Putting a plan into action

The most successful people usually have a plan for their success. I mean really: how likely do you think it is that CEOs of major companies were just winging it until something good came along? Pretty doubtful, so let's make a plan. The more detailed your plan the better. It also helps to write it down, preferably somewhere where you can see it on a daily basis. This will make you hold yourself more accountable for carrying out your plan.

You can plan everything and/or anything.  As far as my blog is concerned, we’ll stick to health and fitness. 

Planning your diet: Why do we eat badly? It’s usually because we wait too long before eating, and then we grab whatever is closest, and just go nuts.  If you plan out your meals, what you're going to eat, when you are going to eat, and how much, there's a pretty solid chance you are going to make the healthy choices most of the time. This will ensure that you are staying on track, and even if you stray from your diet, it's far less likely that you’ll stray as badly as you would have if you had not already laid out a plan. 

Planning your workouts:  As far as this goes, what you should do is schedule your workouts just like they were any other appointment that you wouldn’t miss. Build them into your schedule, set time aside, and make sure nothing gets in the way. Also plan what you’re going to do for a workout. If you enter the gym without a plan, your chances of having a complete and fulfilling workout are about as good as me not making any grammatical errors or spelling mistakes while I write this. Plan what body parts you are going to work out, the order of your exercises, how much cardio you'll do, if you’re going to take a class, and so on. If you're going to do some abs or stretching, plan how much time you'll dedicate to these activities. Again, the more details the better. Again: writing down your plan is a good tool. You can even check things off as though your plan were a to do list.