Join The Open Sky Fitness Podcast Group!

That’s right! We have a closed Open Sky Fitness Podcast group  on Facebook where you and everyone have the opportunity to talk about your health and fitness goals in a safe environment. We post workouts and start discussions about how to be strategic around finding a healthier you. Check it out!

 

Build Momentum to Get Healthy

Now that it’s the new year, we’re all coming out fresh with goals and ideas for ourselves and how we’re going to make this year great. We feel like we have it all.

But once we hit mid January, our fiery will and inspiration has been lost. Why is that so? How can we be so excited about a goal or idea and then it’s gone from our minds?

Health and wellness is a journey that can’t be completed in 2 weeks. There is no end and we have to constantly work towards bettering ourselves.

As you listen to this podcast, Rob shares his own struggles with finding himself on his health journey and he’s not done yet either. Discovering good nutrition and creating habits to exercise through out the week takes time and motivation.

We can’t give up on our health goals so easily. We need to discover our inner confidence if we want long-term results.

 

 

A Healthy Journey is a Roller Coaster Ride

 

“We have to accept that it’s going to be a journey to be healthy. The process is the result.” – Rob Dionne

 

Our health journey is like a roller coaster ride. As the ride clicks towards the sky and highest point of the ride, these clicks are like your health goals. All these habits and things that you do to get healthy help push the momentum forward until you’re on top of the roller coaster ride.

Once you’re on top of the ride and you go over, it shouldn’t feel like you need much effort to move forward and stay healthy. 

Quick fix diets like cleanses won’t help you stay healthy for life. This is like being shot out of the cannon and nothing happens afterwards. But if you make healthy habits to eating nutritious foods, drink lots of water, get plenty of sleep, and exercise, then your health journey continues onward for life.

 

Simply Start by Creating Good Habits

 

“You should become so comfortable with your new health habits that you don’t even have to think about doing them.” – Rob Dionne

 

To help you build your momentum and become motivated to work towards getting healthy, simply start by creating good habits. These habits should be as effortless as brushing your teeth or checking your email right away in the morning.

Choose easy tasks to make into habits such as:

• Drinking 80-100 oz of water each week
• Taking a walk every day
• Spending 10 minutes to meditate
• Adding a gree vegetable to one meal each day

 

Unfortunately, we can’t go from being unhealthy to health at the drop of hat. Just like any other new changes we have to go through in life, being healthy takes effort and patience. Think of it like preparing for a marathon. You would never go run a marathon next week without any experience (unless you’re Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother and we all know how Barney finished the NYC Marathon)

 

If you’re going to run a marathon, you have to prepare by running a couple of miles until you’re comfortable to add more and help your body get into peak racing condition. Health is the same, you can get healthy by take small, easy steps.

The main point of the story is that it takes time to get comfortable with anything new. The most important part is that you’re trying. Your effort is all that matters to help you get healthy and get to where you want to be.

 

What Healthy Habit Should I Start With?

 

“Start by choosing one thing that you know its going to improve your life if you’re doing just one thing every day.” – Rob Dionne

 

These habits should be easy to accomplish every day like drinking 20 oz each day or going to the gym 3 times a week. Over time, you’ll want to do more and more and set new goals for yourself and be farther ahead with your health than you ever were before.

Once you’re comfortable with one healthy habit, it’s easy to move onto the next challenge.

There are 52 weeks in the year. If you try to add one new habit every 1-2 weeks, you’ll be able to accomplish so much by the end of the year!

 

Keep Track of Your Habits with the Streaks App

One way to help you keep track of up to 6 habits is by downloading and using the Streaks App. When you complete a healthy task, just swipe a streak. This will help you to create and build onto good habits with the goal of trying to not break the streak.

Start Building Your Own Workouts and Meal Plan!

Download Results Tracker here!

Click To Download Home Workout Templates or text the word, “lifting,” to 33444 to download the templates. 

Download the OSF Food Journal Now!

 

Have a Question or Review for Rob or Devon?

We love answering questions and getting feedback from you, our listener! If you have any questions to ask us, want to share a review of the show, or tell us any suggestions for guests/topics that you think would be great to have on the show, just email Rob at rob@openskyfitness.com or Devon at devon@openskyfitness.com or you can also leave us a review at www.openskyfitness.com/review and even text OSFreview to 33444 to get the link.

 

What You’ll Hear on This Episode

00:00 Open Sky Fitness Introduction

1:15  Opening comments with Rob

8:00 Find momentum and confidence by changing your mindset

13:00 Commit yourself to making small, healthy habits that last a lifetime.

21:00 It takes time to get comfortable with something new

25:20 Get motivated and passionate about one thing

34:00  Make changes in your life that are you can accomplish

39:50  The app, Streaks, to help you build good habits

44:00 Closing comments with Rob

48:30 Open Sky Fitness Closing

 

RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW:

• The Open Sky Fitness Podcast Group on Facebook
• Check out our upcoming OSF Podcast Guest,  Director of L.A. Sports & Spine, Dr. Craig Liebenson
• Listen to the OSF Episode 126- How Do I Change
• Check out the OSF Podcast Episode 125- The Power of Intention
• Start new habits with the OSF Podcast Episode 115- 5 Steps to Planning a Healthy Life
• Get inspired to create your own goals with OSF Podcast Episode 106 – Dare to be Different
• Learn How to Set S.M.A.R.T Goals with the 104th Episode of OSF Podcast
• Check out Amy Porterfield’s Podcast
• Learn more about the Streaks App

To Download Rob’s FREE workout templates click below**

Download Templates

Ask Rob a Question or tell him what is working for you: Email Rob@OpenSkyFitness.com

To leave a Review for Rob and the Open Sky Fitness Podcast CLICK NOW!  Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them.

Contact our amazing sound engineer Ryan? Send him an e-mail here: info@stellarsoundsstudio.com

Thanks for Listening!
Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below!

If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.

Do you have any questions (and would like to hear yourself on the Open Sky Fitness Podcast)? Click on the link on the right side of any page on our website that says “Send Voicemail.”

And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free!

Thanks for listening/reading Episode 131- How to Build Health Momentum: Simple Strategy for Getting Started! We hope you have gained more knowledge on how to be a healthier you!