Beach Ready? It Takes More Than a Workout!

Lets’ face it, you only see your personal trainer at the gym; but what happens when you get home? It’s your responsibility to maintain the core work you completed by keeping your fat intake low so all your hard work can show through.

Take a moment to think about your typical day, and pick your worst habits. With summer and sports finals in full swing, your eating habits may change due to the season. Maybe for the summer it’s beer, salty snacks and pigging-out due to the kids being home for summer.

Work for a week on eliminating or even lessening one or two of these habits. The following week, move to your next weakest link. We only have so much willpower, a recent study in Psychology and Health shows. That’s why trying to break several bad habits at once can be overwhelming: You drain your capacity for willpower — what researchers call “self-regulation,” says study author Kathleen Martin Ginis, Ph.D., a professor of kinesiology at McMaster University in Ontario. This is one time when being too ambitious can backfire.

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