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Finish the Year Strong: What You Can Achieve in the Next 60 Days

Nov 3
Author: Tucker Kistner
Read time:

3 min

There are less than 60 days left in 2025, or about two months.
In my five years of coaching, I’ve seen people completely transform their habits in that short span of time.
I’ve also seen others lose momentum, ditch from their routines, and undo months of progress.

The holidays can be challenging when you’re trying to stay consistent with your health and fitness goals. There are parties, travel, family dinners, and a cultural narrative that says, “It’s the holidays, I’ll start fresh in January.”

Anything worth achieving requires sacrifice and perserverance, especially during the most challenging times.

To make real, consistent progress, you have to take it one day at a time.

In this post, I’ll show you how consistency is the key to finishing the year strong and how you can use these next 60 days to gain momentum, lose weight, and start the new year ahead of the curve.


Consistency Beats Intensity

Consistency and discipline rarely look impressive in the moment. There’s nothing flashy about waking up at 5:00 a.m. five days a week for your 5:30 workout.
It’s not glamorous to prep your meals or choose grilled chicken over takeout, but those small, quiet decisions compound over time.

Consistency is impressive after years of sacrifice, dedication, and hard work.

The strength you want to possess will take years of lifting weights.

The 6:00 mile time you want so bad will require thousands of miles of running.

The 15% body fat you are striving for will come at the expense of years of saying “no” to eating out, alcohol, desserts, and processed carbs.

They say, “showing up is the hardest part.”

But once you master the art of showing up, especially on the days you don’t want to, you will start to build discipline. Rely on discpline and consistency instead of motivation.


Ditch the “All or Nothing” Mindset

The all-or-nothing mentality is one of the biggest progress killers. You’ve heard it before:

  • “I’ll start Monday.”
  • “I’ll wait until January.”
  • “My diet starts after the holidays.”

But what’s wrong with today?

There will never be a perfect time to start… not in fitness, not in business, not in life.
There will always be work deadlines, family obligations, and distractions pulling for your attention.
Only you can decide that your health is a priority.

One healthy meal doesn’t make you fit, and neither will one workout.

One indulgent day doesn’t ruin your progress either.

Be consistent, don’t overindulge too frequently, and keep prioritizing your health and fitness.


Breaking Down the Math

Let’s do some quick math.

Today is November 3rd, 2025.
There are 58 days left in the year.
That’s 58 workouts you could still complete before January 1.
If you eat two home-cooked meals per day and one light snack, that’s about 116 healthy meals before the new year.
Even if you hit that 80% of the time, you’re still looking at around 40 workouts and 90+ nutritious meals
That is enough to build serious momentum heading into 2026.

Now, factor in the holidays… Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s Eve.
Even if you completely take off those handful of days, that still leaves over 50 days to make progress.

So instead of throwing away the last two months of the year, imagine how much stronger, leaner, and more confident you could feel by January 1.
Find a win everyday and keep stacking them up.
Each workout, each healthy meal, each good decision compounds like interest in a savings account. The longer you stay consistent, the bigger the payout.


Finish the Year Strong

You could easily improve your fitness by 10–20% before the year ends, not by doing anything extreme, but by doing the basics well:

  • Move your body daily, even when you don’t want to.
  • Eat two balanced, home-cooked meals per day.
  • Prioritize protein, veggies, and whole foods.
  • Stay mindful on holidays, but don’t let one day turn into two months.

These next 60 days are an opportunity.
Not to punish yourself, but to prove to yourself that you can stay consistent when it’s hardest to do so.

Don’t wait for January 1 to start.
Start now, and when the new year comes, you’ll already be ahead.

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