Oct
8th

“I have no time to workout.”

We’ve all heard it before and it’s the lamest excuse in the book. There are people out there in university full-time, have 2 jobs and other commitments and still have time to exercise.

To make it a lot worse, Thanksgiving long weekend will officially start in a couple hours— multiple dinners and lots of partying which means Tuesday is going to be filled with lazy people going, “OMG I FEEL SO FAT. I HATE MY LIFE” on my Twitter and Facebook feeds.

Well guess what, you don’t have a right to complain about gaining weight if you’re not going to try make a commitment. If you have time to eat and attend those dinners or even head to the club for a long weekend party, you have time to exercise.

• MAKE IT A PRIORITY. It shouldn’t be optional, it should be something you must do.
• BREAK IT UP. Your workout doesn’t have to be one hour long session. Spread it out throughout the day with multiple sessions.
• SHORT & INTENSE. Why spend 40 minutes jogging at a steady pace when you can do 20 minutes of HIIT and burn even more fat?
• COMPOUND EXERCISES. Do exercises that target more than one muscle group.

There’s no such thing as “no time” because YOU MAKE THE TIME.

Sep
27th

You are on the Elliptical and pondering if you should crank up the intensity because this workout is feeling easier than normal. Just do it.

You feel like your thighs are going to burn off but you have one more minute left in your intervals to go at it hard. You want to give up but just tell yourself to just do it.

Don’t give yourself time to contemplate, ponder or think. Just do it.

You have no reason not to.

Aug
30th

If you head blindly into a lifestyle change or diet without any knowledge in that area, you are setting yourself on a path to failure.

You aren’t going to see the right results [in the time frame that you want] therefore you will be unmotivated and you will give up.

Do you know these terms? Glycemic Index. HIIT. Basal Metabolic Rate. Glycogen. Lactic acid. Plyometrics. Isometrics. Posture. Core. If not, start doing some research! Okay, well you don’t have to get that obsessive, but it never hurts to know more and it’ll make your path to a healthier lifestyle a lot easier.

You can hire a personal trainer or take classes but one of my biggest motivators that got me to change my lifestyle (that was also FREE) were all the health and fitness blogs I subscribed to. All that information was addicting and it opened my eyes to a whole new world that I barely knew anything about. I wanted more. I wanted to be part of it. I wanted to know if I applied all those tips and methods to my life, would it work for me?

Having knowledge suddenly made me realize how “easy” it was to achieve my goals and it provided me with the motivation that I needed because a clear path suddenly opened up. It seemed like there was no room for failure.

Unfortunately, there was. The only thing that could stop me was myself but luckily for me, one of my biggest fears is failure and I knew if I let that happen, I’m never going to let it go especially with all this knowledge that I now had.

It got me excited.

I was unstoppable.

And I still am.

Are you?

Aug
18th

30 Day Blog Challenge
A song to match your mood.

No, I’m not missing anyone but I love blasting this song when I’m hitting the cardio hard with some crazy intervals. It’s not the fastest song but I love the beat and always gets me pumped up … and I love M-Flo!!

I use to be one of those people who would hate exercising and would come up with every excuse to NOT go to the gym. I’ve had a gym membership since I was 15 but sometimes I wouldn’t go for months even though they were taking $38 from my bank account monthly.

I didn’t start going regularly until I started to realize that working out had to be a priority. I couldn’t treat it as something that I could do, but it was something that I MUST do just like going to work, sleeping and eating. Unless my body wasn’t physically up for it, I told myself I had no choice but to work out, whether it be at the gym, at home or at 12am. Once you make it a habit and get into that mindset, you’ll learn to love it.

Anyway, this 30 Day Blog Challenge has been a major FAIL! I was so insanely busy the last week that I had no time to update at all… but then blogging isn’t my priority so I’m allowed to say that.

Aug
8th

• Agave nectar for sugar: While it should still be used sparingly, agave nectar is sweeter than sugar, so you’ll be using less, plus it won’t cause a spike in blood sugar levels like sugar.
• Avocado for butter: When baking, sub out half the butter with avocado for less calories, saturated fat, and cholesterol.
• Ground flaxseeds for eggs: Who knew flaxseeds could replace eggs in your baking recipes? One teaspoon of ground flaxseeds and 1/4 cup of water replaces a single egg.
• Parsnips for potatoes: Parsnips are just one kind out of many healthy veggies that can replace potatoes in a French fry recipe.
• Greek yogurt for whipped cream: Mixing in Greek yogurt with your whipped cream (or replacing it all together), cuts out fat, giving you more calcium, protein, iron, and healthy bacteria in the process.
• Turkey for beef: Try a healthy turkey burger instead of beef burger at your next BBQ.

via FitSugar