In my last blog I talked about how building better habits can help us live happier & healthier.
But how do we measure how healthy we really are?
Is ‘being healthy’ about feeling better and having more energy?
Or is it about looking better and ‘being in shape’?
Well it's all of the above actually, having an healthy lifestyle doesn't mean being extreme on any aspect of your life.
Take exercise for instance, it doesn't mean we've got to go to the gym and nearly kill ourselves in our quest for better health.
In fact this can be counter intuitive when looking at achieving fat loss and health goals
Same with nutrition, it doesn't mean being on some restrictive diet, being unhappy and not being able to enjoy all the wonderful foods out there.
Nowadays we tend to eat more for taste rather than what goodness we get from food. I'm not saying never to eat tasty foods every again but we must remember food is fuel for our bodies and the more nutritional food we eat the better we're going to look and feel, it's that simple.
As humans we tend to over-complicate things too much and we're always looking for the magic pill or new fad diet that's going to get us into great shape but if we just concentrated on the basics and make it simple then we would be much happier and healthier.
Most diets have people cut out the foods they enjoy, and eat what people conceive as boring foods, but it just needs to be a balance.
Always aim for the 80/20 rule.
Eating more nutritional foods 80% of the time, that leaves us 20% of enjoying the less nutritional foods.
I'll say it a thousand times, but this is the way that the majority of us need to be living, and it's the way I've found most success with clients.
Stop over complicating things, stop 'counting points' and stop making yourself unhappy by following diet after diet and then giving up time and time again because we're unhappy and continuously falling off the wagon.
Everything in moderation is something we're told time and time again, and there's a reason why, because its so true.
Nutrition, hydration, exercise, sleep and stress all need to be balanced to fit in and around our lifestyle.
Not sure how to put it into practice?
Get in touch and let me help you.
Email me - [email protected]
Take exercise for instance, it doesn't mean we've got to go to the gym and nearly kill ourselves in our quest for better health.
In fact this can be counter intuitive when looking at achieving fat loss and health goals
Same with nutrition, it doesn't mean being on some restrictive diet, being unhappy and not being able to enjoy all the wonderful foods out there.
Nowadays we tend to eat more for taste rather than what goodness we get from food. I'm not saying never to eat tasty foods every again but we must remember food is fuel for our bodies and the more nutritional food we eat the better we're going to look and feel, it's that simple.
As humans we tend to over-complicate things too much and we're always looking for the magic pill or new fad diet that's going to get us into great shape but if we just concentrated on the basics and make it simple then we would be much happier and healthier.
Most diets have people cut out the foods they enjoy, and eat what people conceive as boring foods, but it just needs to be a balance.
Always aim for the 80/20 rule.
Eating more nutritional foods 80% of the time, that leaves us 20% of enjoying the less nutritional foods.
I'll say it a thousand times, but this is the way that the majority of us need to be living, and it's the way I've found most success with clients.
Stop over complicating things, stop 'counting points' and stop making yourself unhappy by following diet after diet and then giving up time and time again because we're unhappy and continuously falling off the wagon.
Everything in moderation is something we're told time and time again, and there's a reason why, because its so true.
Nutrition, hydration, exercise, sleep and stress all need to be balanced to fit in and around our lifestyle.
Not sure how to put it into practice?
Get in touch and let me help you.
Email me - [email protected]