You are creating transformation of your mind and body.
LIFE gets in your way.
How to stay on track with your mental and physical health
by: Elizabeth Carr, Ethos Personal Trainer
Let’s face it. We can have a plan, goals, and a routine for our fitness. You find yourself sticking to it. Then, something, occurs and almost unknowingly, before your eyes, you forget about your physical health because now your mental health has been greatly affected. It’s not on purpose. It starts off by skipping your workout because you are not feeling up to it, or maybe even letting your nutrition become affected. It doesn’t seem like much, however, it all takes a toll on our bodies over time.
Women do well with having realistic goals and being surrounded by positive and fun activities. However, women need the support of each other and being held accountable by each other, as this creates positive feelings about their accomplishments.
Ethos is that place for women.
If I can recommended just ONE strategy to stay on track…
Put your goals and results on paper (or ipad) and write down how it makes you feel. Feelings can be forgotten when you are in an unexpected or life-altering change in your life, and that can cause your health to spiral downward. You will find that what you wrote down will be more helpful when you are feeling “in a rut”. Your mental health will directly affect your physical health.
With that being said, women also enjoy and find success having one another to rely on. Women make emotional connections with each other and look forward to seeing each other at Ethos.
Finally, a few words of advice for dealing with life’s challenges:
- Get in check with yourself! Take the TIME to do some soul-searching.
- Discover the problem that is affecting your fitness.
- Address it. Decide on your plan of attack.
- Solve the problem. (Easier said than done. Have daily affirmations to keep on track. Allow yourself to have setbacks, but not to let it TAKE OVER YOUR LIFE.)
Oh yeah, and if you can’t currently solve the problem, decide how you are going to deal with it head-on, so you can carry on your fitness routine.
Happy Exercising!
Visit Elizabeth on our Fitness Floor. For more information on Ethos Fitness Spa go to our website at http://ethosfitness.com/
