Consistency and your MAS plan!

Consistency is what it really takes! Staying the course when it's not easy is what separates the champions from everyone else. Why is it so hard to stay on track with fitness and diet goals? If you have struggled with staying true to your goals, then you may find this article to be very helpful to you.

Getting derailed from your exercise/diet plan is never anyone's goal. Unfortunately, most of us have very busy lives and when another life priority comes up, fitness tends to take the back burner. However, I have discovered that most people could stay on track, with little difficulty, if they had the right mindset.

The Minimum Acceptable Standard (MAS)

I have noticed that most people have not developed a Minimum Acceptable Standard (MAS) for themselves in regards to their fitness plan. Having a MAS plan is what is necessary to keep yourself on track when life comes at you! For example, my MAS plan for cardio is 20 minutes. If I originally intended to do 45 minutes of cardio and then had more work to do then I was planning on, I always fall back to my MAS cardio plan of 20 minutes.

My MAS weight training plan is one body part. For example, if I was planning to train chest/shoulders and triceps but I didn't give myself as much time as I needed, I just do one bodypart like chest. My MAS diet plan is to eat 4 high protein foods each day. So, if my main plan is to eat well rounded meals with protein and then I realized I had to be on the road all day and I was going to be short on time, I would make sure to have enough protein for 4 meals (with 1 or 2 of those meals being Nutrilite protein shakes).

My MAS plan keeps me consistent no matter what! By being consistent, I can accomplish a lot more than most people who work harder sporadically. I am able to burn off 300-400 calories with just 20 minutes of cardio, by doing that over 5 days that's up to 2000 calories burnt just from my MAS plan! If I just followed my MAS plan for weight training, I would still train each bodypart every week. I also would get enough protein for my body by following my MAS plan.

Developing your MAS plan could make all the difference for you in helping you to stay consistent with your goals. Don't overwhelm yourself with thinking that you need to do so much when you don't have the time. It's your consistency of effort over time that makes the biggest impact! Be consistent by following your MAS plan! Consistency is key to helping you achieve your goals.

"Oh, that my actions would consistently reflect your decrees!" Psalm 119:5 (NLT)