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Achieving New Years Goals

12/31/2016

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It's that time of year where we all tend to sit down think about our past year (see you later 2016) and start setting those lofty resolutions for the upcoming year (hello 2017!). It is great to set goals, even lofty ones, but it is even better to set yourself up for success.

Setting a New Years resolution can often end up being us writing down a set of hopes for the year and this is a great place to start, however hopes and goals are no good without an action plan to help you meet them.
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4 Steps to Setting and Acheiving Goals:
  1. ​Start by defining those goals. What are you hoping to achieve this year? Why do you want this?
  2. Once you have figured out what you want and more importantly why you want it, it is time to sit down and decide - what are you willing to do to achieve these goals? It is easy to say "I want to lose weight because I want to be healthy". It is a bigger exercise in self reflection to write out what you will need to do daily, weekly and monthly in order to achieve that end goal.
  3. Now this part is key, come back to your goals every single week! Pick one day and on that day you sit down, look at your goals and define your action plan for the week. So if your goals are to say, eat more vegetables your action plan for one week may be to have at least two servings of veg at lunch and dinner. You can start off small and build your way up to a whole day based on vegetables and totally void of meat...imagine!
  4. ​Remember to challenge yourself. I once read that "we can't jump higher than we can imagine" so keep pushing yourself and remind yourself that consistency, positive self talk and good old hustle is what will help you to achieve those goals.
Now get after it, enjoy yourself and Happy New Year everyone!
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Avoid the Holiday Set Back

12/7/2016

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It's that time of year where we maybe indulge a bit too much, exercise maybe not enough and push our nutrition, fitness and health goals to the side. Sure this is fine every now and again and definitely not something we should be stressing ourselves over but at the same time you don't want to throw all of your hard work in the trash because #yolo (you only live once) do you?

We may only live once but why not make that life the healthiest, most positive, energized and best life it can be? And believe it or not that life includes indulging every now and then, just be mindful of those indulgences with these helpful tips to avoid massive set backs in your progress and hard work!
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Tips to stay on track:

  1. Start your day with lemon water to help wake up that metabolism and get your stomach ready to thuroughly digest breakfast. Keep up your hydration habit by sipping on plain filtered water through the day.
  2. Always make sure half of your plate is green. If you are in a situation that this can be done, like at the cookie table, do your best to limit yourself to only your very favorite holiday treats.
  3. If the party is potluck style you are in luck. Bring one of your favorite healthy, fresh and colourful dishes. This way you know there is something delicious and healthy for you to eat, plus you get to share all that deliciousness with your friends!
  4. It's the holidays you are likely going to have a drink, I get it, but having a drink doesn't mean having 5 drinks every night until then ball drops on New Years Eve. Like with picking your favorite holiday deserts, pick the social occasions where having a drink will mean the most to you. We often get caught up using alcohol as a social lubricant this time of year challenge yourself to find new non-alcohol based ways of connecting with people at your many holiday functions.
  5. Be sure to get your rest. With shopping, parties, drinks, wrapping and binge watching holiday movies all on the agenda for the next month sleep can feel like a waste of time or impossible to get. Now is the time to prioritize it in your life. Restful sleep will help you get ready for the parties, repair those muscles to lift heavy bags of gifts and rest your mind in preparation of your favourit holiday movie so you can enjoy these experiences instead of just going through the actions.
  6. As much as you may want to don't skip those workouts. They are excellent stress relievers, will help with your sleep and will keep you energized! No matter what your exercise is (walking, spinning, cross fit, weight training, yoga, etc.) commit to continuing with your workouts, even if you put yourself on a reduced schedule.
  7. Supercharge that immune system. All of the holiday running around, eating and drinking, paired with cooler weather can play a toll on our immune system. So support that immune system with vitamin D, foods rich in vitamin C like brussel sprouts and oranges and vitamin sleep! (See #5)

These simple tips will help you to not veer too far off track this holiday season and will help to keep you happy and healthy instead of worn out come January.
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    My name is Brittany, I am a Holistic Nutritionist, Yoga Teacher and Certified Personal trainer. My hope is to help inspire, encourage and motivate others to live their happiest and healthiest lives. 

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