Make 2014 Your Best Year Yet!

Be the fittest, healthiest & happiest you have ever been !

One of the most common New Years Resolutions made each and every year is to get fit, healthy and lose weight. Sound familiar..? I want you to ask yourself, how many times in your life has a health related goal been your New Years Resolution? Chances are, at least once and more than likely you have again revisited that same goal  later on in the year as well. How important was this goal to you at the time? Most people when asked this question will answer saying that its extremely important and that they are willing to do anything to achieve it. They are well aware of the damage that their current lifestyle is doing to their health and have made the conscious decision to finally do something about it. If you are like many, and I mean many, you did not achieve these goals which were so important to you at one point. 

Now I want you to ask yourself, what stopped you in the past from achieving this goal? Honestly though, what happened? What could have possibly came up that got in the way of you achieving something that was so important to you. Lack of motivation? Money? Time? All of these 'excuses' seem to be justified in our heads at the time but looking back now, did you really try everything possible to make your goal happen or did you simply give up because it was too hard? Well let me tell you now that in order to change, you must challenge yourself.  Success is what happens when you get out of your comfort zone. Don't make this year the same as every other year, its time to make your goal a reality! Stop making the same old excuses that you make every year because you know what.. your going to get the same result.

I know that sometimes it's hard to find the initial motivation to go to the gym and for most, this can the hardest step and a major challenge. As human beings we are creatures of habit and love the routine that we put have in place for ourselves(even if its bad for a health). We love to feel comfortable and rarely want to break away from our comfort zone. This is why we just keep on doing what we are doing but unfortunately this is why you will keep on getting the same results you have always gotten. Stepping out of your comfort zone and breaking the habits that are stopping you achieving your goals takes will power and determination. You need to want to make it happen, once you decide that your health is important to you, time shouldn't be an issue . We always find time for what is important to us!

Stop saying to yourself that you should get healthy and start telling yourself that you will get healthy! Small changes in your mind-set like this will give you that extra determination and motivation that will help you put your plans into action.  Once you decide that is important to you, you can and will make it happen! Just like a smoker trying to give up should tell themselves that they that are a non-smoker, not that are are a smoker trying to give up smoking. Picture the result that you want in your mind and create it. 

Strength, weight loss and good health doesn't magically over night (as much as we all wish!)  You need to live a healthy lifestyle that will in return give you more energy, clearer skin, better mood, reduced body fat, increased strength, a faster metabolism, that tight toned summer body plus many more health benefits.  Learn to love your body by moving daily and nourishing it with the food that will allow it to be best that it possibly can be. It won't be easy but it will definitely be worth it! Believe in yourself and know that you can achieve anything that you put your mind to! You can do anything you put your mind to!

If you have made the decision to make 2014 your healthiest and happiest year yet, I would absolutely love to hear from you! I love being able to share my passion for health and fitness with those around me and would love nothing more then to hear from you to! Email me at jess@jessicastevens.com.au and share with me your 2014 resolutions, goals ans aspirations so we can inspire eachother to be the best that we can be!