You know you should be exercising daily, but you don’t always do it. You know you should eat mindfully, but you don’t always do it. You know you should prepare more home cooked meals, but you don’t always do it. Am I right? Resistence keeps you from being consistent. What is resistence? You might recognize better if I call it: instant gratification, pride, self-deception, fear, laziness, indecision, or procrastination.
Consistency is responsible for enabling me to reduce my fit age. Remember this quote?
If you are persistent you will get it, if you are consistent you will keep it. ~unknown
In my last post entitled How to Reduce Your Fit Age :Consistency Wins, I named 6 strategies that have helped put a dent in resistence and have enabled me to stay on course with exercise and eating right. As promised, I ‘m sharing them with you, starting with my personal favorite time saving tip at the end of this post with a warning: it’s not for everyone. But before I get to that, here’s how my registered dietitian friends and fellow bloggers manage to get it done in less time:
1. Cook once, eat twice. Regan Miller Jones, RD offers this advice, “having a plan in mind every time I cook for what I will do with the leftovers, beyond just eating them as “leftovers.” Ideas like turning roast beef into beef quesadillas the next night; roasting veggies as a side dish one night and making them into a roasted veggie pasta dish the next night. It cuts down on cooking and adds the variety that keeps me and my family from feeling like we’re constantly eating leftovers.”
2. One Dish Meals. Toss everything together in one pan for less fuss, and easy clean up. Kelli Shallal, RD of HungryHobby.net <rel=”nofollow”/a>has started a series on her blog featuring this very concept. Try her 3 Ingredient Creamy Shrimp Stir Fry The foodie dietitian, Kara Lydon, RD , show’s you how to make a one dish vegetarian meal that’s also gluten free : 5 Ingredient Healthy Kale and Quinoa Bowl.
3. Menu Planning. Plan meals for the week, and write grocery list from the menu plan. This is the number one time saving tip of Jessica Levinson, RD of Nutrioulious. Here’s what she says, “I take some time every weekend to put together my menu for the week, including what I’ll be packing my girls for lunch. I write my grocery list based on the menu plan, which saves me time at the supermarket, and if I have the time on Sundays I do some of the meal prep for the week.” Check out Jessica’s Menu Plan Monday archives here .
4. Take advantage of the salad bar. A great strategy that is NOT overlooked by Robin Plotkin, RD,. Robin says, “I utilize the salad bar A LOT when it comes to fast lunches and dinners. There are so many protein and whole grain choices on salad bars now that it’s simple to make a healthful, tasty and cost effective meal at the salad bar! Check out here recipe : for a salmon salad using leftover salmon and raw veggies from the salad bar .
5. Batch task. Take small similar tasks and do them together. I don’t think I know anyone more skilled at knocking out a weeks worth of meals on the weekend than, than Lindsay Livingston, RD, aka The Lean Green Bean. If you haven’t seen her meal prep for the entire week (that she accomplishes in about one hour forty minutes) you need to check it out here. Batch tasking can be applied to other areas outside of the kitchen, and here lies my personal favorite. I like to run, but got tired of having to take my dogs for a walk afterwards. Solution, combine the tasks by running with Brody and Skylor. It’s not for everyone or for every breed of dog, but labs handle distance running and I don’t mind the company.
I hope you found some ways to get it done in less time so you have time to take care of yourself. You might even manage to reduce your fit age! Please share your time saving tips in the comments below. Thank you and have a great day!
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