By Brenda Bark
As a personal trainer, I have found that the number one obstacle toward successful weight loss is a person’s lack of consistency with their eating habits and workout routines. Most people are not willing to change their lifestyle permanently.
Consistency allows you to build new habits and see changes that are the result of your hard work. You are not going to see changes overnight, but with consistency and patience, you will begin to notice changes. The best way to stay consistent is to be intentional and plan ahead.
A few helpful tips that may help you stay on track include recording the food you eat, meal planning/prepping and creating a workout regimen.
When exercising, pacing yourself throughout the week is important. This approach will prevent over-training injuries. Muscles can be become damaged if exercised on a daily basis.
This approach applies to your eating habits as well. If you have no time to meal prep for the week and you’re only eating clean on the weekends or vice versa, this is going to do your body more damage than good.
You are going to end up starving and storing fat. Depriving your body of calories for a couple of days and returning to bad eating habits for a few days is not healthy and you will not see weight loss results.
Our bodies are very much like computers; they remember and store everything we consume. Consuming five to six small meals per day, at the same time every day, will keep you satisfied and produce results.
Consistency is the key when you are trying to lose weight.
Brenda Bark is the owner of Focus on Fitness by Brenda. To learn more about her business, visit myfocusonfitness.com.