Your Daily Habits
Last week we talked about establishing daily fitness habits…have you done this yet? Your only focus, when it comes to shaping up your body, should be to make and keep a handful of healthy, daily habits. When these healthy habits become your comfortable routine, then you’ve hit fitness gold. Don’t delay – make the decision to install a few daily fitness habits in your life now, and watch how quickly and consistently your body...
Shop Your Way Thin
Here’s your grocery shopping cheat-sheet. Take this with you as a reminder of what to buy and what not to buy. Don’t buy food items that: Are filled with sugar or high fructose corn syrup. Are highly processed and contain unidentifiable ingredients. Are full of fat. Do buy: Whole, fresh fruits and vegetables. Whole grains. Lean proteins.
Forget Past Failures
Please resist the urge to let past failures get you down. I don’t care how many times you’ve tried and failed to transform your body – and you shouldn’t either. What matters is that you’re motivated NOW, so let’s grab that momentum and get moving! The one and only way to reshape your body is with a combination of cardio exercises, a healthy diet, and the right resistance workouts. This is the winning combination that will see you...
3 Ways to Get Maximum Results From Your Workout
Use the following three tips to bring your workout routine up to the next level: 1. Be Unstable: Use your entire body, and target your core, by performing exercises that engage stabilizing muscles. To do this use an exercise ball, a balance board, a balance disk, or you could simply stand on one leg. 2. Add Resistance: The more resistance that you incorporate with your routine translates into higher intensity and more calories burned....
Emotion Creates Motion
Can you remember a time when you felt completely discouraged with your body? It’s easy to beat yourself up when the body that you have is miles from the one you want. When negative emotions flood over you, resist the urge to get down on yourself and instead, turn the tides in your favor. You may have heard the expression ‘emotion creates motion’. This is a very powerful tool. Channel your dissatisfaction with your body into ‘motion’....
Are You Really Hungry?
When you find yourself reaching for a candy bar—WAIT! Are you really even hungry? Or are you simply eating out of habit? Next time you find yourself gravitating toward a junk food fix do a short burst of physical activity instead. A dozen jumping jacks, 15 crunches, a walk around the block… you get the idea! By the time your heart rate returns to normal you will find that your craving has passed — and not only did you save yourself...
What Is The Best Exercise for Weight Loss?
Guess what? There really is no ‘best exercise.’ Fads exercises will always come and go, but the best thing for your body is that you are consistently active. Workout regularly and remember that your body needs to be challenged in order to reach your desired goals. Don’t get hung up on fad exercises—be a stickler for consistency instead!
Dieting Alone Isn’t Enough
Have you tried losing weight by dieting alone? Frustrating isn’t it? Exercise is a vital part of the weight loss formula and is proven to increase your metabolism all day long. Dieting alone could never do that.