Tip of the Day - Be Ready to Work Out

Sometimes there are legitimate reasons to skip a work out but often even the slightest little thing can hinder our efforts. Like when you're heading out the door to the gym and can't find your weights or off to Zumba and your shimmy-shake skirt is no where to be found. And you know how it is. When you miss one workout it gets easier to miss the next one and then the one after that.

Do you ever get frustrated when it's time to go and you can't find what you need for the gym? Sometimes it's easier to just say forget it because it's too much trouble? 

Don't make excuses! Be prepared!

My sweet daughter in law gave me one of her tote bags that she wasn't using so I put it to good use to store my Zumba and workout gear so it's ready to grab as I run out the door. 

 This is what I keep in my bag at all times:

• Enduro towel
• Extra socks
• Hair clip
• Cash
• Weights
• Stretch band
• Mini 1st aid kit 
• Pain reliever
• Wet Ones
• Germ X
• Shimmy scarf 
• Mat
• Bag of raw almonds

The only thing I have to add is my water bottle and I'm ready to go.

What keeps you from working out? 

No more excuses-find a solution!

Patti

Tip for the Day-Reducing Sugar in Our Diet

Last night at my WW meeting one of the ladies said she had a drinking problem. 

KOOL-AID that is! 

The real stuff made with real sugar. 

She said she'd drink the whole pitcher-at least 2 quarts. That's one cup of sugar!

People were giving her advice. Telling her to drink something sugar free like Crystal Light or to drink water instead. 

One of the ladies who has had a very successful weight-loss (and kept it off) told her not to do that. That instead of trying to go cold turkey she should wean herself off the Kool-Aid slowly by adding a little more water to the pitcher.  Increase the amount of water and decrease the amount of sugar slowly so her taste buds could adjust. 

She said that by going cold turkey she'd be setting herself up for failure. 

I did something similar with sugar and oatmeal. I used to use at least 2 Tablespoons of sugar on my oatmeal. I began to reduce the amount of sugar by 1 teaspoon a day. I now can eat my oatmeal with only 1 teaspoon of sugar and I'm OK with it. I know if I'd tried to go cold turkey I wouldn't have stuck to it. 

It also worked with my coffee. I went from 3 teaspoons of sugar per cup to drinking it with no sugar. 

Sometimes we have to trick our bodies in to doing the right thing!

Patti