{"id":82495,"date":"2016-06-22T02:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=82495"},"modified":"2016-06-22T10:04:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T17:04:10","slug":"how-to-commit-to-your-fitness-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/how-to-commit-to-your-fitness-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"Having Commitment Issues? Here&#8217;s How to Stay Dedicated to Your Fitness Routine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen, I get it. Sometimes after a long day of work or chasing kids around, all you want to do is nestle into your &#8220;butt groove&#8221; on your couch cushions and prepare to binge on Netflix. Believe it or not, you can overcome the temptation of &#8220;Netflix and chill&#8221; in favor of doing a workout; follow these three easy tips to stay committed to your workouts:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Start Small<\/strong><br \/>\nFocus on very achievable, small goals to help you work towards a bigger fitness goal. This way you can celebrate the &#8220;small wins&#8221; while keeping your &#8220;big goal&#8221; within reach so you don&#8217;t get discouraged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Document Your Progress<\/strong><br \/>\nEven if you still have a ways \u00a0to go on your fitness journey, make sure to take time to acknowledge all of the progress you&#8217;ve made so far. A reminder of why you started working towards your fitness goals will help you stick to them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Set Appointments<\/strong><br \/>\nDo workouts at the same time every week. Treat that time like a doctor&#8217;s appointment that you just can&#8217;t miss. Pencil the appointment into your weekly calendar and schedule around it. If you plan ahead to carve out time in your weekly schedule, you&#8217;ll be far less likely to ditch out on a workout.<\/p>\n<p>Have a fitness goal in mind, but don&#8217;t know where to start? Check out the &#8220;do anywhere&#8221; workouts on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworkoutgirl.com\" target=\"_blank\">theworkoutgirl.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>xoxo, Workout Girl<\/p>\n<p><em>For the latest and greatest info on workouts, be sure to check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/diet-facts-that-will-change-your-life\/theworkoutgirl.com\" target=\"_blank\">theworkoutgirl.com<\/a><\/em>!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This story was written by a fab member of our\u00a0Ambassador Network.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Listen, I get it. Sometimes after a long day of work or chasing kids around, ...","author":62194,"featured_media":82527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/21113225\/shutterstock_387180346-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/21113225\/shutterstock_387180346.jpg","formated_date":"June 22, 2016","category_name":"Health","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#f4e39c","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}