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When I first decided to start a 21-day Healthy Living series, I reached out to my co-contributors and asked what should be the first thing I do. The consesus was to create a baseline for all areas that I will be concentrating on during the series.

So today will be focused on creating a baseline for exercise, mindset, and eating. This means that I need to create a way for me to track what I’m doing in each of these areas. The tracking will help me determine my starting place and then create milestone goals to help keep me on track.

Below are key areas that I will include in my baseline that will affect my exercise routine, eating habits and mindset for this series.

• Nutrition (include details about where I am now and where I want to be)
• Exercise program (include different options such as walking & working out)
• Stress Management (make sure I deal with how stress can affect me during my transition to healthier living)
• Health care (make sure that I am under a doctor’s care about my healthy living program)
• Workplace environment (ensure that activities include dealing with healthy living in my workplace; I work from home and therefore need a peaceful & mind-provoking environment)

Today’s tip:

• Heather Moreno: Know Your Starting Point

Do you have experience in creating a baseline? Please feel free to share them along with how it made you feel to accomplish your goals of healthy living.

Failure to measure a baseline is what keeps most people stuck. That’s because they begin with an ideal picture of the end result without being fully aware of where they’re starting from, and then attempting to do too much too soon. It’s critical to know where you’re starting from so that you can take steps to make measurable improvement. 

Common baselines include measurements such as body weight, body fat percentage, cholesterol, and blood pressure. These are important measurements, but a baseline ideally measures behaviors too. Asses your current activity levels (calories burned or steps taken), your perceived levels of exertion to exercise, heart rate, schedule, stress levels, health status, likes and dislikes, and any number of other aspects specific to you.  That is your complete baseline measurement. 

Measuring a baseline of your current exercise and eating habits and certain lifestyle factors will help you put together a realistic plan to achieve physical wealth, a plan that you can stick to because it’s personal and do-able, not pie-in-the-sky. 

About Heather:

Heather Moreno is a leading fitness coach specializing in helping busy professionals to look good and feel great without the guilt and pressure found with traditional diet and exercise programs.  Heather’s book, Achieving Physical Wealth, is available at www.PeopleFitUSA.com and you can take her free 5-part Motivation to Exercise eCourse at www.trainertogo.com. Contact her at heather@peoplefitusa.com or 877-348-2100.