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One of the biggest challenges of taking control of your health and fitness is consistency.
Believe me, I get it. My journey to becoming “a better me” hasn’t come without setbacks but I’ve been able to regroup and keep moving forward.
If you’re on a health and fitness journey of your own, or plan to start, I want to share with you five things that have helped me stay more consistent.
Create a Workout Calendar
Having some kind of a workout schedule not only provides the layout for the day, but it can help you see the big picture for weeks to come.
Scheduling your workouts will help you:
- Become more committed because it’s right there in front of you.
- Develop a more balanced workout of strength, flexibility and cardio.
- Incorporate rest days that work with your daily life.
- Track progress.
Create a Weekly Meal Plan
Planning your meals and snacks ahead of time is going to increase your chances of success because:
- Your meals will be more balanced.
- Prepping ahead will help you manage portion sizes.
- You’ll have more control over your food.
- You’ll save money at the grocery by not buying junk food.
- You’ll save time by reducing grocery trips, reducing time wandering the grocery store, and you can plan for leftovers.
Track Your Habits
Achieving your health and fitness goals means being consistent in your healthy habits. Tracking your habits is visual proof of your hard work.
Track Your Steps
Walking 10,000 steps a day is now a popular fitness goal because doing so has so many benefits:
- Helps trim your waistline.
- Helps you lose or maintain weight.
- Increases cardiovascular fitness.
- Boosts endurance.
- May manage or prevent various health conditions.
If you aren’t able to get 10,000 steps a day, you should still strive to get as many steps as possible. If you’re starting out, try for 6-8K and work your way up to 8-10K. There are a variety of devices and apps that can help you count steps.
Track Your Progress
Tracking your progress allows you to see what is and isn’t working. Documenting your success is also good motivation when you feel like giving up.
You can track progress by:
- Body measurements.
- Progress photos.
- Recording weight.
- Tracking pounds lost.
Conclusion
These suggestions are based solely on my own journey to become more fit and healthy. You are welcome to try all or one of the suggestions. If you need help with tracking your progress, I’ve created an all-in-one fitness journal that has all of these tracking tools.
To get a look at the pages, you can check out my Reel on my Instagram page. To order, you can click HERE.
