No Excuses

I have been watching the Biggest Loser this season and it is so inspirational. I love watching the contestants transform from the inside out. Many people do not realize how much obesity can affect you mentally. The contestants have truly seen what they have been made of and pushed themselves to achieve so much.

This season has been the season of "No Excuses". The trainers use this a lot to keep the contestants motivated. I love it and I thought I would reflect on what this means to me.

There are so many things that each of us deal with every day. There's work, trying to stay in touch with friends and family, daily chores like cleaning and cooking, school, studying, errands to run, animals to take care, etc. You get the idea. On top of this, we try and lead healthy lives by working out and eating well. It can be a hard thing to balance no doubt.

However, it is all about how you think about it and how you manage your time. A quote that I love is, "There is someone busier than you that found time to workout today". I know that seems kind of harsh but it's true and I think it really connects with the idea of no excuses. You will make time for what you want to make time for.

Here is my advice: get organized and make a schedule. Something I do is plan my workouts out for the next week. So usually on Sundays I will sit down and schedule out my week of workouts. This helps me stay on track and saves me time throughout the week so I don't have to think of a workout. I know what to expect so I can prepare for it.

This is also a great idea for your nutrition. Before I moved to California, I would plan all my meals out for the week as well along with my workouts on a note card. That way all I had to do was look at it and I would know what the plan was for that day. It took away from having to think and decide. I had already done this so I just had to go with the plan. I want to start doing this again because I found it really worked for me.

There are 24 hours in a day. That's a lot of time and if you really sit down and think about it, I know you can schedule in at least 30 minutes of exercise no matter how busy you are. On the Biggest Loser, they had Michelle Obama come in and do an exercise with them. She also talked about how important exercise and nutrition is and how she makes time for it every day. Do you think you're busier than the First Lady? Probably not. What excuse do you have to not lead a healthy lifestyle?

I have to admit that since I have moved, I have sub-consciously been making excuses. I am living with a woman who cooks a lot of Mexican food and it's usually not too healthy. At first, I didn't think I had much control over this so I was kind of like "oh well". But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that no matter what my "Mexican Mama" cooks, I still have control over how much I eat of it and I can try and make it healthier.

In conclusion, no matter how busy you may be, don't make excuses to skip out on exercise that your body needs and make healthy food choices. There will be days when you won't exercise and there will be times that you indulge in desert. It's not expected that you workout every single day and have no slip ups from time to time. Just be mindful and conscious and make an effort to lead a healthy lifestyle. There is really no excuse not to and your body will love you for it :)