I’ll share a little background to help you understand a little more about why I spent so many years beating myself up over how I ate, exercised and looked. That constant battle with myself stemmed from being overweight as a young person and feeling all of the feelings that come along with being unhappy with myself. Struggling with eating disorders during my teenage years. Thinking of exercise as punishment for food slip-ups. Struggling with my weight, being completely unhappy with how I looked and so overwhelmed with all of life and the busyness during college and at the beginning of my pharmacy career.
Now, enough about that! Let’s talk about the positive changes and habits that I’ve adopted over the last few years.
Over the last few years, I’ve been able to make a complete shift in how I think of nutrition and fitness. This shift in mindset has given me the freedom to enjoy life, enjoy healthy eating and enjoy workouts all so much more than I ever have before. This mindset, along with Beachbody tools, helped me lose 35 pounds almost 3 years ago with my initial transformation. I’ve been able to sustain that weight loss all these years by living the 90/10 (sometimes 80/20) lifestyle, exercising with at home Beachbody workout programs, eating clean food, taking Shakeology daily and adhering to proper portion sizes.
When I do have a treat meal, treat snack or miss a workout, no longer do I beat myself up. I’m in a place now where I’m able to enjoy the treat then just move on and get myself right back on track with nutrition and fitness.
I’ve given myself the freedom to be flexible with my eating.
Here are a few tips and habits that help me get back on track with either my nutrition or fitness.
1. Know that everyone sometimes gets off track and gets stuck. DECIDE to get unstuck.
2. Forgive yourself for the slip.
3. Refresh your health and fitness goals.
4. Recommit to these refreshed health and fitness goals.
5. Schedule your workouts for each day of the week (or at least 5 days!). And think of this time as an appointment FOR YOURSELF! Exercise is our best mood booster!
6. Decide to eat healthy 80% to 90% of the time this week. BUT also know that it’s still ok to have a treat meal. I’m a firm believer in allowing a treat!
7. Plan each meal this week. Simple meals are the easiest for most of us which means that we’re more likely to cook and prep the simple meals.
8. Drink more water to immediately feel better and to continue to feel better.
9. Drink a glass of warm lemon water each morning to help with digestion and hydration.
10. Surround yourself with people who are also striving to be healthier. These people will be your biggest support system.
11. Simplify the process of being healthy and set yourself up for success.
Perfection is no longer a goal of mine.
Progress. Steady, daily progress with my nutrition, fitness and health are my goals now. I use simple nutrition solutions and simple fitness solutions from Beachbody to help me each day. No matter how busy I am or how much stress my career as a pharmacists adds into my day, I’ve learned how to allow my health to be a priority.
As a Coach and support partner, I’m also able to share these simple tools with other busy professionals who are trying to balance their own health among ALL of the other responsibilities.
I’ve created a free Facebook community of other amazing professional women who are also working each day to balance their own health with everything else in life. I share simple tools, solutions and tips that I’ve used throughout my journey to help us all have are happiest, healthiest lives (even while we’re super busy!).
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