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Stuck in a fitness rut? Here’s a quick at-home no-equipment workout from Jessica at WhatIWore. Try it out today - you can do it while you catch up on a DVR’d tv show.
WhatIWore: In the past year, I’ve made a committment to get my health and fitness in gear and the results have been awesome. Not only do I look better, but I feel great! Fitness isn’t an all or nothing game! Even adding a simple workout like this one can make an impact. …Let’s get started!
{via my good friend lapetitechanteuse}
Amen, bendoeslife:
Imagine that for the last couple weeks you had been decently excited to go see this new movie that was coming out. You had watched all the previews, publicity, promo interviews, and the day had finally come that you were going to actually go watch the movie.
Imagine that the movie was decent at…
right on, bendoeslife!:
No more “I’ve already eaten poorly today so I’ll eat poorly again tonight and start back tomorrow.”
These delusional rationalizations plague and sabotage us. We have fallen in the love with the idea, rather than the execution, of getting our habits under control.
Want to start it off right? Start right now. Flip the switch.
This is that hardest of all the lessons. It’s nearly impossible. But if we can eke it out, it’s the only way to start.
Click here to read some advice from LaurenConrad.com on what to eat before and after working out.
To summarize the article, you should have something in your system before you work out (a light snack, not a 5-course meal) so that your body burns energy & fat instead of burning muscle. Eating something healthy about 30 minutes after a workout is important too so that you don’t overeat later. Click here to read the whole article, it’s full of good information & snack ideas.
LaurenConrad.com is encouraging its readers to participate in a Bikini Body Countdown. They’re encouraging readers to break unhealthy habits by making health and fitness focused changes, like giving up something unhealthy every month. I like the idea of making small, manageable changes and gradually forming new habits, so I thought I’d share this resource. This is yet another way you can stay on track with that New Year’s Resolution you made to drop those last pesky 5 pounds, cut out dessert, workout more, or whatever it was you promised yourself you’d do in 2013.
If you need some extra motivation to get healthy and stay that way, check out this New Year Weight Loss Challenge from bendoeslife:
10 week challenge that will take place at the Do Life Facebook Page
- $10 to join. All you have to do is click here and then join the Do Life Facebook page. No need to do anything else after that but check the Facebook page for instructions from there.
- Weekly weigh-ins and a regular fitness/motivation challenges.
- Overall male and female winners will receive new fitness gear.
- Overall champion gets big, exciting grand prize to be announced.
- First official weigh-ins will be between now and January 3rd with recurring weigh-ins each Monday. If you join, be sure to get an official start weight between now and January 3rd.
One of the parts I’m excited about is regular discussions on updates and sharing tips/recipes/successes we are encountering. The Do Life Facebook page is home to nearly 12,000 people trying to better their lives. It’ll be an inspiring time. See you there!
I’ve mentioned it before, but I seriously love the MyFitnessPal app. During the year I was engaged, I used MyFitnessPal religiously along with jogging and working out with a trainer, and I lost ALMOST 20 POUNDS. I’ve kept (most of) the weight off, and although I took a short break from logging my calories, I’m back at it now and I love it just as much. If you struggle with portion size or perspective when it comes to eating / weight loss / weight management, I highly encourage you to try MyFitnessPal. Just like anything else, if you stick with it, it can really help you change the way you live.
In general, and especially since I’ve been engaged, I am very hard on myself about what I eat. If I had an unhealthy meal or snack, I’d feel guilty for days. And with the guilt, I’d have another unhealthy snack. Then I had a breakthrough realization - why do I let food control me? Suddenly this became about more than will power. It became about not allowing an inanimate object - food - control my days, my thoughts, my actions. And since that realization things have been a little bit easier. Not always, but a lot of the time.
My focus for today is to be unashamed about my food choices. Whatever that idea might mean to you, I encourage you to try it. (For me, it starts with drinking lots of water out of my favorite blue cup.) This doesn’t have to be about food, it could be about how you spend your time, or the things you say to your coworkers. It’s a simple decision that can have a big impact.
I had no idea that squeezing a lemon wedge into your glass of water could be so good for you.
(via oniverse)
