The Paris Independent
12
January 20, 2024
H E AT H LY L I F E S T Y L E Slow start and small changes is best way to approach that healthy New Year’s resolutions! Just for the Health of It
With Coach Shelley Gaudet It is JANUARY… the time when everyone you know wants to make changes to their health, especially in the weight loss category. Seeking to lose weight at this time of the year is great because although there is truly no perfect time, in January we tend to socialize less because it’s cold outside, we are still paying off our Christmas bills and there is just less going on! There are a few problems I witness year after year with friends and family as they approach weight loss in the wrong way. They may put too much emphasis on the gym and not enough on their nutrition and although going to the gym is great for building strength and improving your cardiovascular endurance, it is not the best way to lose weight! Or they adopt an all or nothing approach going from zero to hero with their
workouts and nutrition at the same meal or adding more veggies to your time, only to crash and burn in a few day rather than restricting. weeks because they can’t keep up If you were drinking one litre of with the 7 days a week at the gym or water a day in December instead of the restrictive diet. going right to 3, add half a litre each Or they have unrealistic week until it becomes effortless to expectations of how long it will take get it in and done. If you were only them to lose the weight and give up getting in 3000 steps a day in too easily before the results come. December, aim for 5000 a day and Or they put all of their expectations when that becomes easy add another on the scale. The ignore the thousand. improved energy, better sleeps and Small little changes will not only looser fitting clothes and believe lead to big results BUT more that their program isn’t producing importantly will lead to lasting “results” and either stop altogether changes and improved health. or program hop too soon to try Do your 2025 self a favour and start something new. slow and steady; don’t just focus on So what should you do? My best the scale as your only tool of advice is to START SLOW and progress and be PATIENT and make SMALL CHANGES to your KIND to yourself as this is a lifenutrition and exercise regime. long journey and not just a 6 week If you were not going to the gym in plan. December, start with 2 days a week Need more help? Follow me on ONLY and then work your way up Instagram at @gfsfitnesssolutions to more. If you were eating anything and/or my Facebook page Gaudet and everything in December, start Fitness Solutions for daily tips and motivation! with prioritizing protein at every
