Having a must-have mindset for success is paramount for anyone serious about pursuing and achieving their fitness goals. Cultivating a vigilant mindset around being healthy means making an iron-fisted decision to do everything you can, to live a life of wellness. Some people call it grit, others call it perseverance…but it’s a trait shared by the world’s most successful people, such as athletes, spiritual leaders, musicians etc.

When embarking on a new fitness regimen or healthy lifestyle, the strength of mind to keep you from quitting comes from a combination of awareness, focus and resiliency. A vigilant mindset allows you to stay focused on your intentions, instead of negative thoughts. It’s what helps you to understand that struggle is impermanent and won’t derail your success and keeps you from making self-destructive decisions.

Here is a list of some habits that you can adopt to help you develop a powerful mindset for fitness success:

1. Quell Negative Thoughts: This is one of my favourites. People who consistently go to the gym, eat healthfully, practice self-care and meditation, are typically aware of the negative thoughts that derail most people and know how to deal with them in a productive way. The don’t attach to them and view different situations with fresh perspectives.
2. .Have Clear Goals: People with iron-clad mindsets know what they want. They define their goals in specific terms and write them down on paper. The process of writing them down makes them feel more real.
3. Set Intentions: Those that are able to sustain a healthy lifestyle do so by using the power of intention to build belief systems around what they want to create for themselves. They also use mantras to help build mindsets for

Cultivating a strong mindset is not always easy but with practice and patience anyone can achieve anything that they put their minds to.