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I always advise my clients to start small. That may sound strange as someone who coaches and motivates for a living, but small steps make a big task more manageable. People often fail when it comes to a diet plan or fitness programme because they set themselves unrealistic goals, and when the task at hand seems too great then quitting can become the only option, leaving us back where we started, only more demotivated. So I always advise making one or two small changes at a time, then once these start to become a way of life a couple more changes and so on \u2013 that way within a few weeks not only have you successfully met your initial goals, but started to add more and more changes gradually, meaning they are much more likely to become habits, rather than quick fixes<\/strong> (which very rarely last).<\/p>\n But what kind of small changes am I talking? Firstly I always advise looking at your daily routine and working out how you can be more active and fit exercise seamlessly into your life.<\/strong>\u00a0 Do you always stand on the right of the tube escalators, waiting to get to the top? Well why not start walking up them? Same goes for the lift in your office building or hotels on business trips \u2013 start taking the stairs instead of the lift and watch your daily step count soar. Get the bus to work? Why not get off a stop early, or walk to the next bus stop along in the morning before starting your journey?<\/p>\n There\u2019s even sneaky ways to get moving when sedentary \u2013 why not try a few tricep dips using the edge of your sofa when you\u2019re watching TV in the evening? If you\u2019ve got the perk of a private office you can do this at work too. Same goes for chair squats \u2013 as soon as your glutes touch your seat stand back up again to really work that butt with no equipment necessary. You could also squat or do some calf raises whilst waiting for the kettle to boil at home or in the office \u2013 if you were to incorporate all of these seemingly small changes into your daily life<\/strong> think how much they would add up over a week \u2013 and even better a month?<\/em><\/p>\n It is true what they say, exercise is addictive<\/strong>, especially when you start to see results, so trust me when I say that once your body starts to change and you start to feel fitter you\u2019ll want to keep going and start to do more<\/strong> and suddenly those little changes don\u2019t seem so small after all.<\/p>\n Same goes for your diet \u2013 rather than drastically cutting calories or excluding entire food groups why not make changes a little at a time?<\/strong> If you essentially starve yourself, or feel like you\u2019re being deprived chances are you\u2019ll actually end up falling off the wagon in a quite spectacular way by binging, and then no doubt feeling horribly guilty about it. So once again, make a couple of small changes every week<\/strong> which within a month will add up to a big overall change in weight loss. Take sugar in your tea or coffee or on top of your porridge? Swap it for Stevia<\/a> or maple syrup<\/a> for a much less calorific sweet kick, with the aim of cutting out the sweet addition entirely.<\/p>\nDaily routine for weight loss<\/h2>\n
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