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1% Better Every Day

1% Better every day by Trainer Cynthia Carlson

Habits are the compound interest of self-development.

The same way money multiplies through compound interest, so too do your habits multiply as you repeat them. It doesn’t appear to make a difference on any given day, yet the impact they deliver over the course of months and years can be enormous. It’s only when looking back two, five or ten years later that the value of good habits and the cost of bad ones becomes extremely obvious.

That is hard to appreciate as we make our way through our daily life. We overlook the small changes because they don’t seem to matter very much at the moment. Save some money today, you are not a millionaire tomorrow. You go to the gym 3 days this week, you are still overweight, feeling out of shape.

The same with bad habits, the slow pace of the consequences of these choices make it easy to let this behavior slide. I just ate one cookie, I can put off that project until tomorrow when I have more time to finish it, I can skip my workout it’s only one. A single bad decision is easy to dismiss.

When you make small beneficial changes and engage in positive habits to become 1% better every day, in one year you will be 37% better overall. On the flip side, repeated errors every day through poor decisions, tiny mistakes and rationalizing little excuses, combine to lead to a 1% decline day after day.

These 2 paths will lead to very different destinations. With good habits repeated over time, your destination will be toward success. Poor habits will lead to one of failure and hardship over time.

We should be far more concerned with the direction of our lives than with your current results. Results are important. But day to day, it’s the habits we employ that will predict our future.

Good habits make time your friend. Bad habits make time your enemy.

You get what you repeat.

Make it a great day!
Registration is still open for our amazing Wellness weekend in Palm Springs but there are only a few spots left! Call Maureen today to find out more! 949-264-6767

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Don’t Look For A Quick Solution To A Lifelong Problem

It’s that time of year again! People are searching for the next best thing to change their lives and help them get fit!

The problem is- they are often looking for a quick solution- such as a 6-week program, a 30 day cleanse, or a 12-week transformation to get them to their goals once and for all.

Unfortunately, it just doesn’t work that way.

It’s actually not the workout programs that are the issue, but it’s the TIMELINE that is the problem – the mindset of short-term thinking that becomes the real handicap to long-term results.

Let’s think about it…if you want to achieve weight loss and fitness, you know this is a lifelong endeavor, not a 6-week challenge or a 30-day diet. And in that case, if you are looking for a short-term commitment, you are ultimately going to fail long term. To truly become the person you want to be and have the body you want to have, you need to COMMIT to a LIFETIME of changes to your eating habits, your daily routine, and consistent workouts.

Does this mean you have to go out and buy a lifetime membership at a gym? No, but let’s start with a year. Yes, 1 whole year.

Because if you’re honest with yourself about what it’s going to take, you know that 6 or 12 weeks isn’t going to do it. In fact, if you only want to commit to 6 or 12 weeks, then my advice is don’t waste your time because you’re not ready to do the real work that it will take to transform your body. Sound harsh? Perhaps, but some truth and honesty are what you need when you really really want to lose weight, get fit and change your life! You don’t need another quick fix, a no carb diet or some hardcore boot camp to whip you into shape. Ultimately, all that is just going to get you is- rebound sugar cravings and probably a back injury.

So this year 2019, please consider doing something different than what you’ve done in the past. Work on the mentality of a new life, one with daily workouts and lots of vegetables and salads. Make huge weight loss and fitness goals, and then make a reasonable plan to reach them. Keep in mind that this is a marathon, not a sprint, and slow and steady will absolutely win the race! This is about changing your eating habits and scheduling workouts all the time, and it’s not easy to change a lifestyle- it takes hard work over an extended period to really get there.

But here’s the good part:
You CAN do it.
It can be FUN!
There are people who will hold you accountable and make sure you are doing things right.
And finally, it is WORTH IT.

Start today, and make a plan for the whole month of what you can do to move forward. and then do it next month and the next.

Make this your best year yet!

Come see us at Essential Fitness for your health and nutritional needs! Here are a couple of our upcoming events!

Our next workshop is Saturday, Jan. 12th– from 9:00-10:30 at Essential Fitness. We will do a group workout, then discuss goal setting, building resolve, commitment, and distribute new BINDER material, followed by a member coffee social hour from 10-10:30 am. Free to members, non-members $35.00. Please call the front desk to register- 949.264.6767

“Wellness Weekend” Friday, February 22-24, 2019 in Palm Desert. Join us for an amazing transformation weekend designed to challenge and inspire you to reach new heights in 2019! This will be a weekend of signature E.F. Personal Training workouts, workshops on mindset, goal setting, and nutrition, plus the building of lifelong friendships and community that will support you all year long!

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