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Your Fittest Future Self: Making Choices Today for a Happier, Healthier, Fitter Future You Paperback – January 29, 2019

by Kathleen Trotter (Author)
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Redefine “fit” to create your fittest future you.

With all of diet and exercise regimens available, it is almost impossible to navigate the health world without feeling overwhelmed or paralyzed by indecision. Instead of trying to find the perfect program to follow, Kathleen Trotter shows you how to create one, with your own unique health history, goals, and life realities in mind.

No one diet, exercise, or mindfulness strategy works for everyone. The key to long-term health success is the ability to sift through all of the diet and workout information available and put together a "health mix” that works for you.
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    January 29, 2019
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Kathleen Trotter writes for the Globe and Mail and Huffington Post, blogs for Flaman Fitness, and makes regular TV appearances. Kathleen holds an M.Sc. from the University of Toronto and a nutrition diploma from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition. She lives in Toronto.

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Chapter 1: Redefining “Fit”

Who exactly is your fitter future self? What will he or she look like?

You have decided you want to create a fitter future self ― great! Recognizing a desire for change is the key first step in creating a fitter, healthier future self. The next step is to figure out who exactly your fitter future self will be.

If you are thinking, I want to look and be fit. Fit is fit. What is Kathleen talking about? Don’t worry. That is a common response. Fit is a word often thrown around as if there is one monolithic version of fit ― as if fit will look the same on everyone. Fit not only looks different on everyone but will also look different on the same person as they age or as their life realities change. Take my dad: he used to play hockey and only hockey. Now that he is seventy, he plays fewer games per week so he can have time to strength train, garden, bike, and do some Pilates with me. He views these new additions as activities that will keep him mobile enough to play hockey for life. In my twenties I completed a full Ironman, eight half Ironmans, and ten marathons. I thrived on endurance events. Now I gravitate toward shorter runs and Pilates. Why the change? Possibly because I no longer feel the need to prove myself, and possibly because I am concentrating more on my work. Either way, my vision of who I want Kathleen to be― the way I want to spend my time and what I value ― has changed. Maybe next year I will do CrossFit. Who knows? The immense possibilities life offers are among the incredible privileges of being alive.

The problem with the current widespread, immutable, one-size-fits-all interpretation of fitness and fit is that it is, at best, unrealistic and, at worst, highly unmotivating.

You might be wondering why this chapter isn’t called Rethinking Health. I purposely use fit rather than a broader term such as health for two interconnected reasons. First ― and most important ― the title of the book is Your Fittest Future Self. To create that fittest future you, you have to first understand how fit will look on you: What is your understanding of fit? How will you embody your understanding of the word? Who is this future you? Second, the title of my first book is Finding Your Fit. Why is this pertinent? For me, fit is a loaded word. Your fit is not just your jean size or how many push-ups you can do. Your fit is the interconnection between the activities that work best for your body, your relationship to your body, your inner sense of worth, your history, your goals, and how your understanding of health and wellness plays out ― how it fits ― on your body.

People too often fall off the fitness horse because they let preconceived ideas of what a fit person is inform their image of health success. A stereotypically fit person drinks protein shakes, has washboard abs, and trains daily. The problem is, why even start working out when the image of what you are trying to become seems so unachievable? This unattainable version of fit becomes yet another way we self-sabotage, indulge in false either-or choices, and let ourselves off the hook. In short, we don’t change or evolve, and we spiral further down the rabbit hole of “I always fail whenever I try. I am doomed to be unhealthy. Why even try?”

What's Your Fit?

Before you read the remainder of the book to learn strategies that will help you form your fittest future self, it’s important to figure out what fit means to you. What will fit look like on you? Here are some questions to think about.
  • How old are you?
  • What are your genetics?
  • What are your financial realities?
  • What are your past injuries?
  • How much time do you realistically have to commit to movement?
  • What is your exercise personality?
  • Do you need to work out at home?
  • Do you thrive on competition?
  • Do you like group exercise classes?
  • Are you so busy you have to fit motion into your daily life?
What is healthy?

What does fit and healthy mean to you? Too often, two options ― two extremes ― exist. Either a person is dedicated, absolutely on their program, and trying to look like a movie star or in the zone of self-acceptance. Typically, neither extreme is productive. Looking like a movie star is ― for most people ― not an attainable, realistic, or healthy goal. Creating a movie star aesthetic demands intense dedication layered onto all-star genetics ― a laser focus on diet and exercise that most of us are not willing to have. That degree of dedication often ends up bordering on unhealthy compulsion.

On the other end of the extreme lies the idea that being healthy is about absolute self-acceptance devoid of a need for growth. While I absolutely advocate self-love and compassion, being healthy does not mean adopting the attitude that you love yourself enough to accept your- (unhealthy)-self just the way you are. Too often the “I love myself enough” attitude is used to justify self-indulgent, unhealthy behaviours by couching them in the legitimate psychological end goal of self-love. The thing is, when you actually love your¬self, you want to make healthy choices, not excuse unhealthy behaviours and thoughts.

Wanting to look like a movie star and staying stuck out of a pretense of self-acceptance are two of the most prevalent philosophies of health and together are an example of a false choice. When I suggest figuring out what health looks like for you, I don’t mean simply finding the balance between those two points. Balance implies that to be healthy you have to find a perfect middle ground. What I want you to decide is what works for you. To most, my version of health normal ― my ideal balance ― would feel extreme. That is okay. It works for me.

Instead of looking for the middle of two socially constructed polar opposites ― or even caring about any socially constructed concepts of health ― find the version of health that works for you, one that includes a WORKOUTmix, NUTRITIONmix, and MINDSETmix that are both individualized and open-ended. Health has no end date.

Creating an individualized MIND-SETmix is not an “if you have time” aspect of adopting a healthy lifestyle. The right mindset is critical; your mindset overlays every health choice you make. Your mindset ― your inner dialogue ― allows you to dispute your negative brain propaganda and form appropriate responses. Once you have a strong mindset, the ability to act will follow.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dundurn Press (January 29, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1459741285
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1459741287
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 0.55 x 8.25 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific resource
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2019
The beauty of Kathleen Trotter’s YFFS, which builds on the strengths of her previous book, is that it embraces life as an evolving process and offers guidance and support for how anyone can engage in making their fitness, nutrition, and mindset part of their own ongoing process. Rather than offering a cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all program to particular lives she assumes nothing about, she proposes ways to consider the elements of each dimension at any particular moment in one's life. She models the very ongoing listening to oneself and learning she suggests.
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Love her practical tips on how to customize for my life. As a multi-taster, it’s easy to be hard on yourself.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Personal, approachable, and addresses more than just fitness and nutrition
Reviewed in Canada on July 11, 2019
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We are constantly bombarded with (and disappointed by) one-size-fits-all “get fit quick” programs. In Your Fittest Future Self, Kathleen Trotter offers nutrition, workout, and (most important) mindset tools and strategies to help you craft a plan and a lifestyle that works for you as an individual … and she makes it feel eminently doable and like she’s on your side. The book is filled with practical advice, personal stories, and sample workouts that can be tailored to your lifestyle and fitness personality. She really encourages awareness of your current habits and offers strategies to help you identify how you might be unknowingly sabotaging yourself … it’s amazing how many good habits I was overestimating and how many not-so-great ones I underestimated! Thanks, Kathleen!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great and insightful guide to health and fitness. I recommend it to all my friends.
Reviewed in Canada on July 6, 2019
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I am so grateful for the accessibility this book provides. Exercise seems possible. Good health seems attainable. Nutrition seems less overwhelming. These ideas all feel within my reach after reading this book. I would highly recommend for everyone. Your knowledge is simply deeper and more specific to who you are after reading it. I highly recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars More than a Fitness Book!
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An excellent book about how to find the best fitness journey for you. Filled with great information about nutrition, a variety of workout mixes and how to change your mindset (the most important of any fitness plan). Highly recommended.
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