Your Roadmap

A target without a plan is always just a wish!

No matter what your target is, whether you want to lose weight, gain weight or just feel healthier and fitter: Metabolic Balance gives you a roadmap that supports you to reach your personal target.

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A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

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Whatever you want to achieve, whether you want to lose weight, gain weight or simply feel healthier and fitter: Metabolic Balance gives you a nutrition plan which supports you in achieving your personal goal. A certified coach accompanies you and is always on your side on your way to a healthy you.

Find your personal certified Metabolic Balance Coach.

Realistic Resolution

You’ve decided on some fab New Year resolutions for 2020. No more smoking, you’re going to bed earlier, you’re eating better and you’re definitely going to the gym …

Resolutions are great in the beginning when we’re determined and motivated. We may actually keep some of them going, while others soon disappear like footprints in the sand. Why is that? “In order to keep a good resolution, you need a plan” Birgit Funfack, co-founder of Metabolic Balance advises. “Any goal, whatever it is, needs to be well thought through and planned. But most importantly it needs to be realistic with a doable time frame. There is nothing more demotivating than to start something that’s doomed to failure because of bad planning. Real long-term success comes from getting on the right and most importantly, realistic path.”

“It’s realistic to want to lose 65 lbs (30 kg) in 12 months and because you’ve given yourself this time frame it’s so much easier to stay truly motivated until you get to your goal. If you were to say that you’re going to lose it in 2 months than that’s just not going to happen is it? … and, thus, when it doesn’t happen you can easily fall back into old eating habits.” 

Steady healthy weight reduction is the key! … with the right goal, the right plan, the right time frame and the right support, you know you can stick to it and keep that momentum going for as long as you need to reach your goal.

A great plan and believing in yourself are the key to successfully keeping a great and realistic resolution. Metabolic Balance is the ideal partner for your health resolutions for 2020. Whether you want to lose weight or simply feel healthier – contact us. We’re looking forward hearing from you!

Find a certified Metabolic Balance Coach or contact us at us@metabolicbalance.com

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Goals – Most People never set them!

 

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Ready to set some goals? Here are some goal related links from the blogs that will help you get started.

Get Ready for 2016 Goals by Tracking Them

It is nice to have goals and New Years is the perfect time to work on those goals you have been putting off until the new year because it is the New Year!

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To keep track of your goals,  you can use the Way of Life app or Habit List.

metabolic balance is having several DietBet challenges to motivate you online.  The US metabolic balance team will be rebalancing during the challenges and sharing our experiences with you on the blog.

Please join the challenges. It will be a fun way to start the new year.

Plan Your Strategic Life Goals in 4 Stages

I know it is the holiday season but I want to get a head start on January because I’m a strategic kind of girl and I want you to be a strategic kind of metabolic balancer.  We’ve talked about SMART goals and now I’m going to talk about strategic goals which require planning in four stages.

Stage 1 – Create your Vision, Make an assessment and develop and implement a planning process.  When you join metabolic balance, your coach will help you hone your vision, evaluate your health and where you are at this very moment and create a metabolic balance plan that takes into account  your current health and life challenges.

Stage 2 – You will answer the following questions:

  • What do you want to accomplish by adopting the metabolic balance lifestyle?
  • What will you to to get to your end goal?
  • How will you know if you are making progress especially if weight loss is not your main priority?

Stage 3 – Once you have finished stage one and two, you will use the plan to guide you towards your goal.  With the help of your coach, you will manage the implementation of your plan and monitor your progress.

Stage 4 – Review and Revise.  Metabolic balance is for life. You and your coach will need to do  an annual review of your progress and rebalance on occasion.  You can even do another blood test to make sure that you are keeping your body balanced through proper food choices and lifestyle changes.   If you have unexpected life stresses, make sure to talk with your coach for advice on how to handle the stress of change without veering off the plan.

Don’t forget that your metabolic balance coach is always there for you and so is the US metabolic balance Team and even the head office in Germany is there to offer support.

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Goals – Be Gritty and Keep Them to Yourself


Grit: Passion and perseverance makes goals a reality. Here is Angela L. Duckworth’s resarch paper about grit.  See how gritty you are by taking this Grit research test.  I got a 4.13 out of 5 which means I’m a pretty gritty girl but only in the 80th percentile.  Do the quiz and see what percentile you are in.

 

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Goals – Different Types All Require S.M.A.R.T.

How do you implement SMART into your general goal setting?

  1. Pick a time frame for the goal.
    1. Short term = less than six months
    2. Mid Term = Six months to one year
    3. Long Term = More than one year
  2. Prioritise your goals.  Pick a handful of goals that are the ones that are most important to you.   For short term goals, you will find them easier to get into action right away.  Setting short term goals that align with long term goals will help keep you motivated. Your Metabolic Balance® coach will help ensure that your goals are realistic and achievable.
  3. Be flexible.  If you created a short term goal and you are unable to accomplish it within the estimated time period, push the goal into the mid or long term category.  Know that you have not failed.  All kinds of events can happen to push a goal priority back or to delay accomplishing a goal.
  4. Write down your goals.  Write down in detail exactly what you want to accomplish and how you are going to accomplish it.  This requires implementation plan as described yesterday.
  5. Pick one long term goal and then add mid term and short term goals that help strengthen your resolve to reach your long term goal.
  6. Be specific.  Write your goal so it is very specific.  For example, “In one Year from today, I will be at my goal weight, running 5 miles without being out of breath.  This is a well defined goal with a clear deadline and benchmarks that can be monitored for progress.

Follow This format to outline your goal:

Step 1. __________ is my goal. (Make sure it is measurable and realistic.)

Step 2. When achieved, what will be the benefits? ________________________.

Step 3. Obstacles I may have to overcome. __________________________.  How will I overcome them? ________________.

Step 4. What do I need to learn/ know/ or train to reach my goal? _________________________.

Step 5. Who can help me with this goal? ________________________.

Step 6. What are the steps I plan to take to reach my goal?

  • ___________________________ by when _______________.
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Metabolic Balance® Coaches Encourage You to Set Goal Intentions and Implementation Strategies

Metabolic Balance® coaching will help you set your goal intentions and implementation strategies – an essential part of achieving a balanced and healthy life.

With the help of a Metabolic Balance® coach, you will do the following:

  • Set positive health goals. While working through the Metabolic Balance® phases, you can discuss your goals with your coach and make sure they continue to stay positive and match your values. Here is a business research paper that outlines Goal Setting Theory.
  • Help you state in specific terms what you would like to accomplish. Your Metabolic Balance® coach will make sure the goals you set are achievable and realistic. Your coach will talk with you about what kind of time frame is needed to reach your goals and help you break your larger goals into smaller ones.  In addition to the changes you want to make, metabolic balance has eight rules you are required to implement. Your coach will help you navigate around the changes and make sure they integrate into your life.
  • Provide you with feedback.  Specific feedback is needed at particular times.  Your metabolic balance coach will help you stay on the path to a balanced and healthy life by providing you with both positive and negative feedback.  For more information about motivation and feedback, check out the following two articles:
  • Provide you with support. Don’t share your goals with others on social media.  By sharing your goal outside of your immediate support network, you may end up slacking off and not achieving the results that you want. For more information about positive and negative feedback check out this article. Until your goal intentions and implementation strategies are securely in place, keep the planning under wraps.