Change Has Come to America, Will Change Come to Your Body?

I can't help but feel motivated and proud in the frenzied past few days leading up to today's inauguration of our 44th president. I hope that change has come to America. We need it. It is my hope that all will come to realize the dream of health, wealth, and love. They are all available to us, we only need to reach out and claim it four ourselves.

That being said, President Obama has said in many of his speeches that change has come to America. That got me thinking with the new year in full swing now, will change come to your body?

How do you change your body? Some say it will change with diet. Some say it will change with more exercise. Still others say that it will change with a change in mental state. Guess what? It takes a combonation of all three to make this everlasting change. Let's take a look at all three indvidually.

Change will come if you change your diet. That's true. What does changing your diet actually mean? Are you willing to give up all the junk and poison you put into your body? Will you make the necessary changes in your daily routine to lose weight? Changing your diet is hard. Years of poor nutrtion habits are what makes it so hard. That's why so many gain more weight back when they quit dieting. They revert back to their old habits and the viscious cycle starts over.

Change will come if you exercise more. Ok, exercising more might mean walking up a flight of stairs more than once of day. You are not going to get any results from that. I see so many in the gym day after day wasting their time with goofy exercises, and pointless cookie cutter routines they read in a magazine. The only real changes will come from understanding and applying the principles of exercise science to a well thought out and designed fitness routine.

Change will come from a change in mental attitude. This, by far, is the most important of all. I stress this to my clients over and over again. I give a change in mental attitude the credit for having so much success with my clients. How you see things inside will be in direction to exactly how things are on the outside. You must have a shift in your mental state. You must see your body in a crystal clear picture of exactly how you want to be. When you do this, you will make the needed diet changes and you will seek out the proper way to exercise. You can't go to the gym dreading another workout. You must go in with the mindset that you are there to accomplish something tangible, to get results. Remember, your mind can be your greatest asset or your worst enemy. It is up to you to decide how you want to use and what you will use it for.

Remember, change happens to your body in three ways: change in diet, change in exercise habits, and, above all, change in your mental attitude. If you diligently and daily work on these things, you will become unstoppable over time. Now, go out there, have courage, and take action moving toward what you want!