My Body Tutor : No More Excuses

I hope you had an awesome Thanksgiving weekend!

As much as being sedentary and eating whatever we want is fun – it gets old quickly. It just doesn’t feel as good as eating healthfully and exercising. Not even close.

To be honest, this weekend wasn’t the best of weekends for me exercise and food wise. I had a great time at my sister’s house but going to the gym and eating the way I normally want to didn’t happen.

After a while, I was kind of sick of eating and especially sick of eating unhealthy foods.

There’s only so much sitting and eating one can do!

I’m not knocking it because every once in a while it’s a nice break but it reminded me of why I love eating healthy and exercising so much. I miss that feeling!

So, if you didn’t have the best of weekends forget about it. No sense crying over spilled milk. It is what it is.

(If you did have an awesome weekend that’s fantastic! You should be really proud of yourself!)

The challenge with long weekends is that we lose momentum. That’s why it’s really important to focus all of your energy on today. Not this week as a whole but today.

Just focus on your very next meal. Use all of your willpower and energy to make your very next meal as healthy as it can be. As soon as you eat a great meal, you’ll start to feel in control again. You’ll start to feel good again.

Once you start feeling good again, you’re going to want to keep on feeling good.

Same goes with exercise. I highly recommend you get some sort of exercise done today. It doesn’t have to be a mind-blowing workout. But get some sweat going. It’ll feel good!

Today is going to be hard. If you’ve been eating sugar and cake and junk all weekend, you’re going to crave it. Stay strong. Chew gum. Drink water. Eat lots of protein. If you can get through today, tomorrow will be a lot easier.

And it’s not really ‘today’. It comes down to a few intense moments of urges and cravings.

Ultimately, we all know how great it feels to eat healthy and exercise. But we all know how easy it is to do the alternative.

Today, especially, focus on one meal at a time.

Set yourself up for success! Get rid of all your Thanksgiving treats. Go to the grocery store and get some healthy foods. Drink lots of water. Eat slowly.

When your head hits the pillow tonight, you’ll be glad you got back in the groove!