The Mistakes You Could be Making on The Road to Fitness

by - February 28, 2022

 Are you keen to improve your wellbeing and general levels of fitness? If so, then it’s important that you avoid some of the more common mistakes. Doing so will ensure that you do see the results that you hoped for when you started this journey and you won’t fall short of your goals. 


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No Tracking


First, it’s important to make sure that you do control how much you are working out or dieting by tracking it. If you don’t track your progress, then you’ll never know how much you have achieved or how far you have left to go. One of the ways that you can handle this is by using the right technology that is available to you. For instance, you might want to think about using a smart watch. The best smartwatches can track everything from your heart rate to your breathing and more. I love the Zero app for tracking my fasting, my Garmin watch for tracking my sleep and my Renpho scales for measuring my body.


No Cheat Days


Next, you should think about ensuring that cheat days are part of your plan. People tend to avoid cheat days because they think it’s ‘cheating’ on their plans. But cheat days are beneficial. Regardless of whether you are ordering delicious treats from somewhere like Chummys Bakery or another store, a cheat day can stop you from going on a binge. It can prevent you from ruining your plans and destroying your wellness strategy. It will also help ensure that you can deal with stress and tension that could be building in your life as well. Remember: progress over perfection! If you fall off your routine it's ok to simply put yourself back on it. Don't overthink it. It's not 'all or nothing'.


No Routine 


It’s great if you can get into a wellness routine. This should include dietary choices as well as a fitness strategy. If you don’t do this, then it’s far more likely that you won’t reach the level that you need to see key results. Setting a routine can also allow you to form habits which will be important. The right habits will mean that you can ensure that your diet choices and your fitness routines eventually become second nature. They will be an effortless and seamless part of your daily lifestyle. This brings us to one final mistake that you should strive to avoid. 


No Lifestyle Changes


Finally, you need to make sure that you are making changes to your lifestyle. If you don’t do this, then the impact of changes to your diet plan or your fitness routine are always going to deliver more limited results. For instance, you should consider the amount of downtime that you have throughout the day. Downtime has a huge impact on your wellbeing and will hurt any plans that you have to improve your wellbeing. That’s why you should make sure that you’re not spending hours on Netflix every day. It will hurt your health in the long term. Embrace doing nothing! Or at least something more meaningful.


We hope this helps you understand some of the key mistakes that you can make on your road to getting fit and improving your wellbeing. By avoiding these minefields, you can guarantee that you do see far better results along your fitness journey and gain the significant benefits of these changes. 


You've got this!

Lots of love,

Jenna


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