Try not to overthink health and fitness.
I see so many people and clients focusing on the small things, when it seems to me that the bigger payoff is found when paying attention to the big things.
Starting with sleep. Do you wake up feeling rested? Do you measure your sleep somehow? This can be done with an app, or as simple as noting something down with pen and paper. If you aren’t waking up feeling refreshed, what do you need to modify? Do you need to buckle down more during the day (less social media)? Are there better ways to save time during the day, like using a grocery delivery service?
Examine how you spend your hours each day.
Next, eating. Are you eating high quality fruits, vegetables, proteins? Do you measure how food affects your weight, your mood? If crappy food adds fat and makes you feel worse, eliminate them. Too hard to eliminate, then reduce. Still too hard, then read and learn how to train your mind to be more disciplined. It may not come out “perfect”, but at least your are working towards improvements. It’s up to you.
Training. Just move. Don’t overthink this. Push your body. Be it walking, biking, yoga, whatever. Challenge your body. Sitting on the couch, looking at Facebook does not change anything, other that the money FB earns by you spending time there.
This isn’t about perfection. It’s about becoming your best.
Refine, repeat, and execute.
Especially during these times, I cannot imagine not trying to make the most of this one life. Countless people have become very ill, and worse, died because of COVID-19. For those lucky enough to have now received the vaccine, or have never gotten ill, for goodness sakes, live life!
