Happy Sunday!
And Happy 4th of July Weekend 🇺🇸🦅🎉!
I hope you all celebrated this weekend with family & friends. We live in a great country that allows us to celebrate things like this weekend and be around those we really care about. No matter what side of the aisle you are on, be thankful we are
here🙌🏻💚.
Once you understand how to navigate holidays and realize they are like any other day, then you've finally succeeded with health and fitness. Let me explain...
We should all be able to enjoy the occasional "bad foods and drinks" without feeling guilty about it. Without feeling like we set ourselves back. Without feeling "shameful" for indulging when "we aren't suppose too." Well, we are SUPPOSE to do things we
enjoy. And I enjoy eating some high calorie foods and drinks once in a while...and so do many people😁!
The reality of it is, the "one" day of a cookout, that "one" party your family has, the "couple
hours" on a Saturday that you might be enjoying some alcoholic drinks...are not going to make a difference in the grand scheme of things....if you are being consistent the other 80% of the time!!!
No one gained weight from
one day. No one gained weight from one week. People gain weight from weeks and weeks and months and months and years and years of BAD HABITS. Not one little holiday.
Now, many people may let that "one day of a holiday" turn into
an entire weekend. Thats NAHT what we want to do people. We need to be able to rein it in once the day we enjoyed has past. We can't let that spill over to the next day, the entire weekend or the entire next week. Thats where we fail and fall into bad cycle.
So! This 4th of July, if you did pretty well over the weekend, enjoyed some burgers, hot dogs and alcohol without the guilt...kudos to you! You've successfully navigated the hardest part of this thing we call being healthy. If your walking away from this weekend like "It's impossible to be healthy when holidays like this come up" you are in the wrong camp my friend and need some serious help with your health and fitness
goals.
You need to be consistent 80% of the time to enjoy these small holidays that occur 5% of the time. Like I said above, no one got fat from one holiday. Learn how to use food to your advantage instead of being a debby downer around holidays
saying "I can't eat that" when in reality you know you "want to eat that." And are probably "going to eat that." Just learn how to eat that and not feel guilty about it😉.
There's a way to do
both. There's a way to be healthy and to enjoy your favorite foods. Theres a way to build muscle but still indulge in alcohol once in a while. And if you don't think there is...well you just have no idea what your talking about 😅👍🏻!
Have a
great Sunday!
