Easy Ways To Stay Inspired To Live Healthier

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Find your "why">> Is it to lose x amount of pounds? To fit into your favorite pair of skinny jeans again? To live a healthier, more well balanced life so you have more energy? Maybe for a certain health reason? 

Whatever your "why" is (it's different for everyone!), get to the core of it and make it clear and precise. 

Make your goals visible>>So you've figured out your why but you think just remembering in your head is going to do the job? It won't. Plaster them on the front of your refrigerator...in your planner...anywhere. My personal favorite is the refrigerator for two reasons. 1. It helps curb your snacking when you feel like reaching in there for something unhealthy or something you may not need-with your goals right in your face, you will think before eating it. 2. It's there to remind your spouse/significant other that you're working towards something, and hopefully they are right there to support you and won't be asking you to join them at McDonald's anytime soon.

Find 2 weeks worth of healthy meals and put them on rotation in the beginning>> If you don't have a plan, you will fail. When I switched to being a pescatarian many years ago, this was the one thing that kept me going. I turned to Pinterest to find easy meals that looked yummy that I could make for 2 weeks. Mainly I just looked up dinner recipes since that's the hardest meal for me to think of ideas, but I would recommend breakfast and lunch as well if you don't have ideas for those. It may seem boring to eat the same type of foods and/or meals for 2 weeks, but it's worth it. It will get your mind and body into a habit which is key. See below.

As I just mentioned, I truly believe once you get into the habit of eating healthier (or exercising more) it is much easier to stick with it. Say goodbye to your old habits and start building good ones! 

Prep for the coming week>> Make sure you have all the food you need at home for your meals and prepare it the Sunday before. This may mean washing your veggies, cutting up all your fruit into containers, or even making sure that dreaded laundry is done so that you have your favorite workout clothes readily available to pack up! (another tip: I always pack my gym bag before bed so it's ready for the following day)

Keep a journal>> It's fun to track your progress and to see how far you've come!

*Thank you all for your feedback yesterday, I tried to respond directly to each of you yesterday at some point and also replied to some in the comment section. My plan is to just make sure I'm doing a good balance of all my favorite topics...from healthy recipes to personal to fashion finds. Not every post will be everyone's favorite, but by doing it this way I'm writing about what I most enjoy and {hopefully) providing a good mix of all things! I'm actually linking up this post today for Katie's new link-up (some of you were looking for some? here is one!) called Healthy Habits.  Happy we almost made it to Friday day!