It's officially summer, and you have done nothing to get your body in shape or summer-ready.
Don't worry you are not the first nor the last who kept procrastinating on getting in shape, but instead kept chewing on your 'guilty pleasures'. You had all these months to get ready, but you didn't do a thing! No problem, you are at the right place, maybe a little too late, but we still gonna say, at the right time. Let's do this, and if you're not ready to have your body ready for this summer, there is always a next summer. So start with it today and just don't give up.
If you want to lose some weight or have a healthy and fit body, it's important that you work for it. I'm not here for the 'quick fix', if you want to that, do you boo! But it's just not my cup of tea. I am a firm believer that if you want to be healthy and have a fit body, you have to start from the inside, so whatever you put into your body will eventually show, either in your weight, skin or health. So my advice to you is, don't follow trends when it comes to your body and health, but treat your body with the up most respect, love & care, and really be careful about what you put in or on your body.
The Summer Body Challenge
First off I want to say, that everybody can do this challenge, young and old, because I want you to this challenge in your pace and I want to you to work on the area's that bothers you the most.
Exercise
Without some exercise you won't get there, or you have to visualize it and mentally get there, but that is not what I want you to do here, I need you to physically train your body & not only your brains. It's important to exercise not only for your body but it has its effects on many things. When you exercise your body will release endorphins, dopamine, serotonin and adrenaline, all these chemicals work together to make you feel good, and when you release high level of these chemicals you feel less pain and get fewer negative side effects of stress. Exercise is not only important for your physical health but also for your mental health.
The plan for this Challenge is for you to set out a work out plan that works for you, yes you get to put to work here.
So for example, the first week you start working out for 30 minutes a day, rest day's not included, you decide for yourself what kind of work out you will do, you can choose to jog, exercise along with YouTube videos or go to the gym. Whatever you decide to do, you have to put your all into it and more. The next week you do it for 45 minutes and so on.
Meal Plan
If you have a healthy diet, don't change it, but if you're not eating healthy at all, it's time to start doing so.
Write down a diet plan you know you can stick to, start by adding healthy foods into your daily eating habit and cut out foods that you know are not good for you.
For this challenge I want you to set a goal that changes your eating habit, so every week you insert more healthy foods and less processed foods into your diet.
If you don't know how to create a healthy diet plan for yourself or where to start when it comes to changing your diet here are some recipes you can check out.
Water
Water is the main component of the human body, for women it's 50% -- 55%, for men it's slightly higher. Water helps you to regulate your body temperature, it gets rid of toxins through sweat & urination it helps to regulate your bowel movements and so much more, drinking water is important for every cell, tissue and organ in your body.
There are a lot of benefit to drinking water, so don't forget to include this into your daily diet plan.
Drink at least 1 liter to 1,5 liter a day.
Relaxing
It is important to balance your schedule out and insert some time for yourself, taking some time out for yourself to relax is good for your mental, physical and spiritual health.
Whatever you consider as relaxation do it.
To follow 'The Summer Body Challenge' I recommend you to print out these free pages, you can fill them out and keep track with your goals.
Have Fun with this challenge & don't forget to enjoy this summer.
