When you're trying to lose weight or improve your fitness levels, self-control is what will make or break it for you. If you don't have willpower, you're more likely to slip back into bad habits and not see the results you want. You need to ensure that you're able to stick to your plan, make healthy choices and generally make the best decisions about diet and exercise. This may mean saying no to things you'd really like to say yes to, but overall, it's the best way to achieve what you set ...
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Self-Control, Staying motivated
August 11, 2017
How to improve self-control
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Making the right decisions, Staying motivated
February 16, 2017
Do small changes really make a big difference?
The expression 'one step at a time' can be applied to a lot of different things, including getting healthier. Whether you want to tone up, lose weight or just improve your fitness in general, you've probably been told to take things one step at a time. The idea is that small changes can all add up to big differences, but is this really case? After all, wouldn't it be better to just go big or go home as this will help you achieve your goals faster? While you may not believe it, small cha...
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Exercise tips, Staying motivated
January 9, 2017
Make your fitness habits stick this new year
Whether your New Year resolution is to get fit, you want to step up your exercise routine or you simply want to improve your health, you need to do more than simply sign a gym membership this January. While getting yourself to the gym is a good place to start, many of us start the new year off with great goals and a lot of enthusiasm that then dwindles away before March. The real key to improving your health and fitness is to start with habits that you can make stick for the full year. ...
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Self-Control, Staying motivated
November 25, 2016
Say goodbye to bad habits
Everyone has at least one bad habit they wish they could kick. Whether it's smoking, junk food or skipping the gym, certain habits put our health at risk and impact our fitness levels. There's probably a habit you wish you could break - or even more than one - which could mean you live healthier and improve your overall wellbeing. Rather than just wishing you could say goodbye to these bad habits or promising that you'll stop them at some time in the future, make a start today. Here are...
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February 16, 2016
How to stay motivated this February
If you started out this year with the intent to get fit or improve your overall health, the chances are you were raring to go at first. However, this initial motivation can start to wear off, so you may find it hard to keep yourself going with regular exercise and healthy eating. While we all have days where the last thing we want to do is go to the gym, letting yourself slip-up now could undo all the hard work you started at the beginning of the year. Rather than giving in and cutting dow...