"Maybe the year is not starting as well as you wanted it to or maybe success is not coming as quickly as you expected. That’s why you always want to make sure that you’re doing fun things on the journey out there."
Jill De Jong
EFR 418: Why Adventure May Be the Missing Link in Your Health and Fitness and the Importance of Setting Goals Around Your Dreams with Jill De Jong
It’s no secret that 2020 has, almost overnight, unleashed a trove of challenges that spared no one. We’ve all had to adapt every single aspect of our lives to deal with these challenges all year long. Jill has a refreshing take on thriving amid all the uncertainties 2020 has brought—a take defined by a boundless energy to live every day as if it were the last, childlike optimism for what lies ahead, and a hunger for opportunities to inject fun and adventure into all that she does.
Listen in as Jill shares the power of stepping back and looking at the bigger picture to set better goals, how to discover the foods that your body thrives on, why the best time to get a “beach ready” physique is anytime, how to break down your long-term goals into bite-sized action steps, what kiteboarding has taught her about effective goal-setting, how thinking like a child again can open up an entirely new and fulfilling dimension in life, and why contemplating death every day helps her live a fuller life.
Jill De Jong is a highly sought-after celebrity trainer, health coach, host of the Life Done Better podcast, and author of Models Do Eat: More Than 100 Recipes for Eating Your Way to a Beautiful, Healthy You (2019).
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Key Highlights
Why detaching from your problems actually gives you a better perspective of your situation
The importance of taking care of our health and wellbeing while fighting for our goals
Jill’s nutrition non-negotiables
Why it pays to spend more time working on your goal
How to inject more fun and adventure into every aspect of your life
How Jill lives a life ever forward
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Powerful Quotes by Jill
Divine timing is not under your control but you can always, always count on great things happening when the time is right.
Fitness goals should not be about losing x amount of weight. It should be about prepping your body for one event—this one adventure that you’ve been wanting to do. Goals that are just about looks or about losing weight usually don’t last. There’s got to be a bigger, juicier, and sometimes scarier goal.
50% of the work is showing up. The other 50% is the workout itself.
Once you start understanding what your body thrives on, there’s no way back.
Become a child again and think that everything is possible.
Even if you’re experiencing some pain or have little energy, please, keep moving. Keep using your muscles. Don’t let this time weaken you. Let this time strengthen you.
Variety is key to a healthy body.
Thinking about death every day is what helps me move forward. I am alive. I am here today. How can I make this the best day? If you really think about how life is short, and that you’re not guaranteed to live tomorrow, next year, ten years from now, what would you do differently?
My ever forward is truly staying optimistic and taking excellent care of myself, because no one else is going to do it for me.