise. It’s a sure-fire way to burn out, become bored, and give up. Living an active lifestyle is easier for some than others, but what I have experienced through my own journey, as well as my clients is that it did not happen overnight. I want to show you where I started versus where I am now in hopes of putting this into perspective.

    Growing up dancing, playing sports, and chasing boys I definitely kept myself moving but let’s fast forward to movement after college. My girlfriends and I would go for evening walks most days of the week where we would chat about life, the moon, and complaining about living with our parents. That grew into walks to the gym to take a yoga class, which increased to a run to the gym, yoga class, and walk home. If you are like me, I was not always comfortable exercising in a gym because I never knew where to start. Taking classes was by far the best way for me to gain confidence. Eventually I grew into the gym rat/ fitness freak I am today but it started with a leisure stroll around our neighborhood! Now I exercise most days a week but that took years to materialize! When making a goal or resolution it must be realistic to you and going too hard is an easy way to go home, if you know what I mean.

    My advice is to start small and don’t make it a goal. Slowly make it a lifestyle. Today walk to work instead of taking the subway, find a 10 minute stretch class on YouTube, and/or grab your girls and walk circles around the mall. This will slowly yet surely get you to the place you want to be without running the risk of letting yourself down. At the end of the day, the choice to do something great for you is only for you so let’s not make it stressful. Start with building a healthy foundation.

    Resolutions tend to get placed on the back burner is that it is a form of procrastination. We say, “Come new years I’m going to do…”, which is code for “I don’t want to do it so let me hold off until a specific date”. A way to troubleshoot this is to say, “I will continue to exercise”, “I will continue to finish that boss fitness program I bought”, or “I will continue to cook health tasty meals.” Don’t get me wrong, if you are someone who loves movement and practices routinely and your goal is to crush a new strength program then yes STELLARGIRL go get it! In order to achieve the most success, remember that your goal is for you and only you which means it needs to makes sense for YOU. Set yourself up for success with a resolution starting with “I will continue to….”.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_media_grid element_width=”6″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1641333580474-35573a11-af88-3″ include=”1982,1983″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

  • GO FOR YOUR GOLD

    GO FOR YOUR GOLD

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Do you ever close your eyes and envision a life you’ve always wanted to live and do all the things you’ve always wanted to do? I wonder how many of us are actually living that life? What is holding us back from achieving our “gold life”? Our stellar life? Of course, not one person is the same, so your “gold” is not going to look like someone else’s “gold”. For some, it’s having a flourishing career, being able to stay at home and raise children, becoming a musician, an artist, an author, a scientist, an Olympian, breeding horses, travelling the world… you get it.
    We then open our eyes and that life is not being lived. What happens next? Do we make excuses or do we execute? Or is it something in between like making a plan and actually saying “I am going to do this…”, instead of “I’m thinking about doing this…” and that’s where it all begins. A glimmering thought, one sunbeam of hope can create a mindset of living your “gold”. The idea that you don’t have what it takes is gone. Now your gold is in front of you staring back at you. Envision it, plan for it, work towards it and achieve it. It’s never too late.

    No more doubt, not more fear, no more lack of motivation; accept that you may fail once, twice or ten times. Often you learn something from your failures and often you just plain our fail. The key is to keep trying. Our adult life is made up of your own choices. Don’t forget that. You choose what path to take, you accept the fact that you are the one responsible for your own gold, and consequently, your own happiness.

    You need to believe in yourself. Simple. Period. Or your gold will end before it even begins. It doesn’t matter if you have a bunch of people telling you that you’re strong, smart or brave. Unless you believe it, it just won’t click. Your motivational golden mindset is something that can only come from within you and your choices. But here is the one thing that can help. You must surround yourself with people who are supportive, like-minded, spirited, encouraging, determined, positive, and kind. Those people who share that same golden mindset will help you flourish, uplift you, mentor you and together with that same elevated way of thinking will help execute your “gold”. And it will be even better to share it as it becomes a contagious golden journey. Then you have no other choice but to shed the people who are negative or drain your positivity of making choices that aren’t in lined with yours.

    At STELLARGIRL we encourage, elevate and support your golden journey. Choose your gold and your destination will be at STELLARGIRL.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_media_grid style=”lazy” element_width=”6″ item=”masonryMedia_Default” grid_id=”vc_gid:1620756454656-8489b6da-8c97-5″ include=”1637,1636″][/vc_column][/vc_row]