Happy New Year to everyone!

2025 was quite a year. It had its ups and downs, things we meant to accomplish and things we did.

But now we're in 2026.

And it's time to start something new.

Time to take control of our lives, control of our health and control of our goals.

Every year we make New Year's Resolutions for our careers, our personal lives and our health.

And sometimes we keep them and sometimes we don't.

But why don’t we keep them? What stops us? And how can we change that this year?

Well, sometimes life gets in the way. Things are moving too fast, we’re running from one thing to the next, we have work and obligations, people move in and out of our life with their own situations, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

In any area of life we look at it can feel like a constant whirlwind surrounding us we can’t quite get a handle on.

We read books and watch videos and take courses to help us cope with these things and improve our position in life.

The desire for improvement is there. But something always seems to get in the way. We start strong and then fizzle out.

But why? And how can we make real, lasting improvement?

As we’re interested in your health, fitness and longevity, we’ll look at it from this angle. But the below applies to anything.

First, to make any real change we need to step back from everything, at least for a moment.

Many people look at this whirlwind and they try to handle it all at once. They say: “This year I’m going to lose those extra inches and eat right and get to the gym and lift weights and start running and…”

So they start in, throwing away junk food from their cabinets, signing up for a gym membership, eat some “healthy” meal they can’t stand and that doesn’t satisfy them… and then they’re hungry and they go get some ice cream and say they’ll really start tomorrow.

But tomorrow never comes. It’s just the same thing repeated, day after day until they give up.

If we want to actually get control of this whirlwind we need to back up a bit. Take it one thing at a time, master that, and then move onto the next thing.

We need to look at this whirlwind and find one thing, just one, that we feel we could change or control or do something about.

So if we never exercise and we’re exhausted all the time, instead of deciding we’re going to start working out for 1 1/2 hours every day, what if we decide we’re going to take a walk everyday for half an hour?

Well, that’s much easier to do. Or maybe once every other day or even once a week? Whatever it is it just needs to be something we look at and think: "Yes, I can do that."

Then we get that down, we’re doing it, we’re making it happen.

Good.

Now maybe the next time we don’t just walk, we do a little jogging (just a little) and walk the rest of the way. We get that down. Then we jog more, and more.

Now maybe we take one of those days and just, at home, do some push ups and some squats one day. Maybe we do 20, or maybe 5 or maybe just 1. Who cares: We do what we can do. It's a lot better than doing nothing.

So we do that. And once that's easier, the next time we increase it. Eventually maybe we add a day, now doing it twice per week.

Now suddenly we’re jogging twice a week and doing pushups and squats twice a week.

Maybe it takes a month to get there or maybe two or three. Fine, who cares? We got there this time.

At that point we have more energy, more strength. And we’ve proved to ourselves we can do it. So maybe we start lifting weights or running further. Maybe we start looking more at our diet to help us improve.

Great. But one thing at a time. Find one thing you think: “Yes, I can do that. I can make that happen.” No matter how “small” it seems.

Then, when you have that, add the next thing. And when you have that, add the next thing. That's the secret.

If we try to accomplish the huge goal all at once, we fail. If we accomplish small goals, one at a time, that we know we can do, then we eventually build up to that large goal and we actually make it.

Soon you’ll find you're signing up for a marathon, or working out at the gym 5 days a week or going on hikes on the weekend that before you couldn’t possibly do.

It’s the same with food. If most of your diet is fast food, processed food, sugar here and there, trying to jump off all of this immediately will result in a crash and greater sugar cravings.

Instead, find one food, one piece of junk food or processed food or something that you can remove from your diet on a weekly basis.

Or, find one food you can add: salad, more protein, vitamins. Either is fine, though the most effective would be adding more protein as it effects everything else the most.

But whatever it is, find that one thing to get rid of or add. Once that’s a part of the routine, add something else.

In the next 1, 2 or 3 months your diet will have shifted dramatically and you’ll be feeling much better overall.

But this is the key: Don’t try to do it all, all at once.

No.

Find one thing you know you can do and do that.

Once you have that down, find the next thing. Once you have that down, find the next thing, and on and on.

We don’t want one heroic accomplishment, we want a gradual series of small accomplishments that then add up into one big accomplishment that is real and lasting.

At BodyHealth we’re here to help you with that.

We have key guides and protocols that go deep into all areas of health, fitness and longevity.

And each one can be tailored to you and taken on a one by one gradual improvement until you get a real, lasting result.

Our Gut Health Guide & Protocol addresses every aspect of gut health, from Sugar Cravings and Bloated Stomach, to Leaky Gut, Candida, SIBO, Acid Reflux, IBS, Skin Issues, Gluten Reactions, the Microbiome and much more.

The Guide To Sustainable Fat Loss is very in depth and quite effective at not only reducing body fat to healthy levels naturally, but building up muscle tone, shape, and helping to keep the weight off afterwards.

The Lean Body/Lean Bulk Guide then dives into the keys to building lean muscle without the excess body fat that comes along with other programs. So we build lean muscle or tone, but without having to cut afterwards.

The Stress Series dives into how our physical stress levels, often unnoticed, affect and even magnify our mental stress levels, and how to bring these down. It addresses the microbiome, sleep, mood, cortisol, our nervous system and much more.

And the Longevity Series covers both what accelerates aging, and what slows and even reverses it to a large degree. From the microscopic telomeres in our genes that determine our lifespan and what damages them, to the toxic agents and foods that speed aging and everything in between.

These are just a few of the guides and series we have.

And with each one we have discounted product bundles you can use to help you achieve these goals faster.

And in our BodyHealth Community, you can ask any questions and we’ll help you with anything you need in accomplishing your goals.

We want you to succeed not just now, but in the long term. And we’re here to help you with that.

Happy New Year!