Home   >   Health   >   four easy tips to eat clean and train dirty

Four easy tips to eat clean and train dirty: The Go Fit Gals

By on September 24, 2013
gofit

From the Go fit Gals.

This week, we launched our largest online challenge yet, Fit for Fall. For 30 days our participants will be challenging themselves to eat clean and train dirty.

In addition, each week we are covering the four pillars to better health, better fitness and quite frankly a better life.

To kick off the challenge we started with the most important pillar of them all – attitude and mindset.

Without the right frame of thinking, the right tone of self-talk and the right perspective on the future no one will reach any of their goals.

To continue with the theme of our #FitforFall weekly challenge we have 4 tips to help get YOU in the right frame of mind to “Eat Clean & Train Dirty”.

Have a plan.

First off, know exactly what you want. Create a list of small, attainable goals and make them as explicit as possible.

Second – plan. You know the saying, “Failing to plan is planning to fail”, and it couldn’t be truer when working towards a goal. Heck, you wouldn’t go on a trip without some sort of planning, so how do you expect to navigate the twisty roads of weight loss and better health without one.

We suggest when adding exercise to your plan, schedule your workouts like you would any other appointment. As for your diet, use Sundays (or any day off) to plan your weekly menus. From there spend an hour or two prepping what you can to set yourself up for success. Cook some chicken, chop your veggies, and make a big pot of oatmeal to re-heat through the week.

After you have menu-planned, you now know what you need to fill your cupboards with. Go shopping and pick up only the items that you will need for your weekly menu. Do not buy anything else. Especially crap. Because if there is crap in the house, you will eat it.

Variety.

If you keep doing the same workouts and eating the same foods, you will get awfully bored and you will stop seeing results.

Our bodies crave variety, in both nutrition and the gym. Without variety in the gym, you will stop seeing the adaptations in your body that you did when you first started working out.

Without a variety of different foods in your diet, you will be missing out on some important nutrients that your body needs. It is also possible to develop intolerance on foods that we eat often. Just another sign of your body screaming, “I need new stuff!” at you.

Accountability.

Hold yourself accountable by telling your family, friends and co-workers about your new plan, or find a workout buddy, or hire a trainer. Or, join a challenge, like our #FitforFall people did.

We also suggest that you seek support through social media or apps. Feel free to follow us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram for daily motivation.

Take it one day at a time.

You are not a robot that can be reset to magically roll out of bed on Monday and start eating well and exercising. So, take it one meal at a time, one minute at a time, or heck, even one breath at a time if you have to.

By also taking it one day at a time you will find that one slip up does not equal a complete failure. Instead, it can be used as a way to discover what your weaknesses are and how to plan to avoid them later.

If you need a plan to help you eat clean and train dirty visit our website and check out our rock star online plans .

 

www.phoTobinphotography.comPJ Wren is a certified personal trainer and the exercise half of the Go Fit Gals. The Go Fit Gals’ mission is to create fit and healthy bodies, one person at a time. Their online nutrition and fitness programs teach you how to eat clean and train dirty – for life. Subscribe to their YouTube channel (for free workouts, recipes and tips). Subscribe to their popular blog and receive a 1Day Sample Plan. Train dirty and be sure to connect on  www.gofitgals.com.

About simply...woman!

We encourage spreading the message of knowledge and wisdom. We appreciate and thank our featured partners for their articles. All information provided on Simply…Woman online magazine is for reference only; the content is based on the authors’ experiences and therefore is not intended as a substitute to the services of a fully qualified professional. Although every reasonable effort is made to present current and accurate information, Simply…Woman makes no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the information.