I get asked all of the timing about what meal timing is best.

Should I fast?

Do I need to eat 6 small meals a day?

Do I need to eat before I workout?

What’s key to eat post workout?

When is too late to eat?

There are so many concerns around meal timing, that I wanted to address 4 of the most common myths I hear…

1. Eating late at night leads to weight gain.
2. If you eat too much protein at one meal you won’t use it.
3. You need to eat X amount of meals to see results.
4. You need to eat pre-workout.

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When we’re first starting out with a new training routine, first getting into exercise or even starting out after injury, it can be so hard to know exactly where to start and how hard to push.

We often also are super motivated and end up pushing too hard too fast.

We have to remember that the most important key to getting started and truly creating a routine is CONSISTENCY.

And that means building a strong foundation and focusing on sustainable habits we can repeat week after week!

That’s why I want to share these 3 common training mistakes I see when someone is first starting out and what you can do to avoid them!

And if you need a little extra accountability, check out this video (and of course my amazing coaching program hehe) wink wink ;-)!

Dooming yourself with doubt.

We question the change and try to pick apart the ways it won’t work because….let’s face it…we’re scared and it’s a change.

But when you start to instill doubt before you’ve even tested something?

Well you’re dooming yourself to fail.

Because so much of our success is because of our MINDSET. 

Our willingness to trust the process.

Our willingness to try.

And when we doubt something? We doom it because our mindset won’t support the change. 

Here are some tips to help you avoid dooming yourself to fail by doubting…

• Learn the WHY behind the programming. Often when we see the reasons WHY something is being implemented, we are willing to give it a shot. So if there are workout designs or moves you are “afraid of?” Learn why they are being used. Often that reasoning and seeing the purpose can help us trust to test them out even when things feel strange.

• Set a plan in place with an end date. I think often when we give ourselves an end date to reassess, we are more willing to give something a 100% effort. It makes it seem like a set experiment over potentially wasting time. Because often part of our doubting something will work, is our fear of failing and wasting time!

• Implement small changes to build off of what has worked. When something has worked, don’t just stop doing it. Make small tweaks to build off of it. When we can build off of the familiar or use something similar, we allow ourselves to feel more comfortable with the change. We trust the change because it is connected to something that has worked in the past. So realize that, even when you want better results, often it is small tweaks to what we are currently doing that add up most AND make the changes mentally easier!

Just remember if you decide to commit to a change, actually COMMIT TO IT.

Decide to trust the process. Because doubting it? Well that’s setting yourself up to fail before you’ve even made a change.

So much of our success is based on the mindset we have going into things!

Ready to make a LASTING change?

–> 3 Simple, But Not Easy, Steps