Starting a healthy lifestyle is more about structure and attitude than calories and exercise. Having a framework for success is essential for great athletes, musicians, inventors and business leaders. When building a house a strong foundation is essential. One needs a strong foundation that will weather the storms of life. Building a strong foundation will give someone a lifetime of success and for some, permanent fat loss. The most important step to take is to establish accountability. Accountability is the number 1 secret for personal growth, accomplishments and change. Why is accountability so important? Accountability gives one encouragement, knowledge, evaluation, insight, structure, inspiration, a role model, and somebody that believes in them. Accountability holds you responsible to your goals. What does accountability look like? Accountability can be a mentor, coach, a training partner, a team, a teacher, group, or a club. When in history has someone achieved great goals without support? Behind those achievements have been a husband or a wife, a coach, an associate, a team, family ,friends, a school, a town, and sometimes their country. You can't conquer difficult tasks without support. The next step is to establish goals. Your goals give you direction and purpose. People that write down their goals are 80% more likely to achieve them. Make a list of categories for your goals. That list could include nutrition, fitness, recreation, travel, body type, personal growth, finances, spiritual, vocational, relationships and more. Write down short and long term goals for these categories. Goals help you develop healthy habits in all areas of your life. Many times people that are struggling to maintain a healthy lifestyle are those that don't have goals and accountability. With these two key components in place, you need to implement the third key step for permanent change ,health and permanent fat loss. The third essential component is record keeping. Record keeping helps you see progress. You can compare today with last week or last month or last year. Record keeping will give you input to make changes that will contribute to future success. What should you include in record keeping? Using a sheet of binder paper, or a calendar, a chart, or a notebook; you can record your accomplishments and changes. You should have the categories for fitness/exercise and nutrition. Record what you are doing for exercise (type, time, effort, where, and with whom). In recording your body changes, include measurement in inches for (neck, chest, waist, thighs, and arms. Also note changes in dress sizes and pants sizes. You can also include your weight, but inches are a better form of measurement. Weight can fluctuate with water gains and loss, adding of muscle and a women's menstrual cycle. For nutrition, record nutritional changes and the consumption of danger foods. Keep track of your goals. Writing it down can be a reward. Or it can remind you that you are not focusing on your goals. Your accountability person or group can look at your record keeping to get a good idea of your progress and the areas you need to improve. For a lifelong Healthy Lifestyle have accountability, goals and record keeping. Then as you change your life permanently, look for others to encourage and support. With accountability, one can have permanent fat loss. Permanent Fat Loss Secrets Revealed at www.FatLossEnduranceFellowship.com Read about a women that has lost over 210 pounds by following the steps for a healthy lifestyle in the video series " The Road to Victory".
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