When we’re looking to begin #exercising and eating better it can seem #overwhelming.
It doesn’t have to be.
Start simple.
I recommend starting with #walking more and increasing your water intake.
You can start with counting steps.
Or aim for walking anywhere between a quarter of a mile to a full mile, once, twice or three times per week.
Then aim for 64oz of water per day.
If you don’t drink water everyday, aim for 32oz per day and work your way up.
Then after about 2-4 weeks of this look to add in #strength training.
There are plenty of basic workouts to follow on Youtube or other social sites (You can also feel free to reach out to me)
At this stage you would like to get to doing strength training 2-3 times a week along with walking 2-3 times a week.
As we are exercising, and drinking water consistently, then we want to look at what we are eating.
We want to pick up the leafy green veggies as well as other vegetables and aim to get our sugar solely from fruit.
We want to eliminate or dramatically reduce Refined Carbs such as bread, rice, corn, pasta, potatoes and even wheat based products.
Instead we’d like to make substitutions for these foods such as: Sprouted grain bread, brown rice, veggie based pasta and sweet potatoes for example.
And we also want to eliminate processed sugar.
This can be a 4-8 week process as you learn how to move away from certain foods.
As we reduce refined carbs and processed sugars, we want to add in healthy fats and proteins as well.
Healthy fats from things like seed, nuts avocados, olive oil or Flax seed oil
Protein sources like chicken, turkey, fish and legumes.
Then we want to work on getting better sleep habits established.
If we do everything else but continue to get poor sleep then your results will be limited.
So work on your wind-down routine.
Pay closer attention to the content you consume before as you try to relax and go to sleep at night.
Avoid social media and intense, graphic content on TV.
Give yourself about 60-90 days to work on consistency, while continuing to refine your approach.
You don’t need to feel as though you have to nail all of these immediately, it’s a process.
This is how you develop a healthy, sustainable #lifestyle,.
As opposed to focusing on weight loss.
Finally stay off the scale.
Constantly weighing yourself will make you anxious and frustrated.
Don’t do it.
Take weekly pics instead.
Any questions?