Top Tips For Achieving 2021 Goals

Top tips for achieving your 2021 goal

A new year often brings with bit thoughts of a fresh start, this is especially true in the health of business where after the indulgence of Christmas new health goal are particularly popular. However many New Year’s resolutions don’t make it to February. So if you’ve already started your goals or are planning on starting something soon, here are just two ideas that may help you achieve them in 2020.

Be realistic with you goal in short term. Drastic changes in diet can occasionally bring a sudden improvement but if this isn’t a healthy and maintainable method of losing weight - the impact of the change can very quickly plateau leading to a sharp return to old habits. Dropping lots of weight immediately in the first few weeks of the year may sound great, but even if you achieve this, you would then be highly likely to regain this weight and more within a short space of time. The most efficient way of losing weight is with steady and consistent progress through a routine of diet and exercise that you can do permanently. If you find yourself with goals that are too demanding in short term, give yourself a more realistic time frame and never be afraid to adjust your goals once you’ve set them. It is always better to have something to aim for than heading off without plan.

Keep an accurate track of your results. So much emphasis is put on what the scales say, but I find this way of measuring a person’s progress to be completely flawed and highly disheartening. What are we actually trying to measure? FAT! So why do we weigh the bones, the hair, the skin, the muscles and the fluids all together and make determining decisions on health based from the outcome? For men the best indicators of how you’re doing is to measure around the stomach, for women it’s around the thighs and buttocks, but of course you can do both and various other areas for even greater accuracy. Identify the area of greatest circumference (where most of the fat is being stored) and measure the same are at the same time of day once every two weeks. This will give a far more accurate view of your progress and how the changes in your diet are impacting your health.

Good luck and happy new year!

New research shows people in Gloucestershire more likely to make life-changing decisions as result of pandemic

More than two thirds of people (71%) in Gloucestershire say the Covid pandemic has made them more likely to make big decisions in their lives in order to take back control, according to new research carried out by leading housebuilders Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes.[i] Added to this, 43% of respondents said time spent with life ‘on hold' in 2020 has actually accelerated big life decisions such as moving house, getting married or divorced, starting a family or having more children, or starting a business. Conducted in counties across the South West including Gloucester, the research sought to establish people's greatest concerns about life and home planning as a result of the pandemic. 53% of people in Gloucestershire said not knowing when it would all be over was one of the greatest challenges and 44% of respondents across the county found not being able to make long term plans one of the hardest things. 89% of people who said they struggled with not being able to make plans admitted to feeling frustrated and 1 in 12 said it made them angry. Despite the challenges, over two thirds (68%) of people in Gloucestershire said they had enjoyed more time at home this year, with 17% saying they intended to continue spending more time there once the pandemic is over. Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes are currently building new communities across Gloucestershire and the South West including Great Oldbury, Stonehouse and Rosewood Grange, Hardwick. The five star housebuilders say the surge in interest in buying a new home following the first lockdown this summer has continued even into the usually quieter pre-Christmas period. Barratt and David Wilson Homes have seen 51% more people across the South West registering their interest in a development this year (July to November) than in the same period last This is backed up by the new research which found that 31% of people in Gloucestershire said the pandemic has made them more likely to move house in the next year or more.

Louise Ware, sales director for Barratt David

Wilson Homes South West says: "The Covid pandemic restrictions seem to have made many people in Gloucestershire more likely to make life-changing decisions, such as moving house or getting married, in an effort to take back some control. This is also borne out by what we're seeing in our sales offices, with enquiries for new homes dramatically up on last year, even during times which are traditionally quieter for

housebuilders." Andrea Pilgrim, sales director at Barratt Homes Bristol added:

"2020 has been such a challenging year and it's understandable that people in Gloucestershire are keen to be able to look forward to something more positive in their future. Our research shows that home has never felt so important, with the majority of people admitting they enjoyed more time at home this year, despite the restrictions. Our sales teams are here to help people take those first steps to exploring the possibility of a brand new home and we offer a range of support from the new Help to Buy scheme to part exchange to help make the process as easy as possible".

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