The main point of changing your lifestyle? To get different results than you are currently.
The MOST important factor in getting those results? Staying CONSISTENT.
My top 5 tips in staying consistent? Here ya go:
HOW TO: Be Consistent & Successful with a Healthy Lifestyle
1. Find a workout program that you can stick with EVERY DAY.
Not one that you would really like to be able to do...one that you CAN fit into your busy schedule. When I first started my journey, I WANTED to go to the gym every day. But I couldn't make that work. It was too easy to come up with excuses while adjusting to life with a newborn. "I need a babysitter." "It's already midnight, they're closed." ...you know what I'm talking about. This was one reason I got such amazing results with T25- it was an extremely effective workout that I could do every day in my living room, with no equipment, after my daughter went to sleep, no matter how much energy I had left because it was only 25 minutes a day.
2. Make plans, be prepared.
Download the myfitnesspal app on your phone and plan out your meals. Think about what you have in your kitchen, what you can prepare, what you can pack to take with you to work, and log it into the app in advance. Having it all right in front of you takes the guesswork out & helps you stay on track throughout the day- no more starving on your way home from a busy day and just pulling into the drive thru because you are ravenous.
Download the myfitnesspal app on your phone and plan out your meals. Think about what you have in your kitchen, what you can prepare, what you can pack to take with you to work, and log it into the app in advance. Having it all right in front of you takes the guesswork out & helps you stay on track throughout the day- no more starving on your way home from a busy day and just pulling into the drive thru because you are ravenous.
3. Have accountability.
Get someone in your life that is willing to support you, make the changes with you, and that you can go to when you are feeling weak so they can help you stay on track. This might be a boyfriend, sister, friend, a group of people... I don't care who it is but make sure you have SOMEONE because making these lifestyle changes is extremely hard to stick to if you feel like you're alone.
Get someone in your life that is willing to support you, make the changes with you, and that you can go to when you are feeling weak so they can help you stay on track. This might be a boyfriend, sister, friend, a group of people... I don't care who it is but make sure you have SOMEONE because making these lifestyle changes is extremely hard to stick to if you feel like you're alone.
4. Keep learning.
Google is your best friend, but be smart about it. I do so much research on a daily basis to learn more and more about how I can better reach my goals...but realize how many opinions and "facts" and studies are out there. Don't make decisions and form opinions based on one person's blog. Educate yourself properly and then make decisions that are best for you and your goals.
Google is your best friend, but be smart about it. I do so much research on a daily basis to learn more and more about how I can better reach my goals...but realize how many opinions and "facts" and studies are out there. Don't make decisions and form opinions based on one person's blog. Educate yourself properly and then make decisions that are best for you and your goals.
5. Make a pact...with YOURSELF
This one might actually need to be number ONE. You know those moments (for me they usually come around 9/10pm) when your mind is justifying a treat? It's giving you any and every reason why you "deserve" to eat off plan, how you've "earned" that dessert, or basically giving you some kind of an OUT. Some "reason" why it's "OKAY" for you to indulge in something that's not a part of your nutrition plan (or maybe a reason why you don't need to workout today?)...it feels like someone is taking over your mind and your body and then the next morning you wake up screaming "WHYYYYYY DID I DO THAT?! Ugh!" Feeeeeeeels you! Been there! Too many times!! My number one tip in WINNING the battle against this demon? When you are in a LEVEL HEADED state, when you feel STRONG and powerful and like you can conquer the world, when you are excited and CONFIDENT that you can stay on plan and get the results you want, (like when you wake up in the morning) MAKE A PACT WITH YOURSELF. Literally say to yourself, "Self, I PROMISE to stay on track. I know those (late night) demons will come but I know all those justifications are LIES and that I DON'T want to give in. So I promise that I WON'T. This is the real me, the best me, the strong and powerful me PROMISING that I WILL stay on plan no matter what. There is NO excuse, reason, justification, statement that can derail me. I am doing this. I am strong. I PROMISE MYSELF TO STAY ON PLAN." Then? When the late night demon tries to take over? You've got a trump card. Nothing "she" can say can take away the promise that you've made. You've already smashed any and all justification "she" will try to convince you is the truth and you can go to bed in control and wake up PROUD...and one step closer to crushing those goals!
