11 Ways to get Fit, Lose Weight or Get Healthy in 2025

1. Make exercise a habit. To get going, integrate some movement into your day, however small – whether it’s 5 minutes of stretching or a 15 minute run/walk around the block before you get in the shower – and do it until it becomes second nature.

2. Make goals, not resolutions. Make trackable goals – meaning goals with specific deadlines and specific actions you can take – are better than more general resolutions. Resolving to ‘be healthier’ can leave you in a limbo, never knowing if you’ve actually achieved what you set out to do, or even what you really intend to do to achieve it. But, resolving to work out three times a week, however, is an actionable, trackable goal.

3. Go on a retreat. There are few better ways to kickstart a healthy eating, exercise of healthy living routine than a residential retreat. A fully immersive experience can fast-track you to new habits, showing you the benefits of a new way of living fast across several days or a week. A residential boot camp will never be the budget option, though!

4. Download an app. An app can offer genuine help you to get fitter/lose weight/stay motivated. Whether it’s a calorie counting app like MyFitnessPal, a personal training app like Couch to 5k or exercise monitors like Runkeeper, Nike+ Running or the Fitbit app, they can give you structure, help you track the exercise you’ve done, set challenges for yourself and allow you to join group challenges or compete with your friends.

5. Keep a food (and drink) diary. While it’s not a good idea to obsess over calories, when you’re starting out, it’s useful to keep track of what you’re consuming to understand where unexpected or excessive calories come from. You could use a calorie counting and fitness log app like MyFitnessPal.

6. Cut back on alcohol. There are many reasons to cut back alcohol. It is very calorific, as well as your chance of snacking or making poor choices is increased. As well as the hangover diet being all too real!

7. Use an activity tracker. The Fitbit app rocketed to number one in Apple’s iOS store on Christmas Day, suggesting that millions of Fitbit's made their way under the tree, along with dozens of other takes on the activity tracker. We like the more advanced options with display screens and added features so that you are not reliant on your smartphone to view your data, but the lighter bracelet-style bands will still offer step-count and distance.

8. Get a Personal Trainer. Having someone stand over you while you work out is pretty much guaranteed to result in more reps than if you go it alone. The money spent doesn’t just buy you the session – it means having someone turn up to meet you every day, whatever the time, smiling, telling you that you’ve got this, that they believe in you. With a Authentic Health, Fitness & Wellbeing you are more likely to:

- Exercise regularly - Have longer and more intense sessions - Lift heavier weights and do more reps - Maintain your exercise programme for longer - Lose more weight - Rehabilitate faster - Perform exercises more effectively and safely - Gain exercise confidence - Achieve goals quicker

9. Start Exercising at Home. Some of us (thanks to work, kids, illness, dependents, financial issues) can’t get to a gym or even really get out for a morning or evening run/walk/cycle. That doesn’t mean you can’t work out. Look at it this way: you could lie in bed pressing snooze for at 9-minute intervals for half an hour every morning, or you could get on to your yoga mat and bust out some burpees. If that seems like too much, start small. Get the mat out while you’re watching First Dates and do press-ups, plank or jump squats through every ad break. Run up and down the stairs 10 times before you have your shower.

10. Join a Bootcamp or Exercise Group. Exercising as a pack can be more fun, offer more motivation – and give you access to a trained professional for less £££ than a personal training session. Exercise becomes sociable, each group member is more accountable (‘where were you last week, slacker’ etc etc) and adds a layer of healthy competition. Motivation is contagious – when you see others putting in the blood, sweat and tears, it could unlock your own inner animal.

11. Try a Food Delivery Service. The saying goes that abs are created 20% in the gym and 80% in the kitchen. But following a specific diet is a delicate balance of willpower, effort and preparation. Celebrities, sportspeople, supermodels, actors building muscle for a part – they have a team of trainers, chefs and nutritionists at their disposal. For non-elites, it’s harder. Which is where food delivery services come in. They can create nutritionally balanced meal plans and deliver them to your door!