30kg's difference!
I have had a lot of people ask me how I lost
weight. So I tell them. The next thing I am asked is how have I
kept it off? Ahhh, yes…how many
times have we heard it? The crash
diet to lose weight, only to put it all and sometimes more back on! Well here are my tips to losing weight
and keeping it off, it doesn’t matter if you’re wanting to simply be healthier,
just starting out, already at your goal weight or somewhere in between, this is
a lifestyle that anyone can adopt if they want it enough. So here I go…all my tips, hints and
suggestions rolled into one place!
1. Get inspired
This is crucial. You can want it, but what will keep you moving toward your
goals when your alarm goes off at 5:00 in the morning for that before work
training session? Create an
inspiration board for yourself. It
can be quotes, pictures or symbols.
Make sure they are important to you. This is your space, your place to come when things get
tough.
My
inspiration board
Check them out. These have really helped to motivate and inspire me to be the best I can be:
http://reasonstobefit.tumblr.com/listofreasons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3wHRR_xWE&feature=player_embedded
Get onto pinterest and or instagram and follow real people. People who live this lifestyle everyday and share it with the world. Check out the amazing Kate Beck, a super inspirational young woman!
http://cocogirlbutter.blogspot.com.au/
2. WANT IT!
You gotta want it bad! It sounds so simple yet this is where a
lot of people stumble, myself included.
In the years leading up to me deciding I truly wanted to lose weight, I
would stumble at the very first hurdle.
I would say that I wanted to lose the weight, but when faced with
temptation, I would always give in.
You have to want it so much, no amount of ice cream can deter you from
your goals. You have to let that goal
fill you up, let it take over your mind and make you determined. Because guess what? If you don’t want it badly enough, you
will never achieve it.
3. It is a
lifestyle. Start slowly.
I have never thought that I was on a
diet. I have always simply, been changing
my lifestyle. I started very
slowly and I think this is what helped my to stay on track when it was hardest
in the beginning. My first aim was
to cut fast food out of my diet.
The second goal, was to start walking every day…can you see how I did
it? Don’t even consider yourself
to be on a ‘diet’ because you are setting yourself up to fail. Diets eventually end, lifestyles don’t. Start now. How many times have you told yourself you will start on
Monday? What are you waiting
for? Just do it, why not NOW?
4. Make a plan
and set some goals.
Yep, you don’t have to have a plan set
perfectly in place to start. Make
that plan and GET ORGANISED! Get your diary out and write down
EVERYTHING! Don’t leave anything
out. Write down when you are going
to train, when you are going to cook and when you will be dining out. This way you are prepared, there will
be no surprises. Once it is in the
diary, it has to happen. Think of
your training as meetings with yourself.
Bosses don’t cancel!
Goals.
Make them smart. Specific,
measurable, achievable, realistic and time based. Yep, this pretty much sums it up. For example ‘lose weight’ is the goal here. But it isn’t very specific, measurable,
achievable or time based. A
smarter goal would be: ‘In one month, I would like to lose 4kgs’. This is specific and measurable. Depending on your weight, build and
fitness level, this may or may not be achievable. It was for me when I was just starting out, so it was
realistic and time based as I put a date on the completion date. I find that my goals really help to
motivate me.
5. Work for it!
Every damn day, just do it! No I’m not joking. Train 6 days a week…and GO HARD! Challenge yourself, push your own
limits. If you stumble, get back
up straight away. Not tomorrow or
dare I say it, Monday…NOW! Falling
down is a part of life; it is how we get back up that counts. Set goals and have the guts and
determination to smash them.
Nutrition wise, adopt the 80/20 rule. Eat clean healthy and nutritious whole foods 80% of the time
and indulge 20%. This way you are
not depriving yourself of anything and you are less likely to jump back into
bad habits claiming it was all too hard.
I’m not going to lie to you.
Losing weight is hard! It’s
all a mind game. If you tell
yourself you can’t, then you won’t.
Similarly, if you tell yourself
you can and you will!
You’ve got this. I know you have.
Have faith in yourself and you will.
Liz Xox
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