Georgie Stevenson's healthy hacks for a busy schedule

In 2018, I left my full-time career in law to pursuemy own passions and build my own business. The biggest thing I’ve noticed GFs,is that doing your own thing is just as time-consuming, (if not more) than acareer in law! I often feel like there are not enough hours in the day to stayon track with my health and fitness goals, so when I’m feeling this way I liketo implement some small changes into my routine/lifestyle, in order to handlemy time more efficiently.

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Want to know how you can stay on top of your healthwith a busy schedule? Here are my 8 healthy hacks for busy people!

Tip 1: PLAN YOUR WEEK AHEAD OF TIME

On Sunday night, I like to plan my week aheadincluding any appointments, gym sessions, grocery shopping and time withfriends. This gets me into a good mindset to start the week and helps meprioritise myself accordingly for that week.

Tip 2: GET YOUR WORKOUT DONE IN THE MORNING

Personally, if I leave my workout until theafternoon, I almost never have the motivation to actually do it, or somethingcomes up and I have to work late. This is why I always do my workouts in themorning. It gets them over with, I don’t have time to not feel motivated and itputs me in a great mood to start the day!

Tip 3: GET ACTIVE DURING THE DAY – SLOW ACTIVE PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY

So this healthy hack came about when I bought myfirst fitness watch. I considered myself a super active person but afterwearing this watch for a week I realised that I was active for roughly 40 minsduring my workout, but then the rest of the day I was mostly sitting down – somy watch considered me a “low active” person. I decided each day thatI was going to get in at least 10,000 steps. At any opportunity I would takethe option to walk – I would walk to the next bus stop, walk to an appointment,or take my puppies for a quick walk. Slowly my watch now considered me a“moderately active” person and I am super happy knowing that I’mstill active during my day.

Tip 4: QUALITY OVER QUANTITY

If you don’t have a lot of time that during the day,that’s okay. Just make sure you have quality workouts instead of just trying toget in many as possible!

Tip 5: GET YOUR GROCERIES DELIVERED

Save time and order your groceries online withdelivery. This saves you having to go to the grocery store and also buyingextra things you see that you really don’t need or eat. Once I started usingHello Fresh, I never looked back!

Tip 6: PREP 2 DINNERS = LUNCH SORTED

I don’t like the taste of frozen food so I don’t doweekly meal prep on Sunday night like others. As I am already making dinner, Imake an extra serving and save it for lunch the next day. This way I know I ameating something healthy but also not eating the same things every single day.

Tip 7: SWEAT DATE

Combine your workout and seeing your best bud in one= killing two birds with one stone. Working out with friends is always so muchmore fun, and as a bonus, you will have someone there to challenge you.

Tip 8: SUPER PRODUCTIVE SUNDAYS (SPS)

So I always try to have an SPS where I get my life sorted for the week. I take half of my Sunday (morning or afternoon) and get my stuff done – life admin, washing, workout, cleaning, studying, etc. This sets the whole tone for the week and I find having the little things done saves me so much more time during the week.

Lots of love,

G x

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