Let's face it, when you are the new kid on the block it can be intimidating and scary. Whether you are starting a new job, new school, moving to a new city, joining a club, or starting a fitness routine for the first (or 10th time like me), it can be very overwhelming. I have a pretty bad case of social anxiety, and if it wasn't for FXB getting me out of my comfort zone, I would still be a hermit inside my home, overweight, and sad.
Starting a new fitness program is hard. Our bodies aren't used to the physical activity we are about to put it though, and we aren't used to using food as fuel not for pleasure. We shock our systems by cutting out caffeine, sugar, and processed foods. Then tell our bodies to endure a physically demanding workout, and expect to feel good afterward. No it sucks. Our bodies are trying to expell and flush out the toxins we have been feeding ourselves for a long period of time. Muscles we didn't even know existed hurt, fat starts crying, our heads are pounding due to "caffeine withdrawals", we are cranky, and get irriated more easily. I have been there. I have gone though all of this many times. Our natural reaction when things get hard is to? You guessed it, QUIT. We quit and go back to our old familiar lifestyle. Why do we do this? You guessed right again...because it's EASY. It is so easy to stop prepping up healthy meal choices and grab all of your meals at convient fast food places. It's easy to choose to lay on the couch and binge watch all of Sons of Anarchy, while digging into the pint(s) of Ben and Jerry's. It's easy to get out of a long day of work on a Friday and decide to skip the gym and hit the pool party instead. It's easy to go and have a drink or two or five with your friends. It's easy to make excueses. Where did easy get you though. Easy got you to that unhappy, unhealthy place where you stare into that mirror and don't like who you see. Easy got you to the place where you put yourself down daily and say horrible things to yourself.
#1: Find your support team. It is so much easier to stick to it when you have support from like minded people.
I think by now if you have read some of my other entries, you will know that the number one reason why I have stuck to it is because I have found an amazing support system. My Farrell's Family. If it weren't each one of them making me accountable, keeping me motivated, and sharing my journey, I wouldn't have stuck to it.
#2: Do something you really enjoy doing
Again I have said this before. Do something you love and are passionate about. Do you like running, hiking, biking, weight lifting, zumba, swimming, tennis, soccer, kickboxing? Find some kind of physical activity you like to do. When you are having fun, you won't want to quit.
#3: Kick Discouragement in the face
We all transform at our own pace. We all catch on to new things differntly. Sometimes it's harder for us to get into a routine than others. Do not get discouraged, remember why you started this. Use your support team to revive your spirtits.
#4: Remove I CAN'T from your vocabulary
Try...You will never know what you can do unless you try. Will it be scary? Will it be hard? Will it be uncomfortable? Yes it proabably will, but try. You can do more than you think you can.
#5: Set Goal that you will be able to achieve in the time given.
Make smaller goals that you can accomplish. Example: I will drink 80 ounces of water each day, I will log all of my food for the week, I will lose 5 lbs. in 2 months. Once you reach that goal reward yourself. NOT WITH FOOD, you are not a dog (unless they are Quest Bars. Alwasys reward yourself with Quest bars they are amazing). Reward yourself with a different kind of treat: get your nails done, hair done, shop for a new outfit, get your car professionally cleaned, get tickets to a concert....what ever it is make memories with it! That way you can remember 'Hey I hit my goal and because of it I was able to...' Goals and rewards always help push me to keep going.
Let me be that little voice that tells you to push yourself out of that confort zone. Keep going, and don't give up when it starts to get hard. You can do anything you put your mind to. When you start to get discouraged and start to feel the excuses start to fester into your brain, STOP! Think about why you are saying you "Can't do something". Are you really, truly, physically unable to keep your commitment to yourself to be healthier? Or is it the easy way out again? YOU CAN... Believe you can do it and you will surprise yourself. Wake up determined and go to bed saying "It might not have been a perfect day, but I tried my hardest." In the end you will be thankful you never gave up.
Keep Inspiring,
~Shauna~
#1: Find your support team. It is so much easier to stick to it when you have support from like minded people.
I think by now if you have read some of my other entries, you will know that the number one reason why I have stuck to it is because I have found an amazing support system. My Farrell's Family. If it weren't each one of them making me accountable, keeping me motivated, and sharing my journey, I wouldn't have stuck to it.
#2: Do something you really enjoy doing
Again I have said this before. Do something you love and are passionate about. Do you like running, hiking, biking, weight lifting, zumba, swimming, tennis, soccer, kickboxing? Find some kind of physical activity you like to do. When you are having fun, you won't want to quit. #3: Kick Discouragement in the face
We all transform at our own pace. We all catch on to new things differntly. Sometimes it's harder for us to get into a routine than others. Do not get discouraged, remember why you started this. Use your support team to revive your spirtits.
#4: Remove I CAN'T from your vocabulary
Try...You will never know what you can do unless you try. Will it be scary? Will it be hard? Will it be uncomfortable? Yes it proabably will, but try. You can do more than you think you can.
#5: Set Goal that you will be able to achieve in the time given.
Make smaller goals that you can accomplish. Example: I will drink 80 ounces of water each day, I will log all of my food for the week, I will lose 5 lbs. in 2 months. Once you reach that goal reward yourself. NOT WITH FOOD, you are not a dog (unless they are Quest Bars. Alwasys reward yourself with Quest bars they are amazing). Reward yourself with a different kind of treat: get your nails done, hair done, shop for a new outfit, get your car professionally cleaned, get tickets to a concert....what ever it is make memories with it! That way you can remember 'Hey I hit my goal and because of it I was able to...' Goals and rewards always help push me to keep going.
Keep Inspiring,
~Shauna~
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