5 ways to a better you

Seems simple enough right? It’s the ultimate goal you are searching for. You want to be a better you. Everybody wants to be happy, but everyone especially wants to be happy with themselves.

This is the perfect 5 ways to becoming a better you but in my opinion, these 5 things have made me a better me and I hope they will do the same for you.

1. Find your passion. No this doesn’t have to become your whole life or even your job in my opinion. My job and passion are very closely related but one is more directed to my passion. I really enjoy helping the higher-Ed community with their health and wellness because the students are at a prime time to prevent the real reason I have a passion for helping in the health and wellness side. I love helping people who feel lost and helpless or feel like they are way past the time of help. I love when people come to me and say I don’t know where to start or I won’t be able to achieve progress. Take at my dad and my best friend, both very same results, both different starts, and both very different ages. I loved helping them for a long time and did it for free because I wanted to help.

2. Time to get NEAT. NEAT stands for Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. What this means is the activity we do when we aren’t exercising. This is why if you ask me or work with me, I tell you to get 6,000-10,000 steps a day. Inactivity leads to so many health risks. Have you heard that sitting is the new cancer? Doesn’t that sound ridiculous? But it really isn’t because sitting is going to give you some of the same health concerns. We have to get moving besides just that though. Moving causes you to feel better, be more energized, and be more productive. Also, motion creates emotions. If you sit around all day, you aren’t going to feel the same as if you started the day off with a walk or walk during your lunch.

3. Chug chug chug. No I’m not talking about the fun version of chugging. I’m talking about the boring bland version of the stuff that is healthiest for you. Get your water in. When you begin to drink more water than usual and even get to a gallon or more, your skin will begin to look better, helps immune system, helps with digestion, helps exercise endurance, and best of all helps with weight loss and muscle gain. You need water to help. Water is easy to drink once you stop thinking about it. Add in your coffee, tea, protein shakes, pre workouts, etc and start your day with 16oz and you will be there before you know it.

4. Become a big toasty cinnamon bun. What I mean is become focused and stricter with your bed and your sleeping routine. I promise you when you start to sleep better and sleep more regular, your body, your mind, your stress, and your goals will thank you. Can goals thank you? Sure why not. This is because when you start to fix things slowly, your goals become more achievable. Go to sleep 30 minutes earlier, put the phone down earlier, turn brightness down on phone or tv 30 mins before you want to go to bed, and when you wake up, get out of bed. Don’t sit and lay there, it’ll make them next hour tougher.

5. Find your reason why at the gym and be practical. I wrote about it the other day and why/how you want to start. If you want to lose 100 lbs, you will be discouraged when you’ve only lost 10 so far. However 10 lbs is a great goal. Switch that goal to I want to lose 10lbs and be happy when you reach it and then add in another goal. This is a marathon not a sprint. You wouldn’t just go out and run a marathon, a half marathon, or even a 10k run. So why be discouraged about the time it takes to lose weight when you are fine with training for those? I lost 50lbs in 6 months. That’s 8 lbs a month. Or 2 lbs a week. It probably took me 3 years to put that 50lbs on, so I knew it was going to take time. Be okay with the process and if you need help, that is why I am here. Come connect with me 💪

I hope you enjoyed.

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