Set yourself a fitness goal

I used to love going to the gym.

Said the overweight me to the mirror one day.

Missing elements of your fitness routine for a day or two is going to happen
– we aren’t perfect and (most probably) we aren’t professional athletes, so in
my instance I want to:
a) Be happy with how I look
b) Be able to run about with the kids
c) Look as good as I can to my wife
d) Do a bit to protect against issues down the line

These four larger goals help me now build a plan of action to achieve them.
What could it take to achieve the goals A-D listed above?

And how do these goals hold me accountable?

Well, for me, I try to do 10,000 steps a day, get to the gym twice a week and
play football once a week – I feel this would be a decent level of fitness to
help me achieve my goals.

And if I wake up and can’t be bothered one winters’ morning? Not the end
of the world. But if I wake up two, three, four days a week not feeling the
motivation? Well, I can quickly refer back to my four main goals and ask
myself what doing nothing today will do to contribute achieving them.
I like to hold myself accountable and I use fitness apps or any of the
smart watches out there to track my steps and keep me responsible and
accountable.

At the time of writing my average step count in a month hasn’t
dropped below 10,000 steps in over 9 months so I’m currently
quite satisfied with my level of activity.