Your All or Nothing Mindset Is Slowing You Down
Listen…I’ve been the girl who wanted to do 4 classes a week, run the half marathon, and neatly pair it with my sauna blanket and red light mask three times a week. And in theory, it sounds incredible…but if you’ve only been taking walks for the past 6 months and doing a light Peloton workout in your basement once a week, we need to set our self up for success, not disappointment.
And if you’re anything like me, you beat yourself up about it. You tell yourself you'll "start fresh" next week if the plan doesn’t go “right”. You'll come back when work calms down or when the kids are back into a routine. When you don’t have travel or when life is “less crazy”
And before you know it, the one workout you could have done turns into zero.
Because, we convinced ourselves that if we can't do it perfectly, it's not worth doing at all.
But trust us, that’s so not the truth!
Stick To Your Workout Routine with Every Changing Season!
Didn’t Summer just start? It feels like Fall is right around the corner and for some that brings a feeling of overwhelm and fear of what the future holds. We immediately start creating back-to-school checklists, writing out our never ending “to-do” lists on post-its, and this year especially, wondering how work will be once you head back to the office. All the while trying to find the time to exercise and keep your nutrition on track. Seems like a lot doesn’t it? Well what if I told you, it didn’t have to be so overwhelming? What if you gave yourself permission to maintain your workout routine moving into this new season? Below are a few things that I’ve used in my life to make my mental and physical health a non-negotiable: