I think the hardest part about making change to your lifestyle is staying on track and keeping motivated. Life is full of curve balls, and there’s always things that can throw you off. For me, the biggest thing is not stressing or worrying about falling off track and just keeping on with your healthy lifestyle goals. For example, this week I’ve been away and eaten more treat foods than I usually would. I’ve had chocolate caramel slice, chocolate cookies and ice cream, but I don’t feel guilty or stressed about it. I think that’s key in a healthy relationship with food. I know I’ve been eating healthy meals and that I’ll continue with my healthy lifestyle.
So as well as getting back on board, here’s my other favourite tips for keeping motivated:
1. Use apps
When it comes to exercise, apps are my favourite way to keep motivated and achieve new goals. My favourite apps are both Nike – Nike Running and Nike Training Club.
Nike Running maps your runs and tracks your progress, and get the motivation you need to keep going. It tracks distance, pace, time and calories burned with GPS, giving you audio feedback as you run. I find the feedback about my pace helps drive me to run at a good pace and really push my fitness. If you’re a runner, or even a walker, I’d recommend downloading this free app to help boost your fitness.
The other app I like is My Fitness Pal as an online food diary, especially if you’re trying to lose weight.
2. Read health and fitness magazines
A good health and fitness magazine can give you new ideas, tips and recipes to try and I find these help keep me inspired when I’m feeling bored with my workout routine or food. My favourites are Good Health and Women’s Health.
3. Keep healthy food interesting
One of my clients told me once that they were bored with healthy eating when they first came to see me. Turns out they were eating the same food day in, day out. And of course, it’s completely normal to get bored eating the same food day after day. Mix up your meals. For example for breakfast I love oats, but I change the toppings quite a bit – from berries and yoghurt to banana, almond and cinnamon, mixing it up keeps your taste buds excited. Sometimes I cook them into porridge, sometimes I have them raw.
If you want some healthy eating inspiration, like us on Facebook as I quite often share new recipes of mine and others I’ve found that look good.
4. Have some easy meals ready for off days
I definitely have days when I really don’t feel like making dinner. It can be really easy to opt for takeaways on these days, but I’ve been buying some quick, easy options for dinner in my weekly shop for these nights. My favourite includes the Pitango range of risottos, soups and curries. They’re made with organic ingredients, are pretty healthy and taste great too. They’re the perfect size for 2 people. My favourites: the organic spring lamb soup, the vegetable korma curry and the organic pumpkin, leek & spinach risotto.
5. Set goals
You probably hear this all the time, but setting goals is key to staying motivated and on track. It’s no good to just think of them though, write them down, stick them somewhere that you can seem them, and review regulalry. I like the idea above for weekly goals/tasks that you want to do, or otherwise
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