Be realistic about how much spare time you have and what you can achieve.
Our busy lives may not leave much time for exercise and meal preparation and, at the end of the day, I’m a realist about what you can achieve given your lifestyle.
A big factor that people forget about when trying to get summer fit is expectation and reality. This should not be used as an excuse but we do need to be realistic about what changes we can make and how much time we have to spend on making those changes.
I’m a busy mom and I don’t have time to be making separate dinners for every family member. When I look to tighten things up for all my clients coming into the summer, the approach has to be realistic and something that does not cause burn out, as this leads to giving up and not getting results.
Here are some of my top tips for creating small changes that will help make a difference to leaning-up for summer:
* Create a family dinner plan: There’s nothing boring about it. Look at foods that the entire family eats and plan what you are going to eat each day. The reason I look at dinner first, is because overeating and mindless eating tends to happen when you get home in the evening and start to wind down. At least one to two dinners mid-week should be fast dinners. I don’t have the energy every night to slave over hot dinners, so have a health fast alternative or leftovers.
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