How I Maintain a Healthy Diet and a Fitness Routine

 

We have so much on our minds each day that how we maintain a healthy diet and a fitness routine should come second nature. It takes a little bit of figuring out what works best for you, but here’s how I formed effective healthy routines in my life.

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How I Maintain a Healthy Diet and a Fitness Routine

Living a healthy lifestyle is always important to me, you all know that. But, I will say that I really cranked things up a bit right after Christmas and before the New Year and made an even bigger commitment to myself. Because of this, and how frequently I share about all these crucial components to living my healthiest life possible in my Instagram stories, people think that I’m a complete health nut and am working out every second of every day. This is not the case because it’s all about balance for me and how I maintain a healthy a fitness routine didn’t just happen overnight, it took time. Since I’m asked about the choices I’ve made and how I’ve kept with them so frequently, I wanted to share a few details with you all that have helped me along the way.

How I stick with a fitness routine

Having a fitness routine is crucial for your overall health. Here are the three key things that have helped me go from working out here and there to actually turning it into a routine.

1. Make a commitment to yourself. 

Before you’re able to have a successful fitness routine, something needs to shift in your mind so that you understand that you’re making this commitment to yourself. The last week in December, after we came home from Pittsburgh for Christmas, I told myself that I was going to go from working out 2-3 days a week to a solid 4 – no excuses.

2. Come to terms with the fact the visible results won’t happen overnight. 

I know that it’s easy to wish that we could blink our eyes and have abs for days staring back at us in the mirror – I think about it often. But, try not to get sucked into that mindset because visible results within a fitness routine are going to take time, and that’s okay. Unfortunately, many people are turning towards SARMs lately, which stands for Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators. They are dangerous and illegal drugs that have been found in a lot of  adulterated products masquerading as “dietary supplements.” SARMs are unapproved drugs, not dietary supplements.

While sports nutrition dietary supplements do play a big role in performance and workout routines, we all have to pay as much attention to supplement fact labels as possible and remember that if it sounds too good to be true – it probably is. Taking things one step further, SARMs may be listed on the product label (with names like “ostarine” and “andarine”), or they may not be listed in the ingredients at all. That’s why it’s important to purchase dietary supplements from companies you know and trust—those that don’t make drug-like claims.

3. Literally, map out a schedule. 

It will be different for everyone. Some people love working out at night, some like to do it in the morning, while others like to do it sporadically throughout the day as their doing chores or playing with their kids. It doesn’t matter what your schedule is, as long as it’s concrete, works with your lifestyle, is manageable and you can stick with it. I understand that things come up, which is exactly why I keep one weekday as a rest day, so if something comes up I can switch out.  Work at least one rest day in your schedule so that you don’t get burnt out and you will be able to stick with it – promise!

How I maintain a healthy diet

For me, sticking with a healthy diet is the harder one of the two – but that’s just me! If you’ve followed me for a while, you know that I strive to stick with a keto diet, but you have to find which type of eating works best for you and your body. No matter which type of diet you practice or even if you just try to make healthy choices, there are two specific things that have helped me along the way:

1. Meal prep.

My family is SO picky when it comes to dinners, so I eat my keto food during the day and then meal prep so that I won’t find myself caving at dinner and eating french fries. Whether you actually prepare meals during the weekend in preparation for a busy week or you just sit down and make a list so you know what you’re cooking each night, having a plan will always give you power over what you put into your body.

2. Keeping the bad stuff out of the house.

This is even harder…because kids. Luckily for me, I don’t eat much of those “kid foods” like fruit snacks and chips but go after things like ice cream and cookies in the evenings instead. The only way to avoid the temptation is if it’s not even there.

Looking for more healthy living tips? Here’s some great ones!

• Easy Spicy Roasted Chickpeas Recipe
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• Healthy Snack Ideas for Weight Loss – Busy Mom Style
• Natural Ways to Boost Your Metabolism
• I Tried Welleco Super Elixir And Here’s What Happens
• Fresh Food Delivery For Your Baby From Little Spoon
• Motherhood Unplugged: How to Get Better Sleep Naturally

I KNOW that if I can do this and maintain a healthy diet and a fitness routine are possible for me, that you can all do it, too. And I’ll leave you with these last words of wisdom that I let replay in my mind when I’m focussing really hard on a fitness goal: slow and steady wins the race! Yes, the phrase from the children’s tale The Tortoise and the Hare is my workout mantra. Stick with it and remember not to turn towards nasty SARMs is always a bad idea – you’ll get there on your own.

Fashionably Yours,

Allison

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