6 Ways To Make Health
& Fitness Resolutions That Last!
Wendy Powell, creator of the MuTu® System for mummy tummies,
shares with us her 6 Top Tips for starting January as you mean to go on!
One of my favourite quotes is, “If you always do what you always did,
you’ll always get what you always got.”
If you’ve greeted every New Year for as long as you can remember with a
groggy head, a ‘detox plan’ that lasts less than 2 weeks, or an
expensive gym membership that is used for one month only ... Time to do
something different!
Don’t set yourself up to fail! Don’t say ‘I’ll never drink or eat pizza
again’ or ‘I’ll be in the gym 5 days a week’ if you know that once the
hangover and post-festive remorse wears off, you’re not going to stick
to it.
Instead, resolve to move your body more, to eat less processed food and
to drink 3 more glasses of water every day. Resolve to not have a take
away meal more than once a week, to eat breakfast every day and to get
out for breath for 20 minutes every day (walk the escalators or the
stairs, walk or cycle to work).
1. Eat breakfast every day, eat fresh fruit and vegetables every
day and eat lean protein with every meal. Drink more water and limit
take-outs, booze or ready meals to once a week max. Don’t make healthy
eating more complicated than it needs to be!
2. The single BEST thing you can do for your health is to move
more. No gym necessary! Trainers and a sports bra are all the kit you
need to start a walk/run programme, follow a workout video or join a
class. Just move!
3. Identify your temptations – it might be wine, chocolate,
take-away food or carbonated drinks. Junk foods are just a habit, they
don’t taste good and they don’t do you any good, so cut down gradually
to once or week or even to not at all! But keep your goals realistic –
one step at a time
4. Setting goals over the months to help. You’re not going to
drop 2 dress sizes or run a marathon by 1st February, so make your goals
realistic! 1-2lbs fat-loss a week is do-able and sustainable –so set
your long term goals but then break them down. Goals on the scales,
clothes to fit into or distances run, then reward yourself as you go
(but not with food!)
5. Stress and fatigue makes you fat. Fact. It’s to do with
cortisol, stress hormones and abdominal fat storage... on a ‘need to
know basis’, it means learn to relax, sleep and chill out or you’ll
never drop the unwanted pounds!
6. You have to believe you’re worth taking care of. Stop feeling
guilty and start taking care of yourself! Real, fresh food, regular
exercise and down-time (yoga, a walk on your own or just more sleep!)
are the best gift you can give yourself for the New Year!
Some blog posts you might like:
The Excuses You’re Most Likely To Make, and How To Get Past Them
Why you’re not Losing Weight, Despite a ‘Healthy Diet’?
Further information on the Mutu System can be found online:
www.mutusystem.com
