I thought I would continue the fitness theme for another day, you’re not bored of it yet are you? Today is all about tracking and it is something I start with all good intentions before giving up and going back to my unhealthy ways regularly. Smart phones and fitness trackers have helped us keep on target with our fitness goals for some time and the more advanced technology gets, the better the tracking apps get. My Fitness Pal and Map My Run are two of my favourite apps as they make it easy for me to track my food intake and steps. Walking the dog has seen my steps increase drastically and I am enjoying challenging myself to do more each day.
Something I don’t really do is reflect on the information from these apps and learn from the previous day. Karen from Beyond The Bathroom Scale has the perfect solution to help you not only reflect on your app usage but challenge yourself further.
The 12 Week Health, Fitness and Wellness Planner is a simple book designed to help you log, reflect and challenge yourself encouraging you to succeed.
As a fellow blogger I love to see things like this pop up. I loved Dannii from Hungry, Healthy, Happy‘s book (which I reviewed here) and this planner is no different. Karen knows what she is talking about having reduced her own body weight so much that she has reversed pre diabetes and hypertension. She’s an advocate of looking beyond the number on the scales, no fad diets and eating healthy 80% of the time. Having tried nearly every diet out there I am a huge advocate of this concept so was really looking forward to giving the planner a good test.
There is a page for each day which you can complete with the help of your tracking apps. You don’t need to repeat yourself, it is more about reflecting – did you eat enough fibre today? Did you workout? I love the mind section as well which asks simple things to make you think positive about your day rather than dwell on negatives, which I tend to do.
The weekly challenges are my favourite bit of the planner as they take the reflection and give it a push to do that little bit more and to think about it the following week. I used the planner very much like a bullet journal giving myself 15 minutes at the end of each day to update it and think about how the day had panned out.
I have been that girl who cried over a 1lb gain on the scales, not thinking that I had eaten well and trained hard that week. That I had actually dropped a dress size and had a lovely compliment on how well I was looking, that 1lb gain would consume me making me feel like an utter failure. The 12 Week Health, Fitness and Wellness Planner focuses on all aspects of health and fitness that I need to keep my positive which, in turn keeps me motivated to do more. My only complaint is that is only lasts 12 weeks, I would love to see a longer version for those of us who need that little bit more motivation to keep going, stay motivated and keep positive.
You can get your planner for £14.99 from Amazon. Let me know how you get on.
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