Get Back On Track With These 4 Tips

One of my favorite people in the world is Erin Holt of Erin Holt Health. I have learned so much from her and have become more healthy and whole as a result of working with her. She is a holistic nutritionist, yoga teacher, wise woman and mom. She is also my daughter - full disclosure. I have participated in her programs, yoga classes, and private instruction, and am so grateful for her experience, knowledge and wisdom. So I am sharing a post that she wrote for my blog site.

Erin Holt inspires women…

…to become Real Food Junkies by ditching the food dogmas & diet mentality and embracing real food

…to realize that eating doesn’t have to be confusing, overwhelming or a struggle

…to understand that lasting change happens from the inside out

If you want to live an energetic, exciting and healthy life, Erin can help you live your dream.

Summers here on the seacoast are fun and frenetic. It’s easy to get carried away: the season is short lived, so we try to pack it all in. We want to do ALL THE THINGS. And we do. And then we fall into fall exhausted and ready to start anew. After a hectic 3 months, summer’s periphery often begs us to slow down and begin again.

Because sometimes with ALL THE THINGS - all the plans, the social engagements, the festivities, the running from here to there, the saying YES, yes, yes - we forget about ourselves.

Sometimes our health gets put on the back burner.

Each year when September rolls around, I’m ready for a fresh start. Maybe it’s the years of schooling drilled into me, but the end of summer always marks the start of new beginnings. I view every fall as a rebirth. Fall provides great opportunity to restructure our lives and develop a new routine. To create more time to make health a priority.

Sometimes we fall off track – and that’s okay – but it’s our responsibility to acknowledge this and then pull ourselves back on track. It’s a process, it’s a practice, and it gets easier over time.

Being healthy doesn’t have to be hard, but it often requires you to make some changes in your life. If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.

Here are 4 things you can do to get yourself - and your health - back on track.

Be prepared.

I’d estimate that 70% of healthy living is preparation. If eating well is a struggle for you and your family, then plan ahead! Find recipes, plan meals, grocery shop and batch cook. Note where your typical setbacks are, and then plan for those setbacks.

Make a schedule.

If it isn’t scheduled, it doesn’t happen. Mark workouts, meditation, and meal prep on your calendar like you would with any other appointment or engagement. Carve out specific time each week. Habits don’t become habits unless you start somewhere.

Create mental white space.

Find one opportunity each day to slow down or do just one thing. You can meditate for 5 minutes a day, go for a walk without listening to music or a podcast, or eat dinner without watching TV. We spend so much time multi-tasking and go-go-going that we forget that the good stuff - change, creation, and growth - happens in time of stillness, quiet and white space.

Don’t be seduced by a quick-fix.

After a period of feeling off track, the idea of doing something drastic and fast is alluring. We want the change NOW! But short-term deprivation does not achieve long-term results. When we start from a drastic place and seek drastic results, we can become drastically disappointed. Immediate gratification teaches us nothing in the long run.

When making changes to better our health, we want those changes to be long-lasting, far-reaching and sustainable. This lasting change requires a deep understanding of WHY we’re doing what we’re doing. Why are we making the change?

We’ve got to learn to love the process of eating well, moving, and reducing stress.

That’s exactly what my Fueled+Fit nutrition program is all about.

In this 21 day online program, you receive loads of motivation and education - the WHYs behind the changes.

I walk you through all 4 of these steps, including a full food program with 3 different levels from which you can choose.

You also get:

+ 60-page downloadable PDF book with guidelines

+ 100 whole food recipes

+ Over 12 informational recordings

+ Daily emails to provide education and motivation

+ Private FB group to ask questions and get answers

Sign up today so you can join in! As soon as your register, you receive access to the book, grocery list and recipes, so you can use this weekend to prepare for Monday’s start.

The next Fueled+Fit begins Monday, September 21.

I have done this program - 3 times. Each time I walk away with a new habit that I keep and one step closer to my health goals. I learn something new about myself, my limits, my strengths, and my health. Everyone that I know who has done this program LOVES it - and they all come back for more - it’s THAT GOOD.

So if you want to reboot, get back on track, try something new, expand your food horizons, lose weight, and feel great, then say “YES” to you and get back on track.

I have done this program - 3 times. Each time I walk away with a new habit that I keep and one step closer to my health goals. I learn something new about myself, my limits, my strengths, and my health. Everyone that I know who has done this program LOVES it - and they all come back for more - it’s THAT GOOD.

So if you want to reboot, get back on track, try something new, expand your food horizons, lose weight, and feel great, then say “YES” to you and get back on track.