I've been doing some thinking today... I've been battling with my weight since I was 18 years old and here I am about to turn 29 and I still haven't reached my fitness goal. I kept thinking about mistakes I've made over the years and I think my biggest mistakes were trying to jump into losing weight too fast. I would get pumped up and give it my all for 2 weeks then fall off the wagon. One thing I have learn is that slow and steady wins the race.
Last summer I did great getting into shape and eating better and even though I wasn't able to workout as much as I like, I still held on to my current weight (I didn't gain anything back, I actually lost about a half an inch in certain places). I stuck with eating clean and making sure I drank enough water and I stuck with Shakeology.
When you are trying to make a lifestyle change, because that is what we are doing. We are not going on a quick diet to lose some quick weight only to gain it back, we are making changes in our lives that we will stick with. So I wanted to share some tips on how I slowly got into making some lifestyle changes.
Tip#1 Make water your friend
If you don't like the plain taste of water, spice it up. I used to drink nothing but soda throughout the entire day. So when I started drinking water it was like yuck, so plain, no taste. To fix this, I invested in some Crystal Light which is actually pretty damn tasty.
Tip#2 Incorporate 64ozs of water daily.
I did this by purchasing a huge water jug (its actually pretty cute and fits my personality and its purple haha). The jug holds about 52ozs of water and has a center core that can be taken out and put in the freezer to keep your water nice and cold. I stared off drinking half a jug a day. After about a week I was drinking a whole jug. Now I can drink 2 jugs a water a day and may kill another one during my workout.
Tip#3 Weed out the bad food.
This actually wasn't as hard as I thought. Once I started working out my body actually craved healthier, lighter foods. I started by eating breakfast (something that I was NOT doing). I then started adding more meals throughout the day because I was only eating about twice a day. 2-3 hours after breakfast I would have a snack then 2-3 hours later I would have lunch. I started eating salads for lunch and I will admit when I first started I was loading the salad with a lot of things like bacon bits, chicken, cheese, mucho dressing. But like I said once I started working out my body was like 'no need for all that just give me some spinach, a lil' chicken, a bit of feta cheese, and a dab of light dressing and I'm good'. When your nice to your body, it returns the favor.
Tip#4 SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP
This is actually something I am still working on because I'm super insomnical and yes I do know that's not a work but I like how it sounds lol. Sometimes when I'm lucky, I'll get 8 hours of sleep and man oh man do I feel AWESOME the next day. Especially after eating clean the entire day and working out. I feel like I'm in a state of utopia. Now granted on bad nights when I only get like 2 hours of sleep, my day is a little rougher but that doesn't mean I'm not in bed by 10:00pm every night letting my body relax and calm down from the days previous events. When you are working out, you are making your body so strong, it can take it but in order for it to take all the working out you have got to allow it to rest up.
Tip#5 Commit to at least 30 minutes a day
Think about all the things you can do in 30 minutes. Watch a sitcom, take a bath, take a nap, read a couple of chapters of a book, listen to some music. All you need to do is start out slowly with 30 mins of activity a day. If it is nice outside, go for a walk. If you're anything like me and LOVE dancing, turn on some up beat music and dance for 30 mins (yes I have done this on MANY occasion)
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