Chez FitMercy

An English saying goes "birds of the same feather, flock", this means that like minds attract. It is very unlikely that people one makes friends with are opposites of who we are. We naturally align with people that we love things about them, it doesn't have to be all the qualities anyway. On our journey to fitness and a healthier lifestyle, we need help greatly. Help in form of people, ideas, information etc that will draw us closer to our destination than where we started.

We had spoken extensively on setting goals and what to do with them since the beginning of the year. I am not going to over-flog the topic. I will only use this short post to instruct you to go back to your journal or notebook where you scribble those plans and check how you have fared in the last 19 days of the year. Search inwards: - Is your energy/courage/confidence  sapped? Revitalize by reminding yourself why you started this.  - Are you getting bored already? Tweak your goals/resolutions  - You have not started yet? Just jump into the wagon, it never waits. - Life got in your way? Take a deep breath and keep moving. - Are you making what you call, "little progresses"? Keep on 'keepin on. - Are your progresses large? Celebrate it and reward yourself for doing it. We are here to make tremendous success this year 2017 in our weight-loss journey and nothing will stop us.  Proudly African I considered my journey after my weigh

Is it OK to workout when sick? I have not worked out in almost 5 days because I was sick and not disposed enough to exercise. We need to be alert to conditions when our body needs rest and no matter how ardent you are, please kindly call in sick and let the body rest and heal.