Anna Lewandowska – Top Tips How to Be in Shape

The lives of professional athletes, like my husband Robert and mine, are intensive and full of hard work.

I met Robert many years ago, before starting our studies. We were just beginning to develop our sport careers, he as a football player and I was into karate. At first sight, it would seem that these are two completely different worlds.

Years of common life, exchanging experience and gaining knowledge allowed us to notice that every sport, regardless of discipline, is ruled by certain universal principles.

No matter what you are training, whether you’ve been doing it for years or are just starting, your body is your basic tool. Moreover, what you eat and how your diet looks has a huge, often even decisive impact on your health, shape and condition.

What is our advice?

Our principles are very important for us and we follow them every day. They’ve been with us for years.

1. Observe your body and emotions

Observe your body and listen to what signals it sends you. Maybe it tries to protect itself against harmful food or other things that are not good for you.

The signals worth watching are the dull ones rather than the dramatic ones: how you sleep, how much energy you have at four in the afternoon, whether the same training session feels harder this week than last. Those change days before anything shows up on a scale, and they are what tells you to ease off or push.

2. Keep in mind that we are all different

Remember, we are all different and there is not one recipe for happiness or health for everybody. The diet and training should be adapted to your individual needs. Just take your time. Don’t stop when you see the first fast results, they are often just illusive. Wait for long-term results that go together with health improvement.

3. Stick to the things that are good for you

Hold on to what is good for you and learn to enjoy small things, like sunshine or two kilos less. If you can’t solve a problem on your own, ask for help, but don’t stand still. Invest in yourself and go ahead.

Do what brings you joy and surround yourself with positive people. It is your greatest asset apart from health. Fight for self-confidence. How? Awareness of your body is the first step toward it. Check what healthy nutrition means, and what and how much to train to enjoy good results. Results will come sooner than you think.

4. Introduce changes slowly and with confidence

Life changes are needed but decisions about them must be well thought out. Failure is often the first step in the learning process, but only when you draw conclusions from it. What does that mean? Do it, and try not to stand still. Only then can we achieve something in our life.

In practice, slowly means one change at a time and long enough to see whether it holds. Two or three weeks is a fair test for a new habit, whether that is breakfast at home, a walk after dinner or two training sessions a week. Change five things in one Monday and by Thursday you cannot tell which of them you could not live with.

5. And most of all, trust professionals

Despite appearances, composing a balanced diet or training plan is not so easy. That is why it is worth trusting someone who not only has knowledge in this field but is also passionate about it.

What happens when you choose a non-professional? Unfortunately, you risk your own health. Without a good nutritional interview, you can get a diet which is not adapted to your needs. What can we recommend? Of course, what we’ve tested on ourselves, the Diet & Training by Ann app.

The uniqueness of this application is the combination of a diet and training which meet the individual needs of thousands of our users. Go ahead and join us.

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