How Implementing Simple Habits Will Help You Reach Your Goals

Did you know that 45% of the actions that we do each day are out of habit?  That's pretty amazing isn't it!  And it's great news because that means that we can easily build upon those existing habits in order to implement new, healthy habits into our life.  

By blending new habits into our existing routines we can create massive impact in our lives!  There's a lot of information out there about how long it can take to develop a new habit, and when you boil it all down it comes down to repetitions of that new habit, or just plain practice.  So the simpler we can make a new habit the more likely we are to practice it and make it an automatic part of our day.   From there you can build upon this new habit to make it even more impactful in your life, stacking other easy to execute habits on top of it.

At Wilcox Wellness & Fitness we focus on FIVE HABITS that we believe can make a MASSIVE IMPACT on your life.  This is a great place to get started because so many of life's goals can be achieved by starting with these five simple habits.

#1: Start your day with Breakfast.  Yes, breakfast is the most important meal of the day!
#2: Eat consistently throughout the day.  This helps keep your metabolism burning, your body fueled, and will help you make good choices at your main meals.
#3: Eat whole foods only.  Get away from processed foods, foods high in sugar, and fuel your body with foods just the way mother nature intended.  If it had a mother or grew out of the ground it's a whole food!
#4:  Drink plenty of water!  We recommend half your body weight in fluid ounces each day.
#5:  Get active!  We recommend three training sessions per week and can help you get active through our training programs.  Woot!

So, let me give you an example of how focusing on one of these goals has made a massive impact in my life and has allowed me to achieve goals far bigger than one of these habits. 

I haven't always done a good job at drinking enough water each day.  Yes, it's true!  I've always struggled with this as so many people do, but I know how important it is to be hydrated.  So I looked for ways that I could build upon an existing habit or routine in order to support my goal of implementing this habit of drinking more water. The existing routine was making my morning coffee.  I LOVE my morning coffee!  I get up and start the kettle out of habit each and every day without fail.  So I started by drinking a glass of water while I waited for my coffee to brew.  Before long it became automatic for me to fill the kettle and fill my water glass at the same time.  

Next I wanted to start drinking our morning mojo (scroll down for the recipe!) which is a mixture of apple cider vinegar, fresh squeezed lemon juice, and fresh grated ginger with all kinds of great health benefits.  This was now super easy to implement because I'd already made drinking a glass of water a habit, so adding the morning mojo to it was no big deal.  Next I needed to continue to drink more water throughout the day, so I started filling my water bottle at the same time that I made my Morning Mojo and Coffee, and set a reminder on my phone to make sure that I drank that bottle by lunchtime and refilled it for the 2nd half of the day.  Before I knew it I was drinking more water and feeling SO MUCH BETTER in all kinds of ways.  

This simple addition to my existing coffee drinking routine led to being better hydrated, which in turn led to having more energy, my body and joints felt less achey and stronger, my workouts were more enjoyable and more effective, this led to even more energy, which led to more productivity, which led to feeling a greater sense of accomplishment, which led to feeling more confident in the work that I do.  And all of that was created by stacking the addition of a glass of water to my morning routine of brewing coffee.  Amazing right?!

​Do you want to learn more about how you can use habits to help you live your happiest, healthiest life and to reach your goals?  Download our latest guide, Powerful Habits for a Powerful Life .

You're going to love it!  This guide will provide you with a SIMPLE five step approach to reaching any goal by implementing simple habits into your life.  

I would LOVE to support you in reaching your goals, and supporting you in your journey to living your happiest, healthiest life.  Let's chat!  Click HERE to schedule a call with me to talk more about your goals and how our programs can help to support you in reaching these goals once and for all.

Questions?  Shoot me an email!  allison@wilcoxwellnessfitness.com.

And...as promised I want to provide you with our Morning Mojo Recipe and some additional information about why this simple concoction is so good for your health.  I hope you'll give it a try.

To your health & to reaching all of your goals!

Allison