Achieve Long-Term Results
Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long-term results. I totally agree with this. How I eat today is COMPLETELY different than how I ate 7 years ago. My husband and I didn’t change our eating habits overnight. We made small changes over time, and little by little, we ended up making a huge difference in our overall diet and lifestyle. Achieve Long-Term Results If you want to start eating healthy, I don’t suggest being 100% healthy overnight. Start small. Maybe you can start with just your breakfast! For example, if you used to eat sugary cold cereal for breakfast, switch it up with a healthier alternative such as learning how to make Quinoa Cereal for breakfast. Sure, you might not eat the healthiest lunch or dinner, but you have made a huge change by switching your cold...
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The Secret To Getting Ahead
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. From there, it’s consistency that allows for you to reach your goal. You don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to eat healthy 100% percent of the time. You don’t have to exercise every single day. You don’t have to be perfect, which is a wonderful relief since nobody is perfect. It’s OK. I think the whole point is to learn throughout this journey and just keep moving forward. But before you begin this wonderful journey, you first need to take the first step. The secret to getting ahead is getting started. Feel free to follow Skinny...
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You Can Do This!
Every morning you have to get up and tell yourself that you can do it. You can reach your goals, one day at a time. You just need to wake up and start the day with the right attitude. Keep moving forward and never give up! Feel free to follow us, however you...
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Someone Busier Than You Is Running Right Now
“I’m SOOOO Busy” is a common excuse for not working out. I get it. I used to say it myself, until I realized that my excuses weren’t helping me reach my goals. I’ve realized that we are all busy. You’re busy, I’m busy…but no matter how busy we are, we need to make time for the things that are important to us. If a healthy body is important to you then you just need to make the time to exercise and make healthy food. Busy with your kids? Exercise with them! Play tag and run around the yard. Busy with work? Take a walk or go up and down the stairs during your 15 minute breaks. Think about your day. Plan ahead. Figure out how to make it work for you! Feel free to follow us, however you...
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A Year From Now…
New Years day is a great time to reflect on the previous year – the good and the bad. As I was looking back on what I have accomplished this last year, I am quite happy with the results even thought I didn’t accomplish everything I was striving for. I am happy because I am further ahead now than last year when I started. If I was exactly where I was last year today, I think I would feel a huge sense of regret and “I should haves”. I think if you just keep moving forward every year- even if you haven’t yet reached your ultimate goal – you should feel happy and proud that you are closer to your goal. Progress is progress, no matter how small. What have you accomplished this last year that you are proud...
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You Can’t Out-Exercise A Bad Diet
You can’t out-exercise a bad diet. Yes, exercise is great for your overall health and fantastic for weight loss, but if your diet is horrible – you still won’t be able to lose weight. I have had clients who continued to snack on junk food and drink beer on the weekends. They thought it wasn’t that big of a deal and they didn’t think that the calories would add up. Guess again! Those calories really do add up, and ultimately will cost you your weight loss success. Exercise regularly. Eat healthy consistently (perhaps you’ll find that the 90/10 rule works for you). Believe you will achieve your overall health goals. You will see results! Slow and steady wins the race, right? ;) Feel free to follow us, however you...
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Buy Healthy Food So You Eat Healthy Food
If you can have enough self control during your grocery shopping trips – maybe for an hour or so tops – you will only have healthy food at home. You don’t need to have self control 24/7, you just need to have it at the most important time of the week – while your grocery shopping. Don’t buy junk food and frozen dinners. When you are hungry, that’s what you’ll eat. Do you have kids? That’s still not a reason to buy junk food. Buy healthy food, you AND your kids will eat healthy food. It’s simple, yet very effective. If you only buy healthy food, you’re only going to have healthy food at home, which means that’s all you’ll have to eat. Feel free to follow us, however you...
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Eat To Meet Long Term Goals
Food is fuel. You put the right food into your body more often than not, and your body will function properly – the way it was built to do. However, if you eat too much junk – to satisfy your cravings – you are much more likely to experience undesired results, such as obesity or more frequent illnesses. “Eat to meet long term goals, not short term satisfaction.” Someone once told me that eating cake would last a few minutes, but the extra fat on her body could last months – or longer. When you put it in perspective like that, the short term satisfaction just isn’t worth it. I am not willing to risk my overall health for just a few moments…are you? Of course, we all crave something sweet now and again. I get it. My advice?...
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