Five Small Steps
Here are five small things you can do on a daily basis. Try to make it part of your overall routine and you can be well on your way to being fit and healthy.
1) Take advantage of healthy convenience foods
Pick up pre-washed, pre-cut fruits and veggies. It may cost a bit more than regular produce, but it's one less thing you have to do at the end of a long day. Better yet, set aside a few hours on the weekend to chop, baggy and freeze your fruits. Then when you are on the go, just grab a bag that's already portioned out. I do that with my smoothies and it saves me a ton of time. Plus when I'm extra hungry, I feel like a good stealing two bags.
2) Schedule exercise and make it nonnegotiable
Of all things, I don't have a hard time with exercise. Once I get in the groove, I am okay. The last few weeks, I notice I have standing appointments with myself and it may be mind over matter, but I haven't broken a date with myself.
3) Don't waste calories on bad food
This one I agree with whole heartedly. When eating out, I refuse to buy a drink. I'm stingy with my calories.
4) Never travel without workout clothes
People who get in my car laugh, but I have an extra pair of workout clothes and sneakers in the back seat at all times.
5) Weigh yourself often
I'm on the fence about this one. I tried it and found it made me more crazy. But it can be something, if you can emotionally handle it, that keeps you on the straight and narrow so you aren't surprised to find out you gained 5lbs and have no idea when it happened.
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Hey! Nice article. I agree with almost all of them. I always have convenient food with me that is healthy...it makes me so much less likely to get hungry and then buy a candy bar or get take out on the way home. Cheer cheer on the exercising on a schedule thing. I was so much more successful when I did that and I need to do that again. I never thought of the workout clothes thing and I am going to start doing that.
And like you...I kind of agree on the weighing thing. I think that if people weigh everyday, it can be more hurtful than helpful, but I think once a week is crucial...to assess where you are at and where you need to be, etc.
My biggest tip to living a healthier life...is to find healthy foods that you really like. I love homemade sorbet...I love yogurt, granola and fruit. It's so much easier for me to keep eating healthy if I like what I am eating...instead of feeling like I am eating rabbit food until I can reach my goal, etc.