Hi there! Welcome to our Podcast.  Our program is designed to help you help yourself.  Over the next few months, if you would like to participate in our program along with us, this is how it will work:

• Month 1 you will walk outside for 45 minutes every day (any leisurely outdoor activity will do if walking is not possible)
• Month 2 you will add in listening to a podcast or audiobook or reading 10 pages of a book to your daily routine
• Month 3 you will drink a gallon of water every day
• Month 4 you will add in 15 minutes of strength/stretching (or combined) exercises daily
• Month 5 you will follow a healthy meal plan of your choice in addition to your other 4 self care activities
• Month 6 you will commit to daily self reflection using your own methods OR our very own Focus Fitness Journal

Today we talk about small steps and why and how they are so important.  It is less important what exactly we are working towards and more about the fact that we are progressing.  

Many, many people want to be fit.  But few have found a way to define what they, in their hearts, believe fitness is.  My Dad, Jim, and I have been working hard this past year to define what great fitness means to us, and to find a way to help others help themselves work towards better mental and physical fitness.  Health does not equal losing weight.  It does not equal big muscles, or perfectly clean eating, being happy all the time, a flat stomach, perfect balance...no.  

Health, and better physical and mental fitness, means baby steps.  It means realizing that going backwards does not exist.  That taking 1-2 months to stop worrying about your weight and about a diet and about perfection (AKA - healing) is often what we need in order to prepare ourselves for getting stronger and smarter.  To grow from within.  No amount of what are perceived as “missed days” of your meal plan or workout plan can ever put you backwards in your journey.  

Today, we talk about moving ahead and what that currently means to you. We talk about why most diets and exercise do not work, and why a program like ours can be a better fit for you.

Check out the mentioned podcast episode here:

Tim Grover — Armchair Expert (armchairexpertpod.com)

Check out the mentioned article here:

When dieting doesn’t work - Harvard Health