10 Things Not To Do When It Comes To Fitness Goals
We all want to look like Heidi Klum and dance like Shakira, but we can't. Be realistic, but don't lose hope either and always have a time frame for yourself. Isn't Halloween just around the corner? Here are some tips on what NOT to do when you set a fitness goal for yourself:
1. Don't say you start on Monday or tomorrow or next week. Start from your NEXT choice, whether it's food or activity. Put that burrito down! Get out of your bed and go lift some weights! START NOW! After all Netflix is much more enjoyable after leg days...
2. Don't try to look like that Instagram model you've been following and showing everyone. Set a realistic short term goal first, and then you might even end up liking how you look like better anyways!
3. Don't starve yourself! You need food to survive and function! But pay attention, I said FOOD and not Packaged Poison! If it doesn't exist somehow in nature, it is not real food. It might as well be flavored leggo! Ouch!
4. Don't try to be a 100 lbs. If you were never 100 lbs in your entire life for more than a year with no health problems, then chances are you will never be able to be a 100 lbs. It's not about the number on the scale!
5. Don't forget to take a picture of yourself on the first day of your amazing journey! Looking back at your progress will motivate you!
6. Don't put it on Social Media unless you're really sticking to it everyday. Checking in at the gym won't burn calories. Posting instagram photos of your healthy lunch at the office won't mean a thing, if you're going to drown yourself in Margaritas and Tacos at happy hour! Just don't...
7. Don't leave any room for your lazy self to make excuses. "Oh I forgot my gym clothes and I live far. I'll just work out double tomorrow." Bring your gym clothes with you, just like how you always had your heels and dresses in the car when you were 21. "Oh darn, it's raining and I suddenly feel sick." Uhm I bet that sickness will go away if a happy hour suggestion comes up! Get out there and stop being lazy!
8. Don't listen to nay sayers! I have never met a negative nancy who was fit, just saying.
9. Don't blame everything on "stress". What stress? If you're under 35 and have no kids or spouse, have graduated with all the degrees you wanted, and have a job that pays the bills, and is not going through some horrible medical condition, please don't bring stress in the middle. It's just you being lazy and at war with yourself on doing the right thing!
10. Don't stop once you see a tiny result. Chances are, you just lost some water weight, or your period is over and the bloating is gone. Merrp...
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