How To: Motivate Yourself To Workout / Go To The Gym [Guest Post]

Gеtting a gуm рlаn iѕ еxреnѕivе аnd you wouldn't wаnt tо wаѕtе your mоnеу, right? 

Eѕресiаllу in thiѕ economy thаt we аrе having, еvеrу cent saved соuntѕ. So if уоu are paying for a gym, it's probably extremely frustrating each week when the fee comes out of your account and you realise that once again you haven't used it at all.

If you have a gуm уоu need tо gо tо, whу can't уоu bring yourself tо go there so аѕ nоt wаѕtе your membership? Yоu dоn't hаvе еnоugh gym mоtivаtiоn, thаt'ѕ whу! Hеrе'ѕ a ѕimрlе list tо hеlр уоur butt rеасh thе biсусlе mасhinе and уоur fееt gеt to the treadmill.

Vitamins / Supplements You Should Be Taking [Guest Post]

Mоѕt hеаlth еxреrtѕ аgrее thаt hаving appropriate levels of vitаminѕ аnd minerals in one's diet iѕ essential tо gооd hеаlth. 

Whilе mаnу individuаlѕ аttеmрt tо stay infоrmеd about which of thеѕе аrе mоѕt imроrtаnt tо thеir wеll-bеing, the fоllоwing аrе the hеаlth supplements you ѕhоuld bе tаkеn fоr a healthy living.

Healthy Habits to Implement [Guest Post]

We all wаnt to have a bеttеr lifе аhеаd оf us. Sо, wе tеnd tо want kеер ourselves аѕ hеаlthу аѕ роѕѕiblе and the daily habits we adopt work as the building blocks of our lives. 

Hеrе аrе ѕоmе tiрѕ tо hеlр you imрrоvе уоur lifе bу taking care оf уоur bоdу, mind, аnd your ѕоul.

5 Eаѕу Exеrсiѕеѕ Yоu Cаn Dо At Hоmе [Guest Post]

Hаving spent hаlf your dау working hаrd at уоur jоb, it's difficult tо mаkе thе timе tо gо to thе gуm and get a gооd wоrkоut done. 

Unlеѕѕ уоu live right nеxt to a gym, hаlf thе timе iѕ ѕреnt getting thеrе, changing, аnd getting hоmе аftеr thе wоrkоut.

So hеrе аrе some еаѕу, but еffесtivе at hоmе еxеrсiѕеѕ уоu саn dо.

5 Ways to 'Adult' Better

We all want to be the best version of ourselves and kill it in all aspects of life. We want a clean house, promotions at work, a strict workout schedule, time to read, healthy meals prepared daily etc. but instead feel like you're never good enough in any aspect of life. 

It's something that seems like a big joke and can get tiring hearing about but it is true that 'adulting' can be extremely difficult at times. It feels like when many areas of life are going well, there is always one part struggling along or taking a backseat. You might be receiving praise and admiration at work but all those extra hours mean you haven't gotten your butt to the gym in a week and have been sustaining yourself on a diet of coffee and frozen meals.

In this article, I am going to be touching on 5 simple yet effective strategies for 'adulting' better and achieving your goals.

5 Hеаlthу Foods to Implement into Your Diet [Guest Post]

Wе all knоw that in оrdеr to bе fit, we need to еаt hеаlthу foods. Yеt, with аll thе different сhоiсеѕ аvаilаblе, ѕоmеtimеѕ it соuld bе hаrd to identify whiсh thе hеаlthу foods tо еаt аrе. 

Bеlоw are ѕоmе оf thе hеаlthу fооdѕ to incorporate into your diet if уоu wаnt tо lead a healthy lifestyle аnd оbtаin орtimum nutrition.

5 Easy Ways to Eat Healthier

At times it can seem near impossible to eat healthily and not just due to lack of willpower. Although healthier food options are becoming more available, fast food remains more prevalent and a lot cheaper! 

Despite healthier options costing a lot more, like a $12 salad compared to a $5 burger combo, I truly believe that eating healthy saves you money in the long-term and your health is worth investing in. Instead of taking shortcuts today that cost you in the long-run, spending the time and money maintaining your health will serve you well.

With an obesity epidemic on the rise in Australia, it is becoming more critical than ever to focus on what we're putting in our mouths. Making conscious decisions now could save you from a future of diabetes, high blood pressure or diseases of the heart, liver and lungs.

So I have compiled a simple yet effective list of easy ways to eat healthier that help me on a day to day basis.

5 Tips For Healthy Grocery Shopping on a Budget

Do you ever have the best intentions to eat healthily and find yourself still eating junk?! 

Grocery shopping is usually when healthy eating all falls down because you; buy the wrong foods, forget a critical ingredient to a healthy meal so end up ordering Uber eats, buy seemingly healthy snacks that turn out to be terrible for you and a whole other host of grocery store mishaps that affect your best intentions for healthy eating.

So there is no doubt that it is an integral part of your weekly routine to take the time to plan out your meals properly, write an all-inclusive grocery list and go out to source the right ingredients for your diet that week. In a world trying to make us fat and marketing messages that skew our perception on what health is, I have pulled together a few quick tips that make healthy grocery shopping easy!

Easy Ways to Live a Healthy Lifestyle [Guest Post]

They say health is worth more than money. We all have an idea of how to live a healthy lifestyle - a thing or two. Problem is, how many people are so disciplined to follow these ways without falling off the bandwagon?

That is exactly why we will be talking about some of the ways to live a healthy lifestyle. It’s important to pay attention to the self-control and discipline of the human mind. Anyways, without trying to sound judgmental, here are some of the ways to live healthily.

Taking A New, Healthier Perspective On Fitness

 

It’s critically important to remain as fit and healthy as you can be throughout the course of your life. Of course, you’re never going to be 100% in shape at all times. But that doesn’t mean living in an unhealthy manner is an excuse. Of course, you’re not going to be punished by exercising your free will and forgoing exercise while eating poorly, at least not by anyone else. But you will be the one to suffer, slowly gaining weight and feeling less confident in yourself. But this can and does happen to people, and it can make them feel less and less confident and comfortable in themselves.

This is quite a sad prospect to consider. Surely, there are ways of taking a new, healthier perspective on fitness, perhaps a mindset that will help getting in shape seem less of a mountainous chore and more of a stimulating, exciting challenge to take part in? To us, that’s perfectly possible.

Let us help you out:

4 Healthy Summer Dinner Recipes

When the sun is shining until 7:30pm and outside feels like a sauna, you may find yourself wanting to eat a lot lighter than usual. 

At least, that has definitely been me this Summer! I have been craving fresh and nourishing foods on the lighter side, with a focus on veggie packed vegetarian meals or the occasional fish. In this post I’m counting down my top four dinner recipes for this time of year.

Get your grocery list ready because it’s time to fill up on nutrition packed and affordable meals this season...

How to Lose Weight the Healthy Way

With the number of obese and overweight people getting to an unbelievable peak around the world, what cannot help but wonder what we all are doing to stay healthy, or should I say, what aren’t we doing to stay healthy. 

This scary phenomenon has given rise to the thoughts on how to lose weight and maintain a healthy and fit shape. While some are taken advantage of this circumstance (wrongfully so), there are lots of theories and diets on how to lose weight. But you will agree that most of these diets and theories are pure lies.

Anyways, I’m not about to add to these theories and lies but to give you a trusted way to lose weight and stay healthy.

4 Exercises That You Can Do At Home

Even in summer, we can all be a bit slack when it comes to going to the gym. 

Ok, I booked to go to a 7am class on Mondays, but do I really have to get up that early when I could just sleep instead? On top of this, you have to make yourself look gym-appropriate (that is, not like you’ve unwillingly been dragged out of bed at 7am in the morning) and you have to drive or get the subway all the way there and back, usually before work. It’s too stressful, we think, especially when winter comes around, so we’ve put together some tips for working out at home. Ciao, gym classes!

3 Meat Free - Healthy Lunch Ideas

With Summer just around the corner you might already have noticed your body’s natural attempt to supress your appetite. In the warmer weather it’s completely normal to find yourself eating a bit less and not having as much of an appetite as usual. 

As someone who was vegetarian for years, I still like to cut meat out of my diet every now and again. I find that cutting out both meat and dairy dramatically reduces the amount of saturated fat and sugar I am consuming. So in this post I thought I would show you three super easy, meat-free meals to try for a light and healthy lunch.

What to Do When You’ve Fallen off the Fitness Bandwagon?

There would be many perfect excuses to miss a day or two from regular workout routine and strict diet plan. 

You might find it ‘just ok’ to spend a lazy day and eating stuff that is prohibited to you but the problem is that these ‘no big deal!’ days can actually make you fall off the fitness bandwagon. Once you start skipping days from your fitness routines you start losing the motivation to get back to it and it can happen to anyone.

You don’t need to get panic over such situations as there are number of ways to get yourself back to healthy life routine. Here we share some important steps to take when you’ve fallen off the fitness wagon.

Tips To Eat Healthy With A Busy Social Life



You know those kind of weeks or months where it feels like you are never home so inevitably you are eating out like A LOT?!

It's so easy to stress out over how much you are eating out or beat yourself up over that giant bowl of pasta you ate. So in this post I'm sharing my tips on how to keep up the healthy eating during times when you have a really busy social life and are eating out heaps or attending lots of events.

3 Healthy Dinner Recipes - Clean Eating Inspiration

We all know how much diet contributes to our overall health where we are quite literally what we eat since it fuels the cell growth in our body. 

So what we have for dinner is actually quite important and as someone who LOVES food, balancing taste with health is an ongoing mission. Here are three filling and nourishing dinner recipes to keep you on track for your clean eating. They are also all vegetarian so the perfect choice when you want a meat free meal, otherwise you can always add your favourite protein to any of these dishes. 

Diets Suck - Why You Should Be Worried If You Are On One

Diets suck and not just because they are hard to stick to but also because they aren't good for you and can have long term health effects...

I don't mean 'diet' in the sense of what kind of eating habits you have but rather the restrictive fad diets that say '1500 calories a day', 'no carbs', 'no fruit' etc. Why? Because it's not sustainable, amongst many other reasons, but let's start with that...

How to Realistically go to the Gym Everyday – 25 Classes in 30 Days

If you caught up with me on my latest ‘behind the desk’ update you would know that this month I have enrolled in a challenge with my gym to complete 25 classes in 30 days. 

Essentially requiring you to attend the gym every day, having only Sunday off for a rest day. We’re currently about a week in and so far so good.

Before you think I’m some crazy gym nut let me say this – I’m not an exercise fan and it takes me some serious motivation to get my ass to the gym normally. So this is a real girl guide on how to get your butt to the gym daily, because it ain’t easy!

There are still mornings I struggle to get up at 5am for my class and my boyfriend is nudging me awake trying to motivate me – getting up on dark and cold winter mornings is not pretty.

I’m also perpetually sore because my muscles aren’t over the pain of the last workout before I subject it to the next. Although I’m pretty sure this is a good thing - just not comfortable.

But anyway, here is what IS working for me right now.

My Favourite Winter Warmer Recipes

If there is one thing I love about Winter (and really the only thing since I much prefer warm weather) it’s the FOOD! I love comfort food and a good glass of red wine to accompany my meal in Winter. 

I thought I would share 4 of my go-to Winter recipes that really hit the spot in the cooler weather. I’m one of those people whoa re 10x hungrier in Winter than I usually am (so pretty damn hungry) and I crave rich, filling and nourishing foods. These recipes will leave you totally satisfied and warmed up.