6 Tips to Stay on Track with your Diet and Training

#1 Meal plan

When meals are not planned and you are pressed for time and on a busy schedule, choosing the right foods to eat is the last thing you will want to stress on. In many cases, this step is sacrificed or taken for granted and is where most people fail when trying to reach their fitness goal.

We suggest creating a weekly meal plan to prepare your week’s healthy meals. Keep in mind to occasionally mix things up- create a variety on the menu. The last thing you’ll want is to get bored with your food and end up ordering food somewhere else.

Planning meals are supposed to save time and money, so make your meals interesting. Need any meal-prep ideas? Check out our Youtube Channel for recipes!

#2 Grocery Shop

If you are like me, grocery trips and the thought of filling up the pantry with new things is more of a treat than a chore! I am a terrible wanderer and I love to take my time (Horrible, I know).So, writing a meal plan and a shopping list will put your focus on and help keep all the unnecessary junk and extras at bay. This too, will reduce your grocery bill significantly and cut down your usual store trips.

#3 Pre-prepare the food

Here is the fun part! Meal prepping can easily be a weekend family activity, especially when you are working on big batches. If you are rolling solo, then I would say it is therapeutic when you make time for it. Prepare your meals and cook them according to your menu for the week. Any ingredients that need to be chopped up, stored in containers separately, and to be assembled later should be done and organized at this point.

You will thank yourself further down the week for that smooth and easy grab and go healthy meal.

#4 Schedule your training

Build a healthy habit of doing your training or exercise for the week in specific schedules, wherever you can fit it in your day. When is the best time for you to squeeze in that workout? Whether it is early in the morning before work or after, make sure it’s something you can easily stick to and keep that discipline.

#5 Keep track of your progress

Keeping track of your progress is one way to motivate you to keep going. There is nothing like seeing the results to all your hard work. You can easily do so by taking photos of yourself and marking off the days on the calendar like a visual diary. There is nothing like experiencing a motivation high off your own achievements.

Another way to do so is to have company at the gym. Have an accountability gym buddy and keep track of each other’s progress. Establishing great relationships at the gym can help motivate you when you are struggling as it helps to know you’re not alone.

# 6 Get enough sleep

We often get so fixated on getting the work in physically that we forget that sleep is literally at the bedrock of Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. Sleep is vital for our mental and physical health, yet we easily take it for granted. Coffee in the morning’s great but that feeling after a good night’s sleep is gold. And it also improves your performance during training.