When I think back to how or when I started a healthier lifestyle, I can remember it was not easy. But now I cannot see myself doing it any other way. I know a lot of people who just decide one day they are going to start eating different and start doing lots of exercise, and today is the last day they will eat bad - so they bulk up on shit food. I can safely say that those people have NOT been successful. They may have stuck with it for a week or even a month, but then they go back to the life they are familiar with. The common mistake is that people are not really ready to make a change. If you are REALLY READY to make a change, here are 4 tips I use that will help you be successful along the way. 1. Mindset You need to be in the mental mind frame of making a positive life change, not just a short, seasonal change. You have to understand and accept that it won't be easy but you cannot accept failure. Will you fall off from time to time - YES you will. But falling off means you get up, get right back on and learn from your mistake. Write down exactly what you want out of this lifestyle an envision yourself living it. 2. Plan I have heard "I am going to start this diet next week....." more times than I care to admit. I always ask - whats the diet and what are you going to eat? I ask for 2 reasons: I am curious and I want to see how they are planning to make this a lifestyle change. 99% of the time their plan is this: I am going grocery shopping this week to start next week, but since this is my last "bad" week, I am eating whatever I want. Hey, don't feel shameful telling me that, it's your body, not mine. When you want to start a healthier lifestyle, it takes planning on how you want to do that - not what someone else has defined for you. We are all different. How you choose to change has to work for you. Think ahead of what kind of foods you will want to eat. Find recipes to get you in the mindset. Plan for those cravings - find how to make healthier alternatives. If you can't cook - plan to learn. I don't know how people maintain a healthy lifestyle by eating at restaurants all the time. If you are going to incorporate exercise, plan and schedule your workout days and KNOW what you will be doing. On any given week, I know what I am going to be eating for every meal (I plan and cook ahead) and I know what days I am going to workout and exactly what my workout will be. This stops nonsense from getting in the way. 3. Manageable You want to keep your goals manageable because 1, it is easy to get discouraged, and 2, this lifestyle is going to take more of your time. You cannot expect to go from couch potato eating shit food daily today to eating salads and working out 5 days of week tomorrow. Most of us would fail. Instead, a more manageable change to begin with is something like cutting out soda and working out/moving your body 2-3 days a week. Since you will be planning your meals, you will need some time management skills to prepare them and have your meals ready and with you when you need them. How often do you find yourself at work, unprepared and starving, and you end up with a burger and fries at lunch instead of a better choice meal? 4. Small Steps Being healthy is a lifestyle change, meaning it is for LIFE. In other words, you have the rest of you life to keep working on it and perfecting it. How long your life is depends on the choices you make along the way. Your walking to the end goal, not driving or even riding a bike. It is small steps and it is going to take a long time. My journey started 6 years ago and I am still experimenting and discovering. An example of small steps is adding vegetables to every meal while cutting the soda. Once you have that under your belt, make pasta a once a month meal instead of a once a week meal. The possibilities are endless, but the point is to demonstrate that if you go all in quickly, you are setting up for failure. Carbs and sugar are actually proven to be addictive. When you have them out of your system, you will lose the cravings. I know this first hand. I keep my Iaso Resolution Drops near me at all times to help me when I need the extra boost to curb the carb and sugar cravings. If you are wanting to make a life change, I recommend incorporating the Iaso Detox Tea as a daily staple. I use it daily, so I know how beneficial it is. It will gently cleanse your intestines of your bad choices which gives you energy and immediate weight loss gratification. For nutrition, I recommend using the Iaso Nutraburst Liquid Vitamin, which I also use regularly. The amount of nutrients in this formula is equivalent to eating 10 salads. You will feel energized and just great in general. Did you find these tips helpful? Do you have tips you would like to share? 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