SQUARE ONE FITNESS CLIENT LOSES 10kg IN 6 MONTHS!
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I would like to introduce you to one of my clients at Square One Fitness who is an absolute success story.

Errol Lim is a Director and Physiotherapist for BJC Health in Sydney.


6 Months ago, Errol set himself a target weight of 74kg. At the time he weighed 84kg.

Errol has managed to stay focused on his goal and he has succeeded in getting to his target weight in the target timeframe.


I thought It would be great to let Square One Fitness Clients in on the mindset of Errol, and what he did to get to his goal weight.

So I have asked Errol if he can share some insight on how he did it.


So here it is… Enjoy. J






JAI: Hi Errol, firstly congratulations on your great success in reaching your target weight of 74kg and losing a total of 10kg!

It is a great accomplishment, and you must feel fantastic for it!


I would like to know what were the main contributing factors to you achieving your goal? Im sure there are a number of contributing factors such as your consistent training with Square One Fitness, eating well, your mindset, and other things. Can you tell myself and the other Square One Fitness clients and friends a bit about what got you over the line?

You also mentioned how your sleeping patterns were a big contributor?






ERROL:Hi Jai,


Thank you so much for your support through the past 6 months.


You are right when you say there have been many contributing factors to achieving my goal.


The first thing was having the mindset to change and then setting a goal. Voicing my goal to my friends and family then made me accountable.


The next step was to get a team around me whom I could trust and I knew was going to help me achieve my targets.


Eating well whilst working with a dietitian has been the biggest challenge. The unfamiliarity of certain foods was the initial block but now what I eat has become habitual and I like it - amazing!


The fitness training though tough 6 months ago has been what I look forward to each week. Stepping it up to two training sessions a week has been easy with the outcomes being tremendous. I have really enjoyed being pushed and have learnt alot about how hard my body can perform safely. For this, I am very grateful.


Apart from everything I have mentioned, I attribute having the mindset as the most important. In order to achieve this, I needed to feel somewhat healthy. The defining point was the decision to sleep early each night when my kids went to sleep allowing me to get a solid 7 to 8 hours each night. This meant waking up fresh with a clear mind to start my day. As you know, I was struggling with numerous viruses over the past 2.5 years since my son was born mainly due to a lack of sleep. When this stopped, I felt confident to be able to handle the changes I needed to make. Sleep - who would have thought this was so important. We all know what we need to do, we just don't listen to our bodies often enough.





JAI: Thanks Errol. I really appreciate and respect your dedication to improving your health and well being. And I am very happy that you have been able to achieve your goals.


Errol's great success has come from setting specific goals. There was a goal weight, and a goal date. This is very important in your goal setting.

So the key thing I recommend for a weight loss program is work out what weight you want to be, and when you want to be at that weight.

Be sure that you are SMART about your goals.

Follow the SMART Model when setting goals for a higher chance of success!


S - SPECIFIC


M - MEASURABLE


A - ATTAINABLE


R - REALISTIC


T - TIMEFRAME


Make sure your goals fit in with this model. Your goals need to be specific – that is, state exactly what you want to achieve.


They need to be measurable – how will you know you’ve achieved your goal? What will be your evidence?


Your goals need to be attainable – Achievable by you and something you along can control and influence.


They need to be realistic – within reach yet still a stretch, with an incremental plan for getting there.


Your goals need to have a timeframe – when will you achieve this goal by and how will you celebrate?


There’s one more letter that needs to be added, and without it all of this is just talk…


A – ACTION


We must, must, must, must be prepared to take action. If we don’t take action we are simply filling time with an interesting philosophical exercise.


Nothing beats action.

Added: 07-07-2011