Christmas is over and the New Year is just around the corner. The parties and holiday “splurging” you were going to enjoy is now coming to an end. So now what? You told yourself you were going to start that new diet/exercise routine after the holidays, and yet you haven’t made a plan for yourself to start. Watch out for these traps that will have you in a pit, discouraged and getting no where…and maybe even packing on the pounds instead of shedding the excess ones you already have.

• The “I’ll start tomorrow” trap-You know you’ve said it. We all have. For some reason, we can excuse our way out of making change TODAY, while still setting us up for failure TOMORROW. Guess what? There is always going to be a tomorrow. So, if your mentality is “I’m going to eat this/enjoy that and start my diet/exercise tomorrow,” then when tomorrow actually comes, we can just tell ourselves that we will start the next day. There is always another party. Someone else’s birthday is next month. More cake and more vacations. More reasons (in your head) why you shouldn’t be disciplined than reasons why you should buckle down and really go after your goals. This is a dangerous trap as it can have you putting on excess weight in the meantime, while you are prolonging your start to a healthy life, making it that much harder for you to lose the weight you want. The reality is, when you want it bad enough and get yourself motivated, tomorrow becomes today, and there are no more excuses!

• The “I had a great workout today so I can eat whatever I want” trap. The answer to this one is NO! Don’t do it! This is a common misconception that can have you gaining weight even when you are hitting the gym regularly. If you are trying to lose body fat, you definitely don’t want to have this mentality. You cannot out-train a poor diet. Don’t undo all the hard work you put in during your workout by packing a bunch of greasy, high calorie, fatty foods into yourself. Let your workout be a supplement to a great, carefully planned, well-rounded diet.

• The “I can’t do this” trap. This is the most dangerous one of all. So maybe you’ve had a few failures or been uncommitted in the past and haven’t succeeded in reaching your fitness goals. You cannot start telling yourself that you can’t do it, or the reality is, you never will. You CAN do it, you just need the motivation and the right tools to get you there. It might require more effort or hard work than you’ve ever put forth before, but you definitely can reach your goals if they are realistic and important enough to you. Don’t talk yourself out of it.

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