I’m Just TOO Busy To Exercise And Eat Better

The first step is always admittance. Admitting that you’re a workaholic. And there’s nothing wrong with being a workaholic, I consider myself one as well. But if you believe you’re too busy to exercise and eat better, that’s where you’re wrong.

That’s what this guide is for, helping the workaholic who doesn’t know how to organize their time, reach their fitness goals and create a healthier lifestyle.

Lets crunch some numbers. You have probably seen these numbers before, but I’m just going to jot them down so that there staring at you throughout your read of this article. Just as a reminder.

There’s:

• 24 hours (1,440 minutes) per day
• 168 hours (10,080 minutes) per week

Lets assume you sleep the recommended 7 hours per night

• 17 hours (1,020 minutes) per day
• 119 hours (7,140 minutes) per week

Now lets take away for work, 8 hours, and family life, 4 hours:

• 5 hours (300 minutes) per day
• 35 hours (2,100 minutes) per day

And finally, lets give you a little down time, chores, and extra time:

• 2 hours (120 minutes) per day
• 14 hours (840 minutes) per week

Keep these numbers in mind.

Problem: “I don’t have time to eat healthy”

Solution: Meal Prep. You’ve heard of it, but I don’t think you realise how easy it can be. It doesn’t have to be the fanciest dishes, it doesn’t have to look pretty, you don’t even have to keep track of Every. Single. Calorie. You just have to find a few recipes that work, ones you can have quickly before leaving home in the morning, ones that you can take to work, pretty much anything that is convenient for you and helps with your healthy eating.

Set aside 2 hours on a Sunday to meal prep everything for the next week.

• 12 hours (720 minutes) per week left over

Problem: “ I don’t have time to train.”

Solution: Decrease your training time. Cut the workout down from 2 hours a day for 5 days per week to 1 hour a day for 3 days per week. That’s 10 hours of workouts per week dropped down to 3 hours PER WEEK! This even gives you the ability to reschedule sessions that might collide with other commitments, or events that pop up.

And you can still train each muscle region twice per week (recommended for muscle growth) with a Full body split (2 x Full Body sessions + an accessories session).

Save even more time by training from home (I do this so I can train and work at the same time).

• 9 hours (540 minutes) per week left over

That leaves you with 9 hours that you can do with whatever you want. Add it to your family life, social life, house chores, extra curriculum activities, training schedule, work life! When you lay your time out on a piece of paper, you can see where you can allocate training and healthy eating to help achieve your goals.

One final tip is to throw EVERYTHING into your calendar/schedule; work, eating, sleeping, training, meal prep, social activities…EVERYTHING. Then you can play around with your schedule, and if you’re still stuck, email me your schedule and I will help you sort it out.