During certain seasons of life, it can be tough to maintain your fitness level. I want to encourage you to not get caught in the All Or Nothing Trap.
This is the trap where you think you have to be perfect and DO ALL THE THINGS. Then if you mess up once, you quit everything.
I want to encourage you with a story about loose change. I know you're on the edge of your seat now!
A few years ago, my family started collecting loose change. Seven cents here, 22 cents there. That seemingly worthless change that you can't really do much with, we started throwing it in a Tupperware container.
We decided to finally cash it in and we were blown away with how much was in there. It was about $280 worth of change! You should have seen me struggling to carry the container into Walmart, that thing was heavy.
Everyone is impressed with big numbers, but little things add up too. Think about it this way. You probably wouldn't impress your friends if you told them you lost 1 ounce of weight.
But if you did that every day for a year you would lose over 22 pounds!
Any progress is a victory. It is a sign you are doing something right.
If you can do one more squat than you could a month ago, run 10 seconds when before you couldn't run at all, or if you "only" lost 2 pounds you are heading in the right direction.
If you exercised twice this week, that is great! Don't badmouth yourself because you planned to exercise 5 days this week.
Do. Not. Give. Up.
Every little bit matters.
Because I have seen it time and time again with my clients. They will be slowly but surely losing weight and inches, then one day it all clicks and it's like the weight and inches just start pouring off.
To have long term success you need to:
-put in consistent effort
-celebrate the small wins, as well as big wins
-look for non-scale victories (more energy, BP down, more flexible, better mood, etc…)
-have a sustainable plan (no more crash diets or exercising every day for a week, then quitting)
-have a compelling goal that will keep you moving forward when the hard times hit
Keep doing the little things and celebrating the little things and it will lead to big changes in your life. It takes patience and trust, but it will happen.
Tone and Trim On Your Time
I've designed 3 workouts you can do at home with minimal equipment that will:
-Increase your metabolism
-Build lean muscle
-Tone your whole body
-Increase cardiovascular endurance
-Keep your body guessing with lots of variety
-Accommodate every level from the beginner to advanced
These workouts can all be done in 30 minutes or less and you can do them any time you like. You can get those for free at this link: