Rain, Rain... Watch Out, I'm Comin' Through!!

The rain today was a perfect opportunity to bring out the big guns and spread some motivational words about keeping our brains and bodies stimulated in the darker, colder winter months (although it doesn’t really feel like winter out there today – it IS darker because of the rain).  

Whether you simply feel the effects of the winter months on your mood (and motivation to be healthy), or you’re actually affected by SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), I have some nice tips for you to keep MOTIVATION up, HEALTH a priority, and therefore your LIFESTYLE more balanced… than having to “jump back in” come spring.  

• The one thing that keeps me most motivated and in a regular routine of working out and [mostly] healthy eating is this simple fact:
  THE DAY YOU QUIT, AND EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY AFTER, IS ANOTHER DAY YOU HAVE TO RESTART.  
  This is how I created the lifestyle I live today.  There is literally no better time than the present. 
• Make a conscious decision to change ONE THING today.  Maybe that means go to bed earlier, eat a balanced and healthy dinner, snack throughout the day so that you’re not famished and starving when you get home, go for a walk, or walk/run.  You decide.  But make a decision and FOLLOW THROUGH. 
• WORKOUT.  Switch it up!!  Head outside one day, stay in the gym another, attend a class, call a buddy, do an at-home workout, call a REALLY AWESOME TRAINER you know:)  (that is 6 different workouts, people, keeping your brain and body stimulated!).  It doesn’t matter what the weather is like, there is a sun above the clouds.  It doesn’t matter how much time you have, make more (and if today is really “out” in your mind, then wake up early tomorrow and START).  It doesn’t matter who you think will support you, people who care WILL.  What matters is YOU, and that’s EXACTLY who is living inside that awesome body of yours. 

That’s it for today.  I don’t want to turn into a wordy blog-queen just yet… :)