Lets take a look at the tried and tested methods that help people keep on target and live an active and healthy lifestyle day in, day out.

Eat Well*

Exercise**

Learning to say no***

Eat Well* – Eating well isn’t difficult, and to be fair through the summer months and certainly with the weather we’re experiencing at the moment people generally are less inclined to eat hot food, and hot food generally means stodgy carbohydrates in an abundance.

Eating well where I come from is a task that involves nourishing your body sufficiently to enable you to complete tasks, as desired, with a desired outcome.

For instance, if you know you have a training session or two coming up, make sure you’re hydrated, and make sure you have sufficient energy stored in your body to complete the training sessions with the desired outcome. Remember, dieting is easy, nourishment is the tricky part and it is different for everyone.

Exercise** – Exercise in my eyes is anything active. If you’re one of these tech types and have access to a wearable device, finding out your calorie expenditure could not be any simpler. As anything, it should only be used as a guide but it will consistently track movement and heart rate data to come up with a daily calorie expenditure which is vital information when you’re trying to achieve a calorie deficit.

Admittedly exercise does vary from person to person. I always use the example of a postman, and an office worker but even posties are getting it a little easier these days with a little trolley device to make their lives easier. Beyond exercise you can go into recreation so some people play team or individual sports which leads them to being more active. Beyond that there is structured training which is usually geared towards a specific goal in the mind of the individual, and in our experience generates the best results when combined with a calorie deficit as mentioned above especially if that goal is weight loss orientated.

Learning to say no*** – There’s always going to be a saboteur on your journey. The key is to identify the saboteur, and identify how its going to sabotage your efforts, and say that word nobody likes to hear… NO!

It’s a lot easier to say no to things once you know where the saboteur is going to be, or where it’s going to catch you out. If portion control is your saboteur, then take steps to reduce your portion sizes, use smaller crockery for meals in, and select your meals in advance if you’re going out. Remember, you can have too much of a good thing, and you always have a choice.

These are the tried and tested ways to get yourself into shape and stay there. No other ways are more effective, more fulfilling or sometimes satisfyingly challenging. Beware of shady vendors advocating moody items like teas, coffees, pens, shakes, injections and unregulated medications. The vendors just want your cash, end of.