Sometimes I find it really hard to stay on track with my routine especially when I am stressed out at school or work. Sometimes I am tempted to skip the gym or cheat on my diet, but there are a few tips and tricks I have come to know do help in those tough situations. We are only human and sometimes things are not always perfect, so it is important to know that it is okay to slip up sometimes and not to be so hard on ourselves. But it is also nice to know we can do certain things to make sure those slip ups are rare!
1. Make GOALS...
One thing I need to do in order to have my head in the right place 100% of the time, is by knowing exactly why I am doing this. I don't mean being healthy, which is something that is a given and should be an obvious goal for everyone. It is important for me to have a clear purpose, for example right now my goal is to build muscle and gain weight (which if you asked me a year ago if i would be doing this I'd think you were crazy). For you it might be to lose a specific amount of weight by a specific date or maybe to look great on a vacation or at an event. Having a clear purpose and desire for my fitness and diet is key to my success.
2. Dress for Success!...
Sometimes when I am going to the gym alone or it's the weekend and I'm feeling lazy I don't really make an effort to wear something nice to the gym. A lot of people probably are the same way, we think well I'm going to go sweat anyways so might as well wear some baggy old clothes. However, this mentality I find really affects my workout, when I don't feel my most confident and I don't feel I look that great, it really reflects in how well I do at the gym. So try to get some new leggings, or workout tanks or whatever it is for you once in a while because looking good totally co-relates with feeling good.
3. Make Eating Healthy Fun!...
I love to find new recipes all the time that taste amazing, but are still so clean. Tone it up is a great website to check out, the link to their website is in a previous post I did on healthy breakfast options. But also just try to switch up your diet every once in a while, rather than eating the same things all the time, those changes will make a huge difference in how manageable your diet is which brings me to my next point.
4. Change Things UP!
Whether it's what I am eating or my workouts I find changing it every once in a while makes it so much more fun for me. Not only is changing it up good mentally, but it is also great because it won't allow your body to get used to what you are doing, making it all that much more effective!
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