The one thing everyone wants to know about Jennifer Lopez is, how does she look so good. How does she look better now than when she was in her twenties? You only have to see the ten-year challenge to see proof that she’s aging backward. And the truth is, it’s her discipline, the things she eats, and the way she takes care of herself that help her look the best she can, and perform better than ever.
Planning your day like Jennifer Lopez requires you to push yourself just a little harder. To plan your fitness journey and make time to work out, with the Fit Is The Sh*t planner. She’s busy, and she can still make time to be a great mom, to work hard, to work out, to eat right, and to take care of herself. She proves that it’s possible if you dedicate yourself and cut the things that you don’t need.
6:00 AM:
WAKE UP
Jennifer wakes up around 6 AM, her kids join her between 6:15 and 6:45 usually demanding something from her, they also like her to cook breakfast for them. She spends her morning with her family before she starts working on herself, so she needs to make the most of her morning hours.
To plan your day like her, you are going to need an early wakeup call, but the good thing is, Jennifer isn’t up and at ’em first thing. She tends to wait for her kids to join her and likes to have some time relaxing, especially if she works late and has a busy day ahead of her.
6:45 AM
START BREAKFAST
Jennifer always encourages her family to eat healthily. She even brings healthy snacks for after a workout, which she shares with her kids. For breakfast, she usually has a protein shake and prepares breakfast for her children. She’ll eat her full breakfast after she’s worked out. It’s usually something simple like berries with yogurt and honey.
On special occasions, Jen will have her breakfast in bed with the kids. She is no stranger to pancakes, a cup of coffee, and the things that make life sweet, she just tries to achieve balance. Planning your meals can help you achieve this balance and learning when to indulge and when to stay disciplined. You can achieve this by planning your meals in the Getting Stuff Done planner.
7:45 AM
WORKOUT BEGINS
Once the kids are out of the door, this is really Jen’s time. The morning workouts are important to her before she gets on with her day and she never skips one. Not ever. “Sometimes, I work too late the night before, and I’m like, ‘Ugh, I can’t do this.’ But I tell myself, ‘Just do it. It’s only an hour.’ It’s just talking yourself off the ledge of being a lazy bum.” She works out for around an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes, Jennifer is a fan of the Tracy Anderson method and tends to do a lot of workouts in the gym to create her perfect fitness routine.
If you want to work out every day, you need to change it up. Use the Fit is The Sh*t planner to plan out how every day of workouts will be different, and track your progress. Jennifer says the one thing that keeps her going is lots of water and foods that energize her rather than make her feel low.
9:00 AM
GET READY FOR THE DAY
Before she gets ready for the day, Jennifer takes some time to do some positive affirmations and gratitude, this is important for setting up her day for success. She simply takes some time to affirm that she can do anything she puts her mind to and she’s grateful for it. Because she has a super busy day, J-Lo can often be found applying makeup in the back of the car on the way to a meeting. She’s extremely busy, from acting to being a businesswoman. If you look at her list of professions on the internet she’s listed as everything from a dancer to a record producer. Doing and achieving all this takes time, and no day is typical so Jennifer needs to get ready fast. She’s firmly of the mindset that anything you want, you can achieve.
“All of it is a mindset. It’s about being consistent. It’s about doing the right things. You just have to follow your dreams and work hard.” Plan for the things you want, not the things you have. Use the Goals 2019 Diary to lay out all my plans and goals, and the Getting Stuff Done planner to help you get ahead of your day, especially if you spend some time really working through the sections and deciding what you want to do, what you’re making time for, and how you’re going to do it.
1:00 PM
LOW-CAL LUNCH
“I have her eating very clean because she needs really good fuel for all the things that she’s doing,” her trainer Tracy Anderson told People. “It’s all organic and it’s all very well thought out, with the balance of very high-quality proteins and a lot of nutrient-dense food… everything is fresh.” If Jennifer eats out, she tries to grab a low-calorie meal and look for things that fit her lifestyle.
“I’ll have a salad or some fish with veggies. And I make sure I drink lots of water throughout the meal.” To work out hard and get what you want from life, you need to balance it all off by eating well. That’s why meal prep comes into it in a big way!
6:30 PM
DINNER WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY
On the rare occasions that J-Lo is back home for 6:30, she loves to have dinner with her family and friends. She loves Nobu Malibu, but she’s also spotted out for dinner with her husband a lot. When your day is super busy, you still need to make time for the people that matter, having a mid-week meal out is a reminder that your life doesn’t revolve around work.
Throw some plans in the air and decide to do something semi-spontaneous on a weeknight, grab your friends, grab your partner or your family and go out for a catch-up. You won’t regret it, it’ll help keep you motivated throughout the week.
10:00 PM
BEDTIME
Jennifer Lopez describes sleep as her secret weapon. She’s not the kind of woman who will scrimp on sleep and end up with five hours, “I try to get eight hours a night. I think what works best is sleep, water – and a good cleanser.” Your nighttime routine is just as important as your daily one.
Take some time out for you, go to bed at a normal time and get those eight hours in. Drink a lot of water, use a good cleanser like Lancer The Method: Polish 120 and you’re ready to go – approved by Jennifer Lopez herself.
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