How To Stay Consistent With Diet + Exercise As A Busy Woman

How to stay consistent with diet + exercise as a busy woman.

Being a busy woman always on the go, you may sometimes feel exhausted, unmotivated, or finding it hard to stay consistent with your diet, and exercise regimen. 

Firstly, don’t give up hope sister friend, because you’re not alone, and there are ways to get you back on track, and staying consistent with your health goals.

At times we just need to step back, and reevaluate a few things, such as:

• Your Current schedule
• How are you spending your time outside of your set schedule
• Current eating habits 
• Ect.

Which all leads me to my first tip on how to start staying consistent with your diet, and exercise as a busy woman.

 

 

1. Become Self Aware. 

 

Self awareness is key to staying consistent with diet + exercise.  Without being aware of  your how you’re spending your time, and your current habits you wont be able to execute your health goal properly with your busy everyday life.

In order to become self aware, ask yourself these questions, and answer them honestly. (I find it’s best to write them down to have a clear vision.)

• What does your current schedule consist of with (work, family needs, commuting hours, sleep schedule, workout schedule (if currently, & daily tasks.)
• How are you spending your time outside of your set scheduled ?
• What are your current eating habits? (Remember, when you feed your body clean food sources, you fuel your body with the right energy.)
• Are you currently working out at all? Do you enjoy your current workout routine?
• How do you feel about your body right now?
• What do you want to feel? How do you want to body to look?

Take a few minutes to quickly answer those questions..

Now that you have answered the above questions (I hope!) You have a clear vision of your schedule, and have become more self aware of your needs. Often times when people really look at their schedule, they find that there is time to get in a workout, self care routine, or food prep in. 

This process also helps you to become aware of your time wasting habits, and what habits you’re doing that do not support your health goals.

Lastly ask yourself these: (just a few more quick questions, I promise they help!)

• Now that you have a clear vision of your schedule where can you make time for a quick workout? Or where do you need to revise your schedule to remove something that isn’t supporting your health goals, and add in time to workout/or prep food?
• To get the body you want, what simple habits do you need to stick with?

 

 

2. Have A Plan & Keep It Simple

 

Those who fail to plan, plan to fail. 

When you’re a busy woman on the go it is essential to have a plan ahead mentality in order to stay consistent with your diet + exercise. 

This means planning, and preparing ahead. The key to this however is to make it simple on yourself 

Simplicity = Consistency 

You’re mind is running around already with enough to do’s, tasks, and family orders.. So plan your workouts of choice, and healthy food options simple. 

What I have found works best for me when it comes to Simple planning with healthy eating habits:

• Stick with the same meals/snacks, and eat them about the same time everyday for a week or two. It makes grocery shopping for myself easy, and I don’t have to think about or take 30 minutes figuring out what I want to eat, where I’m going to get it from, or how long it’s going to take to cook that one meal etc. 

 

• When I cook , I cook in bulk. That way I have about 3-4 meals out of that one cooking session. I also keep this process simple by choosing a protein (fish or chicken) choosing Fibrous Carbs ( vegetables, ex; broccoli + Brussel spouts, carrots/peppers), and choosing a Complex Carb source ( potato, rice, or quinoa)  I will put veggies on one pan, protein sources on another pan, Bake them all at the same time, all while I have my rice cooking in pot. Set the timer, and now you can meal prep some easy grab and go snacks while that cooks. Within an hour or so, I have 4 meals, and prepped a few bags of grapes, carrots, nuts. or whatever easy snacks I chose that week. (viola!)

 

• Make a simple grocery list for the week: Protein of choice, 4-5 Bags of frozen veggies of choice, Fresh Fruit/Veggies, pick a Carb of choice. You can change every week, but I promise it will make life easier, and less of a stress when you keep your meals for the week the same. (you can change the seasonings everyday to give your variety of flavor!)

 

Simple planning with workouts:

• Have your workout or yoga class already set in the calendar.
• Have workout clothes picked out, or packed in gym bag, set  in car so you’re ready to go.
• Know what exercises/routine you’re going to do so you’re not wasting time standing around trying to figure it out. 
• Workout with a friend, or workout at home. 
• Choose activities you enjoy. When you enjoy the activity you’re more likely to show up even on the days you’re feeling exhausted
• On days you’re tired, choose something light, quick, and easy. Even if it’s just a 15 minute walk. Something is better than nothing. 

 

 

 

3. Choose Activities You Enjoy

 

I understand that not everyone enjoys burning calories the same, although I generally love gym workouts I sometimes need to change it up a bit to create excitement. 

Doing the same routines, or taking the same fitness classes can become mundane, and boring, thus leading to lack of motivation to workout. 

So I highly advise you to choose fitness activities that you enjoy, or try changing up your fitness workouts if you’ve found yourself lacking excitement towards it. The more we enjoy the process, the more likely we are to stick to our fitness goals. 

For those of you who don’t know what you like, or haven’t found something you enjoy yet, than continue to experiment with new activities until you do. I promise you will find something active you enjoy. 

Now there will still be those days that even though you enjoy it , you wont want to do it, because of mere exhaustion..

In that case remind yourself of how you will feel after, or think of it as one step closer to your goal weight.

You can also decide to cut the workout time in half, or simply take an active rest day. (walking around the park, or neighborhood, or choosing to do some abs, and stretching in the comfort of your own home.) 

There is always a way to keep the blood pumping, body in motion, and feeling healthy. Remember that fitness can look different for everyone. At the end of the day do what works for you! 

Make it fun for you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Commit To Shorter Workouts

 

If you’re a busy boss lady, and limited on time, or you’re just straight exhausted, then opt in for shorter workouts.

When your mind thinks that it only has to commit to a 10-20 min circuit/HIIT workout,  jog,  yoga flow, or whichever fitness activity you choose, it’s much easier for you to show up. 

I’ve done this plenty of times before. Anywhere from a quick 20 min HIIT workout at the gym, to roller blading around the block for 15-20min, or simply following a 1o min. yoga flow routine on YouTube at home.

There is always a way to squeeze in a little something when you need to. 

 

5. Get Inspired.

 

Inspiration can spark motivation.

Lack of motivation results in laziness. To combat this I recommend getting inspired by other’s.

Get around like minded souls. Link up with your friend who is into health, and fitness. Find a tribe of girls that you can connect with that will inspire you on your health journey. 

Connecting with other women who have similar interests is so important. You can learn from each other, share tips, keep each other accountable, and inspire one another.

They’re so many ways to connect with other like minded women these days with Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, etc. 

Watching a YouTube video, documentaries, reading blog posts, or listening to certain podcasts can also ignite that fire within you as well.

Go out, and get inspired sister!

 

 

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