'The secret to staying in great shape and still being able to enjoy the finer things in life is CONSISTENCY! This means you must be consistent with your exercise, consistent with your nutrition, consistent with your sleep, and all the various other lifestyle factors that contribute to good health. All the people who succeed in health and fitness share this attribute. However, there is a big difference between aiming for consistency and aiming for perfection and this video I explain why this is so important. While we strive to be the best we can be it is not wise to aim for perfection, and it is okay to make mistakes. This is what makes us human and also makes us enjoyable to be around. The person who takes their health and fitness too seriously takes all the fun out of life and really looks at eating healthy and exercising like a job that has to be done, instead of something to enjoy.   Make sure you check out the article in the link below that explains why it is so important to focus on the process of getting in shape instead of the end result. https://noregretspt.com.au/index.php/resources/blog/43-2014/380-why-it-is-better-to-focus-on-the-process-instead-of-the-end-goal  And this article explains why taking your time and being patient is a much more effective way to approach health and fitness than undertaking some extreme and radical 12 week plan. https://noregretspt.com.au/index.php/resources/blog/43-2014/352-how-long-does-it-take-to-achieve-long-lasting-health-fitness-results The 80/20 rule is a great way to guide you on your quest to achieve great health and fitness results. With regards to your food this means that you aim to eat nutritious foods 80 percent of the time and allow for some mistakes with the other 20 percent. Of course you would try to eat as best as you can, as often as you can, but not aiming for perfection will allow you to live life more freely and without anxiety and stress. This means you will avoid the trap of falling into a roller coaster of emotions that come with eating a treat and developing unhealthy relationships with food and exercise.  This is often how unhealthy bingeing and diseases like bulimia nervosa begin. It is also when people experience food cravings for certain foods as they do their best to restrict themselves. Once again this can do tremendous damage to a person\'s mental approach to living a healthy lifestyle over the long term. See this article about food cravings for more detail on this https://noregretspt.com.au/index.php/resources/blog/43-2014/136-prevent-food-cravings-speed-up-your-metabolism When someone eats the wrongs foods they instantly feel crap for doing so and now turn to exercise as a form of punishment and try to “burn off” the calories they just ate. Once again this is a very unhealthy relationship to have with nutrition and exercise. All this will do is create body shaming and eventually illness or disease as your body is constantly being placed under attack with stress.  This is also when you see the person who is constantly killing their body with cardio, but they never seem to change in appearance no matter how much they do.  https://noregretspt.com.au/index.php/resources/blog/43-2014/178-why-people-have-trouble-losing-belly-fat-even-with-regular-exercise STOP COUNTING CALORIES!  Our society’s obsession with counting calories is ruining our health and a big part of this problem is the fitness industry itself that prioritizes reduction in size over actual health, strength, or function. How many fitness studios market themselves based on the number of calories they torch in an hour; watches and smartphones with apps beep at us if we haven’t hit our calorie-burn goal for the day, and in most fitness publications, “fitness” often just means “exercise for weight loss.” https://noregretspt.com.au/index.php/resources/blog/43-2014/171-counting-calories-is-a-waste-of-time-for-fat-loss Instead of focusing on what the scales say or what your skin-fold measurements are, I prefer to measure my client’s progress by how well they execute the PROCESS to lose get fit and healthy. This is where I will look at things like their exercise log, how much sleep they get each night, the quality of food they eat, or how often they eat. All of these things are processes required to obtain health, and consequently lose weight and improve fitness. If each one of these improves to a level better than it was before then they will achieve their ultimate goal. A great resource I suggest to get a copy of is our latest report about Heart Health that includes everything you need to know about nutrition and exercise for improving health. Get this by going to the link below https://shop.noregretspt.com.au/au/Exercise-_-Nutrition-Secrets-to-Improve-Your-Heart-Health/p/157067' 

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