3 Health & Fitness Things To Focus on if You’re Extremely Short on Time

What I recommended to my sister-in-law, a busy mom of three who works full-time

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My sister-in-law, Caroline*, is a superwoman.

She works full-time, has three children under the age of five, and somehow manages — with her husband’s help— to get everything done around the house. Whenever I want to complain due to my ‘busy’ schedule, I think of Caroline and snap out of it.

However, her busy-yet-organized life comes at a price…

Herself.

“I haven’t taken care of my health in years,” Caroline told me recently. “I have no clue how to start. I have no time.”

As she knows I’ve spent the past decade neck-deep in everything health and fitness-related — and have even transformed my physique — she reached out for help.

My fitness transformation inspired my sister-in-law to reach out for help now that she’s super busy. Left (2018) and Right (2023). [Images by author]

“What are the three things I should focus on?” she asked over dinner one day.

Here’s everything I told her:

#1. Embrace the ‘Resistance Snacks’