Keeping Your Lifestyle Is Not Always Easy

I've been asked several times recently:  "How do I travel and still manage to lose the weight?"  Or "how do I maintain the healthy lifestyle?" Great questions!! 

Here are some tips.

1.  First, recognize that it is a LIFESTYLE change, not just a diet or a fad or something to do for a month or two.  It's a LIFESTYLE change. 

2.  After recognizing that it's a lifestyle change, commit to it.  Commit to changing your life, one small step at a time.  By committing to it, I am making a decision to make healthy choices wtih food and exercise.  I am making a decision to COMMIT.

3.  After recognizing it's a lifestyle change and making a decision to stick with it, also learn to recognize that you are human and bound to make mistakes. 

4.  When I make a mistake (which I do often enough), LEARN from it!!!  And then RE COMMIT to the lifestyle change.  This is an important step.  If you do not learn from your mistake, you will continually make it.  Think about how you felt before you made the mistake and then really understand and evaluate how you feel AFTER you made the mistake.  After eating that big plate of nachos, did you have the energy to finish your day?  If you  had the energy, was it the same as when you made a smart decision for dinner? 

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A few more tips to help with this lifestyle change:

1.  Have a SALAD every day.  This helps get your veggies in (and sometimes fruit depending on your salad). 

2.  I have a SHAKEOLOGY every single day to help me gain an extra 20g of protein and 3-4 servings of veggies in my diet.  Yay for #ChocolateShakeology and #ChocolateVeganShakeology

3.  Don't beat yourself up when you make a mistake.  As mentioned above, learn from it and move on.  Re-focus yourself, remind yourself of your goals and start with the very next meal.  Don't wait until "tomorrow."  Get right back into your lifestyle change the VERY NEXT MEAL!!

4.  READ THE LABELS!!!!  If you are interested in eating healthier, stick to the outside of the store where everything is fresh and not processed and read those darn labels.  The labels tell you everything you need to know about the food you are eating.  Watch the calorie, sodium, sugar, carbs, fats, proteins, etc.  As you are learning what to eat and what not to eat, focus on one thing.  Maybe lower your sugar intake.  Once you've worked on the sugar intake, work on choosing foods with lower sodium.  As you start to choose foods based on the labels, you will notice a difference.

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REMEMBER:  This is a lifestyle change that will be with you forever.  Commit to making right decisions and the rest will fall into place!!