Psychology Behind Reaching Your Fitness And Wellness Goals

Exercise, Nutrition, Mindset. Cognitive Traps. Tricks and tips on how to stay accountable and actually reach your goals.

What you'll learn

Set goals in a way that will making sticking to your journey easier, using process goals rather than progress goals

Implement simple tricks to seamlessly incorporate physical activity into your life

Use psychology to make changes to your nutritional habits, changing them over time, leading to better health outcomes and reaching your fitness goals

Learn to incorporate tracking tools that will keep your motivation going, making you more likely to achieve your goals

Requirements

No previous knowledge required. The only thing you need is the commitment to your health and well-being.

Description

Reaching your fitness goals is not as simple as following a meal and exercise plan. Over 95% of people end up gaining the weight back after the initial weight loss. The typical problem faced by countless people is the waning of motivation. The answer to reaching your fitness and wellness goals lies in cognitive and behavioural psychology. By understanding how your mind works and applying that knowledge specifically to exercise and nutrition, you can finally make changes that will last, leading to your fitness goals and a healthier, happier life. In this course, I'll equip you with the knowledge you need. I'll also teach you some tricks and tips to implement physical activity and change your nutrition habits easily. I'll show you a convenient way of tracking your progress that will help you stay consistent on your journey. My passion lies in helping people become the healthiest, happiest versions of themselves. I am certain that this course will set you up on your way there. Whether you are just getting started on your fitness journey or have been on it for a while, you'll learn something new here. My goal is to show you that it CAN be easy and pleasurable to change your lifestyle.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome and Course Overview

Lecture 2 Meet Your Instructor

Section 2: Understanding Your REAL Fitness Goals

Lecture 3 Defining Your Why: Understanding Motivation

Lecture 4 SMART goals and the problem with them

Lecture 5 Creating Short-Term and Long-Term Goals

Lecture 6 Process Goals vs Progress Goals

Lecture 7 How to Set Goals in a Way that You’ll be Sure to Succeed

Lecture 8 Conclusion

Section 3: Cognitive Traps: The Reasons You Haven’t Achieved Your Goals YET

Lecture 9 The "All-or-Nothing" Mentality

Lecture 10 The Willpower Trap

Lecture 11 The Growth Mindset

Lecture 12 Impatience and Instant Gratification

Lecture 13 Lack of Accountability

Lecture 14 Conclusion

Section 4: Tracking Your Progress

Lecture 15 Importance of Progress Tracking

Lecture 16 Tools and Apps for Monitoring Fitness Goals

Lecture 17 Steal MY Strategy: Example of How I Track My Progress

Lecture 18 Adjusting Your Plan Based on Progress

Lecture 19 Building a Consistent Routine

Lecture 20 Conclusion

Section 5: Nutrition: Making Your Diet Work for You

Lecture 21 Willpower Again: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Lecture 22 Exit the “Bulk Shopping” Trap

Lecture 23 Make Your Own Substitutions

Lecture 24 Don’t Subtract, Add

Lecture 25 The Basics of Healthy Eating

Lecture 26 Associating Food with Emotions

Lecture 27 Power of Habits when it Comes to Food

Lecture 28 Prepare Your Meals and Snacks in Advance

Lecture 29 Pre-Tracking - a Practical Example

Lecture 30 Conclusion

Section 6: Exercise: Exercise Smart not Hard

Lecture 31 Just Do It

Lecture 32 Make Working Out Easier

Lecture 33 Focus on Process vs Progress

Lecture 34 …but remember to measure your progress in many different ways. Regularly

Lecture 35 Importance of Rest and Recovery

Lecture 36 Conclusion

Section 7: Conclusion

Lecture 37 Final Tips. Creating a Sustainable Healthy Lifestyle

Lecture 38 Stress Management for Wellness

Lecture 39 Conclusion

Everyone who is passionate about fitness and wellness and wants to make healthy changes in their life. Whether you are a complete beginner to fitness or experienced in the fitness world.