Imagine this...
One day you decide to book a holiday
You go the travel agent, pay a deposit and then breakdown the next 6 months payments
You go home, set an amount for what spending money you want to take
Decide how much you want to spend on new clothes
And then write a plan of how much you need to put away each month to make this holiday happen
Then each month you monitor where you are and come the holiday date
You are ready
You have achieved the results and away you go on holiday
That whole process is how you successfully lose weight
To create the best weight loss plan, you need to treat as though you are booking a holiday
Why Tracking and Planning Is Key To Weight Loss Explained
In fitness and on a weight loss journey you break the process down
Before I start with this i understand that it can seem boring
It can seem tedious to write down what is happening
Think Long Term For A Successful Weight Loss Program
Think of the motivation to see you are now running 5k when 3 months ago it was less than 10 minutes
How will it make you feel to see that 6 weeks ago you were doing press ups on your knees and now you can manage 10 full press ups... AND... have lost 5kg in weight
Imagine the feeling knowing that 10 weeks ago you were struggling with your food but for the last 4 weeks you have managed to hit every meal, drink the right amount of water and those mid weeks binges have stopped
Progress is a HUGE motivation to keep going
Simple Steps To Track Your Fitness (Workouts) Progress
We have all our clients logged in to our own APP and from their they can view every workout they have done plus the weights, sets and repetitions of each program
Before we used an app we would track this through excel
You can do the same
A simple training section on the notes part of your phone or buy A5 notepad to log what you do
It is so important to your results that you track your workouts - if you are going to fitness classes then this is not possible as the a fitness class we be different each time and not specific to you
Here Is What You Need To Track
Exercises
Weight
Sets Reps
Cardio Activity
Steps
If you are unsure about workouts you can download workouts online that will help you
Or you can click below and join our 6-Week Body Transformation Program which we run as both an in person program in our private personal training studio in Liverpool and as an online program too
How To Track Your Food When Trying To Lose Weight
Food is the hardest part for a lot of people when it comes to trying to lose weight
It is not the starting of the food plan that is tough, but the consistency and making it interesting and variable so it does not get boring
By tracking your food then you are able to monitor this along with your body weight and see what is really working for you
If you track calories (we don't recommend this by the way) then you can use apps such as MyFitnessPal to do this
Our recommendation for food is to keep it simple
Meal 1 Snack Meal 2 Snack Meal 3
Stick to single ingredient foods where possible
Prep your food through the week for lunches
Keep breakfast simple (most people eat the same Monday to Friday)
Aim to drink 3 litres of water per day
What To Track To Lose Weight And Improve Your Health
Food For Each Day (you do not need to weigh this, just write everything down)
Water Intake
Your Weekly Accountability Tracker
Each week I want you to do 3 things
Weigh Yourself
Take Photos
Write An Honest Opinion of How You Have Found That Week
Fridays are a great day to do this
By writing a journal piece on how you have found the week, you will be able to see a pattern of how your weeks are and your progress
Any mistakes you made you can review and find out why
And wins you have you can celebrate
And by tracking this you are able to look back on the days you do not feel motivated and see how far you have come
How Long Do You Need To Track When Trying To Lose Weight
This is down to you but a minimum would be until you feel comfortable in what you are doing and where everything has become a habit
You do not have. to think about your food and what to eat
You do not have to think about exercise because you know what to do
You do not have to worry about any events and plan just in case because you will know what to do
In order for you to successfully lose weight and keep it off
Build and Focus On Habits and Weight Loss Is Easy
And in order for it to become a habit you must work at it and understand each step you need to do consistently to make it so
Let My Team Take You Every Step of The Way
If this seems too much for you or you want to work with a team who will literally hold you hand and take you through every step to make this possible (we also track everything for you too and monitor it)
Then 'Message Gym Reb3l' and find out more about our 6-Week Transformation Body Challenge
The results you see all online from our clients are based on the principles above and the tracking that we do for our members is key to their success