5 Tips for staying Consistent with your Exercise Regimen

1. Rely on habits, not motivation. It’s not every day you’re motivated to get to the gym and work out. However, if you create healthy habits, things like physical activity become part of your everyday routine and therefore your workout gets done.

2. Focus on one change at a time. For example, I always start with one goal for my clients at a time: either steps, sleep or sips. Aiming for 10,000 steps per day, 7-9 hours of sleep and drinking roughly 80-110 ounces of water per day.

3. Set your environment up for success. Buy the healthy and whole foods you plan to prepare and eat. Have a morning routine to set you up for a successful day like journaling / prayer or meditation and an evening routine to help you get the best quality sleep: staying off your phone an hour before bed and sleeping in a cold and dark room.

4. Follow a diet and workout you enjoy. It’s a lot more difficult to stay consistent when your meals consist of foods you don’t enjoy eating. For example, if you don’t like peas or fish then don’t have meals where you’d eat those foods. Have a meal with broccoli and chicken. Add flavor to your food. Same thing goes for working out, if you don’t enjoy going to Zumba or a HIIT class then try yoga and walking, whatever will help you keep coming back for more physical activity. Even things like basketball and pickleball work.

5. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. I hear this so much, “I only had 30 mins for a workout so I decided that wasn’t enough time and I didn’t do anything”. This is NOT the answer. 30 minutes of walking is better than nothing, 30 minutes of body weight exercises in your house is better than nothing. It doesn’t have to be perfect, just good enough.