Get Fit With Preeti

Now that you know your why, let me guide you HOW to START! 

You know your purpose, now you got to break it down. What does that mean? Simple, just like when you eat a chapati, you break it into small bites, you do the same with your goal. So if your goal is to lose 5 Kgs in 2 months, and to be able to achieve that you will have to decrease your calorie intake & increase your caloric expenditure. Basically eat less, move more. Sounds simple, ask anyone who has tried doing it & they’ll tell you it’s not that simple.

So how do we make it simple?
My number one tip for anyone & everyone is Start Small. 

If you’re not moving your body at all (sedentary lifestyle), start moving for 10mins on day 1 & start increasing it by 5 mins everyday. Once you reach 30-35 mins of walk. Start splitting this time by doing 10 mins of exercise & 20 mins walk. Now each alternate day increase exercise time by 5 & end of week 2 you’ll be doing 30 mins of exercise. You get the drift?

Now this is solving 2 problems for you- getting you in the habit of moving everyday & slowly incorporating some exercise in your day. 

How do you apply this same technique to Food? Make manageable changes like add a side of Salad in your meals, prioritize protein in every meal & remove liquid calories from your diet like cold drinks & so on. And you don’t have to do them all from day 1, make one change, let it settle, then make another.

You know your purpose, you know your goal and now you know what you need to do and you start with a lot of excitement but that initial buzz fizzles out in a week or 2 and you're back to square one. Does that sound like you? If yes then let me show you how you can stay on track once you start in my next post.

Meanwhile don't forget to drop me in the comments what you struggle with.

After having my daughter, I realized that I wasn’t in the best of health despite looking so. I was unable to pick her up (3kg baby) for more than 15 minutes, I couldn’t walk for more than 5 minutes without going out of breath. Daily tasks looked like a mountain.

I knew something had to be done & I did. My only goal was to be strong enough to pick her up & walk a mile. You’d think that's a small goal, well, as months passed by my daughter grew too, which means that I had to keep getting stronger because the weight I had to pick was increasing too. 

This is how my journey to better health started & I’m still on it. Today living a healthy life tops my priority list so no matter how tough life gets, I have to take out atleast 10-15mins for my health, now that could be in the form of exercise, or cooking a healthy meal or even lying in shavasana.

People keep waiting for motivation to start their fitness journey, I say find your why. For me that’s to be able to pick up my daughter. She’s 6 now, and my why hasn’t changed. But what about you? Do you know what your why is? 

If you’re unsure of your ‘why,’ don’t worry. In my next post, I’ll help you uncover it and show you how it can fuel your journey.

(Personal journey, health journey, before and after, fitness journey)

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