If you’re going to demolish a family-sized bag of Choritos (the cheap Doritos) on a Friday night while binge-watching Netflix, you’ve got to be prepared to pay the price at some point... The truth is, life is all about balance. You don’t need to survive on chicken, broccoli and sadness to be healthy. Enjoy the pizza. Have the beers. Eat the Choritos. Go for the dessert. But remember, rewards work best when they actually feel like a reward. The trouble starts when the treats become the routine and the effort becomes the exception. That’s when the scales start creeping up, the clothes get a little tighter, and you’re left wondering where it all went wrong. A lot of people think getting in shape means giving up all the things they enjoy. It doesn’t. It just means creating enough movement in your week to earn them. So if you’re planning on attacking the snack cupboard this weekend, brilliant. Enjoy every bite. Just make sure you also put your trainers on, get outside, move your body, and remind yourself that health isn’t about perfection….it’s about balance. Treat yourself... but earn it first. 🤜💥🤛

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One of my downfalls when trying to stick to a plan is coffee and biscuits 😋 I really love an oat milk latte, so many added calories though 🙈 And I really love a dark chocolate 🍫 biscuit to dunk! It's such a habit even my 2 year old wants to dunk her baby biscuits in my coffee ☕️ 🙈 I do let her as I have decaff 😅 I have had to rewire that habit for this plan as I still love coffee! I have had to dig deep and buy 0 biscuits, much to my older ones despair 😅 but I needed to remove the temptation, even that was a habit, buying in the shop! I was stuck in Habit Loop! A habit is developed and reinforced through a neurological feedback loop. There are for key stages ... ✨️Cue: A trigger for the behavior, such as a time of day, a location, or a feeling. ✨️Craving: The desire or motivation for the reward that the habit provides. ✨️Response: The actual behavior or action you perform. ✨️Reward: The positive outcome or feeling that is associated with the habit, which reinforces the loop. Next time you do something automatic try to stop and catch yourself So now I have a far less milky coffee, taking some milk from the plan, and no dunking! I am sure when this 8 weeks are over I will allow myself my favourite coffee and biscuits but hopefully will have stopped the habits and be able to stop myself wanting it everyday! Please let us know your habits, ones you would like to change, good ones and if this post has helped you recognise your habits 😊 Look out for them next post where we help you to start building good habits 👊🙏