Daily habits count

In this last blog I talked about how exercise and your health markers need to be something that are an absolute priority.

A non-negotiable.

For me, there is no debate here, and I spoke about breaking the cycle as being very important and getting back to normality as soon as possible - I recommend this 100%.

Generally, when we feel fatigued, tired, have over consumed on calories or been off training, it's not easy to simply “break the cycle”. For some it might be, but others it may feel like starting again and the journey feeling difficult to overcome. But this is why your daily habits come into play as non-negotiables.

It's what you are, not what you do. If you are relying on motivation to get you there the chances are it won’t happen. But if you are someone that eats good quality food, walks regularly, sleep 7-9 hours per night, drinks lots of water and trains 2-4x per week, then you will likely pick these habits back up regardless of how you feel.

If you aren't there yet, then it's important to take a rest and figure out what you want to achieve and your reasons for wanting to achieve. If what you want to achieve is a big enough reason then you don't need much convincing to get back into your normal routines.

The reason I say this is because if your goal is to have as much energy as possible for example, then you should be prioritising rest and recovery, hydration, protein, and activity. If that reason isn't enough for you to get going again, then you need to either change your reason, or put small steps in place to get back to normal.

An example of this could be… I will do 2x gym sessions per week and 7k steps for the next fortnight and after that increase this is to 3x gym sessions and 10k steps per day. There's a plan there, a structure and route back to “normality” rather than trying to go from 0-100 and then back to 0 again.

Small wins along the way are ideal for long term planning. There will be times in the calendar year that everything is full throttle, other times you take a step off and times where you need a complete rest. As long as you are able to move from one mode to the next easily, you'll be able to have holidays, enjoy yours and still achieve your goals.