Hey, everyone. It’s Ross here from Live Young Fitness and Nutrition. So in this blog post (Video Version above), I want to cover a subject that I’ve been speaking to a lot of people about recently, and probably just to clear a few things up. At the point of writing this, we’re currently in the third lockdown in England. So it’s quite a key one at the moment. But generally, hopefully, this information can help you if you find yourself in this situation.

And really, the subject is meeting yourself where you are at. Now, obviously, at Live Young Fitness and Nutrition, we help people with their health and fitness, and in turn that helps them with their lifestyle. And into little bit a kind of life coaching along the way, because once confidence starts to increase, people will improve their lives, as such.

So what do we mean by meeting yourself where you’re at? The biggest problem we see when we speak to clients is that they get really, really hard on themselves, trying to chase a perfect situation. And that situation is generally in that person’s head. So generally, just chatting this through with somebody like ourselves, just helps give a little bit of clarity.

So I’m just going to run through some areas. So let’s talk about exercise first. So generally, what we will get is enquiries saying, “What’s the perfect exercise routine for a flat stomach? What’s the perfect exercise routine for me to lose some weight from my bottom? What’s the perfect exercise routine for…” whatever you want to insert there as the result. There’s no such thing as perfect. What works for one person may not work for the other. What you can do though, is rather than strive for perfection, is ask yourself what you are able to do and what you’re able to do consistently.

So if you’re someone who’s got a lot of time on their hands and needs some professional help with that, then apply for some professional help. They can run you through the services. And again, that service should be helping you keep consistent with your exercise. So for us, we group train and personal train, and we also do a little bit of behavioural coaching online for clients that can’t physically train with us. And again, we will be nice and honest with people to say, “Consistently, you need to be training. Whatever you’re going to do, you need to be training two, maybe three times a week to hit that.” So stop looking for that perfect workout and start asking yourself, “What can I do consistently?”

So if you’re on the other end of the scale and you are hectic, something like a walk consistently across the week can be enough to see results. So just stop being too hard on yourself and your situation will change by the week. At lockdown at the moment, there’s a lot of stress, a lot of people homeschooling, spending more time at home and can only get out locally. So schedule that walk in. But meet yourself where you’re at with exercise. What we tend to do is we think what we’re doing today is what we’re going to be doing for the rest of our lives. Just think about now, okay. Don’t think too far ahead of yourselves.

When it comes to food, people out there, you follow hundreds and hundreds of people, people like the Body Coach or Instagram, people like us that have our own situations. And maybe we put up all these colourful looking meals that you go, “Oh my God, that looks amazing.” And people are searching for this perfect, healthy diet. And again, guys, the big C word is what you’re looking for here. Consistency. We’re big believers in tracking calories because it gives people enough flexibility to not be too perfect. Life isn’t perfect, like we said.

So what can you consistently follow with your food, with your nutrition? Maybe that’s Slimming World, maybe that’s Weight Watchers where you’re at, at the moment. Maybe it’s clean eating. Maybe it’s tracking your calories, like we will ask you to. Maybe it’s buying in things like ready meals to control your calories. It doesn’t have to be perfect, guys. Ultimately, you need to be in a calorie deficit if you are looking to lose weight. Meet yourself where you’re at, at the moment. There’s no point, if you are a busy, stressed out person, telling yourself you’re going to cook three to four meals a day when you simply don’t have the time to do it. So go and meet yourself where you’re at. What are your options around that? Again, you can seek professional advice if you need it, if you generally are a bit lost.

So basically, guys, the message from this is, like I said, meet yourself where you’re at, is what can you at this stage and for the next few days stay consistent with, because consistency brings results. Results breed confidence. Confidence breeds longevity. Once your confidence starts to increase and you start seeing results, you can then start tweaking things, improving them, or seeking help to just go on to that next step, guys. So I hope this has helped. I’ll speak to you soon. Thank you.

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