Surely just by reading the title, you felt identified. And it is that every year most of us promise ourselves that this year will finally be a good one.
Here we promise to exercise, eat healthily, and change some other habits that we do not love about ourselves. More than half of the year has already passed, if you still having difficulty reaching your goals, then we have perfect tips for you.
Here are some important recommendations for you to succeed in the gym if it is the first time in your life that you will attend one or if you already attended regularly before.
1. Realistic Goals
Set realistic goals according to your body composition, imagine how you would like to see yourself in the short (3 months) and long term (1 year).
2. Learn to love yourself
Before starting any stage of change, it is important that you learn to love yourself, you must understand that the current situation in which you find yourself may not be the most favorable, but that with the simple fact of having the desire to make a change of habits in your life, you are one step ahead of all the others who have not dared to carry it out.
3. Consult professionals
Take advantage of the health professionals who are in your gym facilities, as some of these nutritionists or trainers are there to help you achieve your goals.
4. Authentic information
Related to the previous point, it is important that you care about your health and, from time to time, read magazine articles with credibility in the source. Look for articles with more scientific evidence in magazines such as Nature or Science, since today there is great confusion regarding trust in nutrition-related issues, never base yourself on what the neighbor or the friend of a friend told you, nobody is the same.
5. Ignore dietary supplements
On the way of your transformation to be a better version of you in all aspects, you will hear that there are nutritional supplements that will help you even faster to achieve what you want, this is another point that you should analyze with intelligence since there is a sin end of dietary supplements, but half of these lacks verified scientific evidence. Get the help of a sports nutritionist or sports doctor to clarify your doubts.
6. Have a healthy and balanced diet
Keep in mind that not only will exercise be enough to achieve your goal, but you must also combine it with a good diet designed specifically for you, each body is different, which could work for one of your friends, probably not for you.
7. Stay patient
Above all, you must be patient, very patient. The results you obtain will depend on the desire and attitude you have towards life and its challenges.
Recommendation: Avoid pretexts and rely on technology, we live in the most digitized era of all time, in fact, the time factor is no longer an impediment for many things.