6 Top Tips for Losing Weight Over the Summer

Today I am going to be giving you 6 top tips for losing weight over the summer!

Make sure you have a great workout planned that you’re actually going to do so if you don’t have a great workout plan please go ahead and check out my Get Fit program. They are workouts you can do anywhere in the world…learn more HERE.

Make sure you have a workout ready to go ahead of time. I also recommend that you do your workout in the morning. It is going to be cooler earlier in the day. If you really must work out at night make sure it’s in the cooler time like around dusk.

Tip #2 Drink Up!

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate  make sure you’re drinking a ton of water.

You can flavor your water if you’d like with some:

1. lemon

2. lime

3. citrus fruits

4. oranges

5. frozen strawberries

6. cucumbers

Tip #3 Sneak in More Water

Another way to get some more water into your body is by eating vegetables and fruits. They have a higher water concentration so they’re going to keep you a little bit more hydrated. You still need to drink your water but definitely you can have

1. watermelon

2. strawberries

3. celery

4. zucchini

5. squash

6. grapefruit

7. pears

Fruits and vegetable that have a higher concentration of water is going to help keep you hydrated.

Tip #4 Tone It Down 

Tone down your workouts on really hot summer days.

You can do:

1. Yoga

2. Pilates

3. stretches

4. walk in the mall

Do any kind of a lower level activity just to keep you moving.  Save those intense to hard workouts for on the days a little bit cooler.

Tip #5 Really Important Tip

When you’re eating  naturally and intuitively, you need to stop when you’re comfortably full.  Make sure you are listening to your hunger and satiety signals because that is going help you regulate your body weight very easily.

Tip #6 Step Outside

Get outside and do something that you’re not used to doing (or things that you think you would like to do but aren’t really sure you can do it). Shape It Up’s motto is get fit, be fierce and have no limits so that “have no limits” it could be anything.

Go step out of your comfort zone.

Go:

1. take a surfing class

2. walk in a park that you’ve never been to (but make sure you take somebody with you).

3. do zip-lining

4. play paddle ball on the beach

5. play Frisbee

6. fly a kite

7. rollerblading

There’s so many different activities and you might not think they will help progress you in weight loss. You can lift weights walk,  run, use elliptical or a spin class but you don’t always have to do that. Do something you enjoy. Take a step out of your comfort zone see if you like it.

Pick something and and just go for it! I mean that’s the whole point of life. You want to make sure that you’re enjoying the things that you want to do.

Those are my top tips for losing weight over the summer and I would love to hear from you if you decide to do that last one where you take a step out of your comfort zone. Tell me what you did.

I want to hear from you!

I know I plan on going zip lining this year with my kids. It’s not gonna be crazy high… I promise you that but that I’m gonna step out of my comfort zone and go for it!

I would love to hear from you and tell me what you’re planning on doing this summer and whether you do it or not. Go ahead and leave it in the comment section below.

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Remember to Get Fit. Be Fierce. And Have No Limits!

~Nicole