The Importance of SIMPLICITY As You Take On Workouts and Eating Healthy as a Mom
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Hearing that your weight loss journey can be simple feels SO NICE to hear doesn't it?! So... why in the world does it not FEEL that way?
Unfortunately, the health and wellness industry can overcomplicate it BUT if you don't keep your FOCUS on the right things either — you are right alongside them overcomplicating things for yourself!
In this episode, we're talking about WHY simplicity in your workouts and nutrition is KEY and what it can look like for you!
When was the last time you heard the phrase "back to basics"?
Fitness and nutrition can get so complicated so fast when REALLY what you need focus on not just understanding, but LIVING OUT CONSISTENTLY… is the basics
So first up, WHY is simplicity so important?
Because if you master the basics, they become easy and innate.
When something is innate, it's what you fall back to when things get hard or circumstances get crazy or you travel or you "fall off" something more complicated! In essence, it becomes your BASELINE.
So what does simplicity look like?
In your fitness…
challenging — this doesn't just mean intensity… but trying different things and having variety in your exercises and workouts
adaptable — workouts that you where you're at, different lengths of time, different locations, and able to change up the what, when, where, etc without sacrificing consistency
consistent — ideally 4+ days a week, every week
In your nutrition…
variety — all different food groups and macronutrients and not cutting things out
as whole as possible — more whole foods than very processed. Qhole foods to ultraprocessed is a RANGE, but having more food that's on the whole or minimally processed end than ultraprocessed is the aim!
consistency — always having that variety and more whole foods than super processed
When these things become your NORM they become what you fall back on when things get crazy!
And motherhood is crazy. So pick one of these "this is how you make things simple" things and stick to it for a few weeks so over TIME — it becomes just who you are and what you do!
Are you ready to go from overwhelmed and stuck to disciplined and consistent in your journey?
Book your Starting Point Session and let's get you on track to your healthiest life!
FULL TRANSCRIPT
[00:00:00] Hearing that your weight loss can be simple. Feels so nice to hear doesn't it. So why in the world? Doesn't it feel that. It's frustrating in short, the health and wellness industry can overcomplicate it. But if you don't keep your focus on the right things, you are right alongside them over complicating things for yourself.
So today we're talking about why simplicity in your workouts and your nutrition are key and what it can look like for you. Woo. Let's go.
Hey, mama. Welcome to the tough love mom podcast. I know you're here because you're ready to get consistent and finally lose that weight. And you're not afraid of a little tough love, you know, what to do to lose weight. But following through on those things feels impossible. You wish you could just feel like you're strong, confident self again, and want to be good example for your little ones, but you get thrown.
By mom guilt and the unpredictability of motherhood. [00:01:00] It's frustrating taking on your journey. Postpartum is hard, but it's not impossible. Hey, I'm Liz and I've been where you are. I gained a lot of weight in my pregnancies, 90 pounds, and then 60 pounds. I needed to lose that weight to take control of my health.
And honestly just wanted to feel like myself again, with the sustainable approach to weight loss, simple consistency in working on my mindset. I lost it all in just over a year. Both. And I'm here to help you do the same. I believe that we have an ingrained ability to figure out what we need to do, make it happen and do it in a way that AWS the world, if you're ready to stop falling off the wagon, create solid routine and healthy habits and finally feel your best inside and out.
I will enjoying D nuggets on your salad. You are in the right place. We're about to transform your journey. My. Get pumped up. It is tough. Love time.
I gotta remind you that if you're at the point where you're sick of feeling like [00:02:00] everything in your journey is overwhelming and complicated. If you wanna make changes that actually last and aren't around for just a few weeks and then gone. And if you wanna grow your confidence and your consistency, it's time to.
Your starting point session in it, we're gonna figure out the exact things that are keeping you stuck. And from there, we'll pinpoint your specific and simple starting point. Will you lose weight immediately? Probably not. Will everything get easier right away? Also probably not, but you will be able to make change in your habits for good with this process.
Absolutely. You get my accountability for a few weeks. You get direction and you get real change, real change. You're not just slapping a bandaid on the issue. You're not going at it and trying to be perfect. And then falling off, we are making. Sustainable change in your life. So this healthy living, so consistency, so discipline can be who you [00:03:00] are.
That's what you want. That's what we all need. That's how we set an example for our kids. So when you're ready, which should be now head to thet of mom.com/coaching. So you can book your session. AAP. We are almost into August. Is that right? Holy macaroni. We are almost in August. So go book your session right now@thetoughofmom.com.
Back slash coaching and I will see you there. So when was the last time you heard the phrase back to basics? Probably not too recently. at least when it comes to your journey, unless you're talking with me. Okay. I do say that phrase pretty often on our starting point sessions, but really fitness and nutrition can get so complicated.
So fast when really what you need to focus on. Not just understanding, but living out is consistency in the basics. So first up, why is simplicity so important? Because if you master the basics. The simple things, they become easy and innate [00:04:00] when something is innate, it's what you fall back on to when things get hard or circumstances get crazy, or you travel and you fall off or something more complicated.
Okay. It becomes your baseline. The basics become your baseline, as opposed to immediately diving into difficult things, immediately diving into a diet or an intense workout program without the simple things master. So, what does simplicity look like? I'm gonna keep it short and this is a tough of tips. So we're keeping it short today, simplicity in your fitness.
And then we're gonna talk about simplicity in your nutrition. First up in your fitness. It's challenging, adaptable and consistent. Challenging means you're pushing yourself. It doesn't just mean intensity, but you're trying different things. Pushing yourself outta your comfort zone, having a variety in your exercises and in your workouts and in the setting of your workouts, all of that being challenging.
You're adaptable. Your workouts are adaptable meeting you where you're at different lengths of [00:05:00] time, different locations able to change up the what, when, where without sacrificing this last piece of simplicity in your fitness, which is consistency, self explanatory, right? Ideally four or more days a week.
Every single. Consistent period in your nutrition, what does simplicity look like? Variety as whole as possible and consistency. You knew it. So variety means that we're looking at all different food groups and macronutrients. You're not cutting things out. You're not. Long term, not eating carbs at all, or avoiding fats.
I mean, we are taking in all the macronutrients, all of the food groups in a balanced way, you have variety in your nutrition as whole as possible. So what this means is more whole foods than those ultra processed foods, whole foods to ultra processed foods has a range. Um, there's like a couple terms in between.
But having more food that's on the whole or minimal, minimally processed end of that spectrum [00:06:00] than ultra process. That's the aim. So basically things that don't have labels, things that only have a few ingredients on the labels. That's what you're aiming for a majority of the time. And I mean, like, A big majority of the time, because those ultra processed foods, we still don't totally know how they're affecting our brains, our gut microbiome, all of that.
Not gonna get into the weeds, cuz we are keeping things simple. And when I say keeping things simple, that means as whole as possible with our food. And then last piece is just being consistent, always having that variety and always having more whole foods than super processed foods. And those are just in our moment to moment.
Yes, there will be times when you're on vacation or you're at a family's house or whatever, where you're not in full control. But if you go back to how many special days of the year there are, what percentage that is, it's under 10%, all year long, you have over 90, usually it's around 95% of the days of the year.
You have pretty, pretty high control over what you're putting in your body. So that being said tough [00:07:00] love ti right? I'm here for it. So when things become your norm, They become what you fall back on. That's why simplicity is so important because when you can master these basics, when you can keep things simple in your fitness, in your nutrition, that becomes your fallback.
It becomes your baseline. When life gets crazy and motherhood is crazy, no lie. So pick one of these. This is how you make things simple. One of these from the fitness or the nutrition and stick to it for a few weeks, that's literally picking your starting point for yourself. Cool. Will it feel like you're not gonna make progress forever maybe, but you know that image, you know, that image of a snowball rolling down a hill.
It starts super small and seems like it'll never get massive, but by the time it's at the bottom of a hill, it's like five feet in diameter and huge and could knock up an adult over. That's what this is like. That's what this simplicity in your journey is like having a starting point and then moving [00:08:00] on day by day and building on top of that.
Is the same as that snowball rolling down a hill, it's going to accumulate and exponentially change your journey. Those simple things in your fitness and nutrition will become your norm, who you are and what you fall back on. They're not diets or workout programs. They're your way of life. And that's what I want for you.
So, if you need the guidance, you can go to the tough of mom.com/coaching to get your starting point session on the books. If you don't want the guidance, I want you to go get after it with one of these six things. I'm gonna remind you of them one more time. So I want you to F focus on one, just focus on one.
This is the hardest part about a starting point is you have to just focus in on the one thing, but it's only for a few weeks until it becomes habit. In your fitness, do you need to get more challenging? AKA have variety, uh, do different things, you know, change up what you're doing, not keep doing the same thing day in and day out.
Do you need to get more adaptable with what you're doing? Meet yourself, where you're at, maybe change up the length of time. [00:09:00] or do you just need to get consistent in your nutrition? It could be variety of foods, making sure you're eating all the different food groups and getting all macronutrients in. Do you need to start changing what's in your pantry and your fridge from a lot of ultra processed foods to more whole foods or do you just need to be consistent with all of it?
Okay. I want you to pick one of those six things and that's your starting point. That's what I want you to focus on for the next few weeks. So you can finally make things simple in this journey and stop over, complicating it and get to losing weight. Get to being consistent. Get to feeling good. Okay.
Awesome. Get after it before you go. Thank you for spending this time with me on the tough love mom podcast. If this episode encouraged you in any way, the number one way you can thank me is to leave a review. Letting me know how this show has impacted you. Then send this episode to another mom friend or.
Take a screenshot, post it on social media and tag me so I can [00:10:00] personally thank you for helping me on this journey to impact thousands of moms. I'm so grateful to be on this journey with your sister until next time. Get after it.
