15 Secrets of Very Fit People

15 Secrets of Very Fit People

Read these 15 secrets of very fit people, then print and post them so you have them as a daily reminder.

1. Keep a water bottle with you at all times and drink from it often. Water should always be your drink of choice. To kick things up every once in a while, try adding lemon, lime, cucumber, or a few berries to liven up the flavor without adding significant calories.
2. Look at exercise as a pleasure and a privilege, not a burden or chore. Think positively about the changes regular exercise will produce. Rather than obsessing about your next meal, get excited about your next workout!
3. Eat well-balanced meals and remember that excess calories, even if they’re from food that’s fat free and high in protein, will turn to excess weight. No matter what the latest fad diet says, extra calories equal extra weight!
4. Focus on short-term fitness goals with an emphasis on completing daily exercise.
5. Keep a daily log of what you’re actually eating. This includes every time you grab a handful of chips here or eat the crust of your kid’s sandwich there, and ALL of your snacking.
6. Enjoy an occasional (once a week) “unhealthy” treat, but never an unhealthy week or unhealthy vacation.
7. Enjoy contributing to the health of others by having a partner or friends to exercise with, as well as recruiting others who want to feel better and have more energy. Have a neighbor who’s sitting on the porch every morning when you walk by? Ask him or her to join you on your walk!
8. Avoid monotony by taking up new forms of exercising, or using things that keep you motivated and inspired, like new shoes or great music.
9. Invest in the right tools—good shoes, a portable MP3 player or iPod®, fitness equipment, a new series of tapes, etc.
10. Don’t compare your body to others’. Instead, work to be your personal best.
11. Work to take your exercise to new levels of intensity.
12. Create an exercise schedule the day before instead of leaving it to chance or waiting to “find” the time. If our last three Presidents of the United States can make time to work out every day, you can make time too!
13. Move beyond the boundaries of weight loss and into total fitness. Measure success by the way your clothes fit, not some number on a scale.
14. Stick with eating plans you can maintain indefinitely. Remember that no matter how hard you’re working out, if you’re consuming too many calories, you’ll never see the muscles that lie beneath layers of fatty tissue.
15. Get adequate amounts of sleep, but remember that people who exercise regularly fall asleep faster and sleep more soundly.

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Tired of Starting Over?

Have you been on and off the wagon so many times you don’t know if you are coming or going? Are you tired of starting over?

THEN STOP QUITTING!

To set yourself up to be successful, you need to do something different.  Here are a few ideas to stop giving up on yourself.

1. Get Support.  There is no reason for you to do this alone.  Grab a friend or family member to help you stay accountable.  Don’t have someone?  Find a social support group like the Get Healthy Facebook Fan Page to help you get through the tough times.
2. Have a Blueprint.  You know what you WANT, but do you know HOW to get there?  It is too hard to try and do it all on your own if you don’t have an idea of where to start.  So seek advice or a proper plan of action to keep yourself going.
3. Reflect.  Take some time to look back at what has both worked and not worked for you in the past.  Once you identify issues that throw you off track, you can find solutions so these situations will not continue to derail your efforts.

Just remember, results CAN happen as long as you have the tools to get you there.  So stop giving up and just GET IT DONE!

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Muscle turns to fat

MYTH: Muscle turns into fat 

REALITY: Muscle and fat are two completely different tissues that have different functions, so it’s physiologically impossible to turn one into the other. If you stop exercising, your muscles decrease in mass, so you lose the tone you worked so hard to create. And if you eat more calories than you burn, you’ll gain fat.

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