Motivation and inspiration are crucial but sometimes you just need some practical tips from someone who has been there and is not trying to make money off of you. If you are like me you decide to lose weight or get in shape but have no idea how to deal with the snags along the way.
1) If you have young children; find a gym with childcare. This was a jackpot: like hour 25 plus a guaranteed shower and time to listen to my own music all rolled into one. I guarantee you I was a better parent because of it.
2) The best kept secret isn't Victoria's in my experience. Go to www.enell.com instead. Even if you don't buy anything their blog is a wellspring of information and celebration.
3) I actually have to think about the order of these but yes, Music beats shoes. I guess I really do think of my headphones as Skullcandy after all. I started ten years ago with a case full of CDs but now I'm lost without iTunes and Pandora. Someday I'll go for the premium version so I can skip the ads. I also reward myself with songs. It's a good replacement for food rewards and often revives my workout.
4) Shoes, they really do make or break me. Too individual for a recommendation but I will say that the wrong shoes have landed me in physical therapy.
5) Gum, I chew it at times or in situations where I would eat mindlessly. Sometimes a 2 second pause is all I need to ward off bad habits.
6 ) Setting my scale to kilograms demonstrated in a nanosecond how much crap I've swallowed when it comes to weight measurement. It's just an indicator, meant to guide us like one's body temperature or pulse. Switching to Kg gives me a real metric without false praise or scorn.
1) If you have young children; find a gym with childcare. This was a jackpot: like hour 25 plus a guaranteed shower and time to listen to my own music all rolled into one. I guarantee you I was a better parent because of it.
2) The best kept secret isn't Victoria's in my experience. Go to www.enell.com instead. Even if you don't buy anything their blog is a wellspring of information and celebration.
3) I actually have to think about the order of these but yes, Music beats shoes. I guess I really do think of my headphones as Skullcandy after all. I started ten years ago with a case full of CDs but now I'm lost without iTunes and Pandora. Someday I'll go for the premium version so I can skip the ads. I also reward myself with songs. It's a good replacement for food rewards and often revives my workout.
4) Shoes, they really do make or break me. Too individual for a recommendation but I will say that the wrong shoes have landed me in physical therapy.
5) Gum, I chew it at times or in situations where I would eat mindlessly. Sometimes a 2 second pause is all I need to ward off bad habits.
6 ) Setting my scale to kilograms demonstrated in a nanosecond how much crap I've swallowed when it comes to weight measurement. It's just an indicator, meant to guide us like one's body temperature or pulse. Switching to Kg gives me a real metric without false praise or scorn.
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