Don't let all the time you have spent dedicated to yourself go to waist (literally your waist) this holiday season...too many people fall off during the winter holidays. They are all guilty of one thing. EXCUSES!
There is no room for excuses and you shouldn't use the holidays as a justified way to bring strength to the excuse. The phrases no time, too many parties, lots of food, its cold out, etc should be foreign to you by now. If they aren't then here are some tips to follow to keep your waist in line.
1. Make exercise a priority! If you find that you typically work out later in the day but your schedule is filling up more during those slots then wake up earlier and get a workout in before your day. You might find that you enjoy it more and feel better the rest of your day to stay on track. Plus the only thing getting in the way is not hitting snooze on you alarm. At the very minimum, all you need is 30min to get in a great workout. Signing up for pilates classes, keeps you accountable, gets you out of bed and gives you one step ahead of the rest. Switching to the morning workout can be hard, practice setting the alarm a few times in the morning, even if you aren't going to start the morning workouts yet, it will help the body to adjust. Also try going to bed 30min earlier...who needs that extra half hour of TV anyway. Your mind will thank you too! Healthy mind, healthy body!
2. Set aside part of a day for food prep day. Sundays seem to work well for this. Prepping some food for the week, allows you to just grab and go.
-roasted veggies
-boiled eggs
-baked fish or chicken
-cook something in the crock pot
(like chili, its always better the longer it sits anyway)
-cut up your veggies
-cook rice or quinoa
-portion out nuts into single serving sizes
BREAKFAST
-the night before assemble overnights oats so in the morning all you have to do is add a little fruit and walk out the door
-on your prep day put all frozen ingredients for a smoothie into a freezer bag so in the morning you can just dump the bag into the blender...blend and go
LUNCH
-these meals will come from your prep day
-either assemble in the morning or assemble on prep day so you can get out the door in the morning quicker
DINNER
-these meals will come from your prep day too unless you have time when you get home to make dinner
-or if you have a party to go to then assemble on prep day and grab container in the morning and eat before party. That way you don't find yourself starving waiting to get home for dinner and end up eating the whole cheese plate.
Later this week, a post will feature how to make overnight oats, prepping for a breakfast smoothie, crock pot meals and reducing calories in nut butters!
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