– EAT FRESH, SEASONAL, LOCAL foods! This is just more fun and helps your body to feel great, especially if you are going to the coast!

– MOVE! This could be in any form – from paddle boarding to hiking or dancing. Do something you can’t do at home or you don’t do in your usual routine!

– REMEMBER: What you do everyday matters more than what you do once in a while.

Credit: Ali Hively; Fitness instructor here at The Wembley Club, and owner/founder of Kijia Living!

2. Pack simple snacks for back up – throw some protein powder in your bag or a bag of beef jerky or almonds that you can chow down if you get stuck starving.

3. Focus on veggies – when ordering a meal – make sure you have some veggies in your meal!

4. Drink lots of water – so often when we travel we don’t drink enough so make sure you bring your water bottle!

5. Skip the foods you KNOW will make you feel bad.

What works better: taking one skill on at a time and really fitting it into your life. When you focus on succeeding at one skill at a time, it becomes natural and normal and you can sustain it when you add another skill.

2. You never create a solid action plan to work from in the first place.

What works better: making a plan or getting support and guidance on your plan to change your lifestyle and create the habits you want to make healthy living easier. When you have a guide to help you move through a plan, you can focus on the action needed to carry out the plan, which is the important part!

3. You fail to address life patterns that reinforce old habits.

What works better: taking a look at patterns in your life that reinforce old habits and being mindful of them. Taking one step at a time to change these patterns that may be keeping you from changing.

Not only will you feel amazing, you will get yourself organized and aligned to enjoy life and be happy with your body!

Focus on:

• Eating better, without dieting or feeling deprived.
• Getting active, no matter what shape you’re in now.
• Ditch the food rules, dropping the fad diets and conflicting advice, so you can do what works for you and your body.
• Mastering your mindset to stay committed to yourself, even when life gets busy.

The result? You’ll:

• Get yourself back so you feel great in your body!
• Build physical strength and confidence in your body.
• Gain freedom and clarity
• Let go of food confusion, learn what to do, how to do it.
• Get off the diet roller coaster once and for all, and never look back.

Unlike other nutrition programs, I don’t prescribe diets or meal plans.
Instead, I help you build the skills and habits necessary to look and
feel better — for life.

Credit: Ali Hively; Fitness instructor here at The Wembley Club, and owner/founder of Kijia Living!

You desperately want to make a change to lose weight, but nothing sticks.

And after each failed attempt, you get down on yourself.

Does this sound familiar?

Good News!!!
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with you (it’s true); you’re just trying to change the wrong way.

And the wrong way leaves you feeling helpless, out of control, and bad.

Here are the 3 reasons why you may be still struggling.

1) You’re not doing the inner work consistenly

The most common weight loss mistake is trying to lose weight by ONLY changing what you eat. Don’t get me wrong, changing what (and how) you eat is a crucial part of weight loss and healthy living, but you also you need to change how you think.

You need to deal with the voice (the hurtful and critical and annoying voice) inside your head.

The voice that constantly criticizes, compares, and judges yourself and others.
The voice that tells you you’re not good enough, not smart enough, or not strong enough to succeed.

Changing your diet without also changing your thoughts and beliefs is a huge (HUGE) weight loss mistake.

2) You’re not on the same team with your body

You are constantly working against your body and not listening to it. When it sends you messages, you blow past them. When you it gives you signs, you ignore them. Believe me, I have been here, too.

3) You don’t have the type of support you need.

Depending on your personality and human nature, you may need or want more support than your friend. It may feel empowering to have a person walking through this journey with you and guiding you. Often times, we can’t even hear our inner voice and it’s not until we get support that we can make major changes.

Plus, who likes to do things alone? The people that we choose to support and guide us are one of the biggest factors that influence not just our success, but also our happiness.

The good news is, you can lose the weight, get the energy and feel amazing in your body.
You can get the habits in place that make taking care of yourself feel good and natural.
You can be free from the negative self talk and you can be confident and less stressed!

Credit: Ali Hively; Fitness instructor here at The Wembley Club, and owner/founder of Kijia Living!

Here are a few reasons why you may fail diets and what to do instead:

You try to use willpower instead of habits or science.

*When you rely on willpower, you can drain your tank before the end of the day. When you set your environment up for success, so it can work for you, not against you, you will automatically be aligned to do what you ultimately want to to.
HABITS are the key here! When something is a habit you do it without thinking. This takes so much less brain power.
Think about brushing your teeth – you don’t spend time thinking and deciding if you should brush your teeth each day, you just do it. This is how things could be for you when it comes to healthy eating and exercise!
This makes it SO much easier!

You have an all or nothing mentality with a program or plan.

*Ditch the all or nothing mentality and eat based on foundations of nutrition. Keep in mind, perfection is the enemy of good! Bottom line – you need to have some involvement in creating the plan that works for you otherwise it will be hard to stick with!

Your diet or plan are not taking into account who YOU are, your personality and your life situation.

*Stop and ask yourself if this diet was ever really a good fit for you. I am a volume eater. I love eating so it plans that made me really restrict always backfired. If you are traveling all the time, you need a different plan than someone always home. If you like to snack all day, you are going to eat differently than someone who prefers bigger meals. IT IS ALL OK! It just needs to be about you and it needs to be backed by good sound nutrition.

Credit: Ali Hively; Fitness instructor here at The Wembley Club, and owner/founder of Kijia Living!