Every woman wants to stay fit, healthy and toned. However, there might be some small mistakes you are making that are keeping you from being fully efficient. Are you working out the right way?

Awareness is the first step to a great fitness plan – don’t let these 7 mistakes keep you from your fitness goals!

1. Not doing enough strength training
Women are often skeptical about doing strength training – Will I become muscular? What if I start to look too masculine? Keep these myths away! Strength training not just helps you burn off more calories but it also gives you great form, posture and makes you stronger.

2. Are you getting enough protein?
Most women don’t get enough protein in their diets – this is especially true if you are a vegetarian! Make sure you include protein sources like eggs, paneer, whey or lean meat in your diet to get the right amount of protein.

3. Not keeping your exercise routine constant
It is easier to exercise if there is variety in your workouts but make sure you are not taking this too far! If you are doing different workout regimes every single day of the week you are actually deterring your own progress.

4. Not eating enough
If you have a fear of food and you are constantly afraid of eating, you are probably doing it wrong. Many women tend to starve themselves and this can prove to be really unhealthy.

5. Not getting enough sleep
Between managing work and home, the first thing that is often sacrificed is sleep but this is not a wise idea if you want to stay fit. Make sure you get enough sleep in order to stay fit.

6. Eating processed food to stay fit
When you start working out, there is a tendency to reach out for what we believe are “healthy” foods which are actually very unhealthy. Avoid eating granola bars, protein bars and other processed health foods or supplements. It is important to get the right amount of nutrients but make sure you try and get this from natural foods as much as possible and not from a box!

7. Putting too much emphasis on the weighing scale
If you are measuring fitness only with a weighing scale and a mirror, you have got it wrong. There are so many different things like water retention, weight gain due to pre-menstrual syndrome and other factors that go into determining your weight. Don’t let the weighing scale demotivate you.

References:

https://www.t-nation.com/training/10-mistakes-women-make-in-the-gym

http://www.shape.com/celebrities/star-trainers/ask-celebrity-trainer-top-3-fitness-mistakes-women-make