What You CAN Do - Part V

This is it, the final two steps for putting your weight loss plan all together.  You have had almost a month now to implement the previous 8 steps, how are you doing?  What do you find easy?  What do you struggle with?  Not everyone's struggles will be the same but just know that you can do it, one step at a time.  The last two steps bring everything it all together.

9. Creating A Plan
The old saying is true... "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail"!  You can have every intention to do the right thing but without making an actual plan it's easy to fall off the wagon.  Your plan needs to include prepping your food for the week or at least a few days and your workouts.  Whether it's signing up for classes, going to a training session, meeting a friend for a workout, etc.  Plan out your entire week and schedule when you are going to fit in your workouts and when you are going to fuel your body. 

Plan out what your meals are going to look like for the week.  What you are going to have for dinner each night and as well breakfast, lunches and snacks.  Grocery shop for the week and prep food by cutting up veggies and fruit, cooking lean meat and making a large pot of rice.

True, this may sound like a lot of work.  But truth be told, it should take less than a couple hours and it will make the rest of your week run much more smoothly!  We understand that sometimes life happens but if you have a plan in place you are much less likely to derail from it.  Try it out and see what happens...

10. Don't Beat Yourself Up!
As we just stated, life happens!  Sometimes even the best laid plans just don't happen that day.  The most important thing to remember is this does not mean to abandon everything!  Indulged too much on beverages and snacks one night?  Get right back on track the next morning.  Miss your workout, try and sneak in some activity that day (even if it's ten minutes, it's better than nothing).  Stressed out?  Do something for YOU (a hot bath, meditation, workout, etc). 

The point is, breaking one of the steps, even all the steps doesn't mean that all is lost.  We are our own worst critic and more often than not our own biggest obstacle!  It's time to push all those negative thoughts aside.  If you are honesty doing the best that you can at that moment, then give yourself a break.  Find happiness in your life and everything else will fall into place.  Go to sleep every night knowing that you did your best that day, maybe it wasn't perfect, but it was something.  And something is always better than nothing...

Time to put it all together now and start seeing the changes you are looking for.

Questions or comments, we would love to hear them!

In Health,
Jessica & Tristan Zapata