So you've tried to change your fitness and or nutrition.
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​Motivation for change comes in like a flash flood.
​Whatever the reason is- We want to start working out or eating better, get more steps, etc.
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​Most likely we even take action and start making the changes necessary to see the results we want.
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​But it doesn't take long for our flood of motivation to wash away...
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​The changes we've made are too challenging, too inconvenient, or not producing the results we want.
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​"Life is a little busy right now. I'll try again in..."
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​This has happened to a bunch of my clients, it's happened to me, and it's probably happened to you.
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​"Just do it! Get hard! Be hard! Have discipline!"
​(If you know who David Goggins is- This is something he or his followers would shout at a camera.)
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​The thing is, we've tried having discipline and it didn't work.
​It's not like we wanted to fail at whatever the change we made was!
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​Sometimes discipline just isn't enough...

How many things in a day do you have to do that you don't want to do?
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​Even if you like your job (like me) you still probably don't want to work.
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​You probably don't want to wake up when the alarm goes off.
​Or cook and clean throughout the day.
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​There's people you have to talk to that you probably don't want to talk to.
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​Despite that, we still do all of those things.
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​We have discipline.
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​We just use it on other things.
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​To use even more would be quite the feat!
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​If you can- that's amazing 👏🏼
​But it's totally understandable if you're struggling.

Discipline falls under the Constitution Stat- So we could improve our discipline by increasing our constitution.
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​But that would be like using discipline to have more discipline...
Probably not the most productive tactic.
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​So what other things can we do??
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​Well, the whole reason we're talking about discipline is because we don't have enough of it to do things we don't want to do.
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​Don't want to do.
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​That's the first thing to look at!
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​Why don't we want to do the thing we're supposed to do?
​Can we make it so we do want to do that thing??
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​For the most part we're talking about fitness and nutrition changes. So let's go over how to want to make fitness and nutrition changes!
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​Fitness Changes:
​Working out is hard and time consuming- Why in the world would we want to do that?
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​Well, it can be kinda fun!
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​It doesn't have to be boring, monotonous, or super hard.
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​If you don't have specific goals to train for- Working out can be anything that gets your body moving, elevates your heart rate, and improves your health!
​- Walking
​- Dancing
- Swimming
​- Jiu-jitsu 
​- Larping

All of those are great options! And there's plenty more I didn't list.
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​I happen to enjoy lifting weights. Plus I'm a personal trainer- So that's mostly what I talk about.
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​BUT it doesn't have to be your form of working out. (However I will still talk about how to make it more fun)
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​Make Lifting Weights More Fun:

​- Music: This is the biggest factor for me. I throw my headphones on, play some sick music, and basically use lifting weights as a break from jamming out.
​Pro Tip: Use beat drops to start your set.
Note: I know some people who swap music for podcasts, books, or even movies.
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​- Friends: I just recently started working out with a friend (Because I just recently got a friend) and working out with them can definitely make it more fun. It's just a hangout session where you break up the chatter with some exercise!
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​- Goals + Challenges: Having goals you care about or challenges you enjoy will increase motivation to workout and make workouts more fun! (Here is a little bit on Goals + Motivation)
​If you have a decent reason to workout, a goal that interests or excites you- Working out will be more enjoyable.
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​Nutrition Changes:
​Eating better is also challenging and can be time consuming 😅
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​But here's the deal.
​You can eat better and still enjoy your food without sacrificing too much time.
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​It just takes a little practice!
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​Here's my method for making easy, tasty meals within 30 minutes while enjoying my time.

30 Minute Big Batch:
​What you need:
​- Protein source
​- Carb source
​- 2-5 veggies
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​Here's how it works...
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​Step 1:
​Prep your veggies.
​Aka chop them and put them in a frying pan to start cooking.
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​Step 2:
​Prep your carbs.
​Rice, potato, pasta, etc. Prep as necessary and then start boiling it.
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​Step 3:
​Add your protein to your veggies.
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​Step 4:
​Stir and season as necessary.
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​Step 5:
​Everything is done.
​Assemble and eat.

​​This does not sound exciting.

But it does sound simple right!

And even-though it doesn't sound exciting here are a few meals that this process makes...
- Burrito Bowls
- Pasta + Meat Sauce
- Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes (Just bake veggies instead of sauté)

Plus all of these will give you more than one serving and with a high enough Intelligence Stat you can easily get your servings to be over 30 grams of protein.

Plus plus! While you make this you have a decent amount of time where your attention is not needed for cooking.
You know where you can place your attention instead?
- Netflix (or whatever streaming service)
- Podcasts
- Music (which might lead to dancing aka working out)
- Other chores that need doing
- Dogs if you have them (I highly recommend having them)

I regularly watch something on my laptop or listen to Critical Role on YouTube while I cook, making something that I don't really want to do much more fun!

And who the heck needs discipline when you can just have fun instead??
(Sort of JK- Discipline is still good to have but it's possible to get around not having it if we need to)