{"id":7414,"date":"2010-09-20T14:48:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T20:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/?p=7414"},"modified":"2011-02-10T12:47:58","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T18:47:58","slug":"beat-the-fitness-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2010\/09\/20\/beat-the-fitness-slump\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat the Fitness Slump!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2><a title=\"quick fitness tips amymac book\" href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/9IbNzP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"fitness book\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/NEW-BOOK-PROMO.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>\u2026 only 41 days until the book release!<\/h2>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<h1>FITNESS SLUMP: GET FOCUSED<\/h1>\n<p><a title=\"fitness rut\" href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/aUCoYg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7415\" style=\"margin: 10px; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"beat the fitness slump\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/beat-the-fitness-slump.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>If you\u2019re not used to a fitness routine or if you\u2019ve let exercise and diet slide, getting started or getting back on track can sometimes be overwhelming. \u00a0Maybe you want to eat right, go to the gym, get more sleep, get back on the bike, stop drinking coffee, cut out sweets, or any number of different things.<\/p>\n<p>We can all name the things we know we should or shouldn\u2019t be doing, but creating a list of 50 items you want to accomplish this week in an effort to be healthy is simply not going to help. \u00a0It takes 21 days to make a habit, so it would seem like the best way to get on track would be to pick one item each month and focus on making sure you do it!<\/p>\n<p>Here is your first challenge: pick one thing for this month that you think is reasonable, and start doing it! \u00a0It could be as simple as:<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0I\u2019m going to walk the dog for an extra 20 minutes every day.<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0I\u2019m going to add a serving of vegetables to my dinner every night.<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0I\u2019m going to pick one of Amy Mac\u2019s Fit Tips (other than this one) to incorporate into my daily life for this month. \u00a0(What? \u00a0I can\u2019t shamelessly self-promote?)<\/p>\n<p>Will doing this get you into supermodel status by swimsuit season? \u00a0No. \u00a0But, setting a small goal will get you started, put you on the right course and make a difference in the long-run.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>===<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Fitness Attack #2<\/strong><\/em>, the book, is going to be released on Halloween 2010! \u00a0That\u2019s right,\u00a0<strong>10\/31\/10<\/strong>! It will feature 101 easy tips to help you live a healthy and fit life! 91 of those tips will be released right here, starting today and going through the launch date. The last 10 tips are EXCLUSIVE to the book so if you want them, you\u2019ll have to buy the book! We are also working on lots of bonus material to overload the book! More info on ordering and content to come \u2013 stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"free health and fitness tips\" href=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/\"><em>WithAmyMac.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 only 41 days until the book release! === FITNESS SLUMP: GET FOCUSED If you\u2019re not used to a fitness routine or if you\u2019ve let exercise and diet slide, getting started or getting back on track can sometimes be overwhelming. \u00a0Maybe you want to eat right, go to the gym, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,1240,23,1039,1243,225,1242,93,1241,370,21,846],"class_list":["post-7414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-amy-mac","tag-beat-the-fitness-slump","tag-fit-life","tag-fitness-attack-book","tag-fitness-book","tag-fitness-tips","tag-free-fitness-help","tag-health-and-fitness","tag-overcome-your-fitness-rut","tag-personal-fitness","tag-withamymac","tag-womens-fitness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}