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Showing posts with label self motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self motivation. Show all posts

Friday, 9 January 2015

Self Motivation - To Lose Weight & Exercise




Without effective weight loss motivation skills, diets and failure often become synonymous. 

The relationship between weight gain and fad diets creates a vicious cycle that can be incredibly disheartening.
However, with the appropriate weight loss motivation skills, you can turn your weight around - permanently! 


Develop A Realistic Perspective 

A powerful weight loss motivation skill involves developing a realistic perspective about your goals. Even if your high school reunion is around the corner, it is not feasible for you to drop two sizes in only two weeks. Medical experts suggest that a healthy pace of weight loss is two pounds per week. Remember, approximately 3500 calories create one pound of weight, and you either need to burn an extra 3500 calories or refrain from ingesting 3500 calories to lose one pound. Being realistic about your weight loss progress will help keep you on the right track. 


Remember Your Past 


One of the most important weight loss motivation skills is remembering your past, and deciding not to repeat it. Think about your past and your lifestyle habits that led you to this point. Chances are that the life you lived was unhealthy, causing you to gain weight. When you keep the past in perspective, you can avoid making the same mistakes. Instead, you judge your progress by how far you have come from your past lifestyle. 


Reward Your Accomplishments 


Weight loss is a journey, and you must reward yourself along the way. Even if your goal is to lose 50 pounds, you can reward yourself each time you lose five pounds. Your rewards should not be food related, but something else that you hold valuable. You can reward yourself with a massage or perhaps a new candle. Or you can simply enjoy a quiet afternoon gardening. When you reward your accomplishments, you give yourself further weight loss motivation to stay on the right track. 




Overcome Your Demons 

In many instances, there is a direct correlation with weight and emotional demons. Emotional eating is one of the most prevalent causes of weight gain. Overcoming your emotional demons is a critical weight loss motivation skill. Do you eat when you are stressed out from work? Do you reach for a cookie because your significant other hurt your feelings? When you can identify your emotional eating habits, you develop a weight loss motivation skill that will hopefully prompt you to go to the gym, instead of the refrigerator, to take out your frustration. 


 Focus On Yourself 

The most important weight loss motivation skill has to do with yourself! The most powerful way to lose weight is to achieve your goals for yourself, and no one else. Hoping to lose 15 pounds to impress your boyfriend or to reignite the flames with your wife is not sufficient weight loss motivation. Instead, the weight loss motivation should come from within, you should lose weight to live a healthier life and to feel great about yourself. 


Stay Positive 

Even those with adamant self-control veer from the course occasionally. An important weight loss motivation skill is to stay positive, even when you falter. If you are too harsh on yourself for eating an extra brownie, chances are that you will feel guilty, sabotaging your entire effort to live a healthier lifestyle. By forgiving yourself when you make mistakes and staying positive, you create a path to a healthier weight. 

By honing and strengthening your weight loss motivation skills, you can achieve your goals and enjoy a healthier lifestyle!









Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Beat The Pain - Train Your Mind!





We have seen this video before, but it's the start of a New Year and this short video really sums up the attitude you need if you want to be successful on your weight loss journey.

Managing and excepting pain in any form is the key. At some stage, at what ever level you are training at you will experience pain. It's how you handle this pain, which will inevitably determine whether you succeed or fail.  

Your body can and will adapt to most things, the key is if your mind wins the battle and forces you to give up, sit down, take a break or stop exercising altogether! You must train your mind as well as your body, when it hurts keep going, when really hurts keep going!

You only stop when physically you have nothing left, you then rest, regroup and go again. It will get easier, you will get fitter and stronger. The more you train the better you become, the more your mind will be able to accept, until one day you smash the barrier, and exercising is fun!! 






Thursday, 7 August 2014

How To Keep Motivated To Exercise


Keeping motivated to exercise effectively is an obstacle that many people fail to over come. 

 There are many different reasons for this, some are genuine problems (injury or illness) but the vast majority are excuses or the simple fact that the person just doesn't want to change their life style.

The first, and in my opinion the most important hurdle to face on your weight loss journey is, mind set.  If you don't change your mind set through the process of self analysis, then there is little hope of success. Everyone who hopes to lose weight, has some area in their life that they must change, in order to reach the goals they hope to achieve. This could involve any or several of the following factors:

Exercise - Diet - Alcohol - Sleep

Until the above factors are considered, and any problems addressed, and changes made there is no point in trying to lose weight over the "long term". The correct mind set requires a person to self analyse, identify the problem and change it! This is a black and white fact! Cutting down or reducing is simply not good enough if you are serious about mind set change!

The video below illustrates exactly the attitude and mind set that is required to succeed and change your life. Motivation can be found in many places, but it is all worthless unless you have the correct mind set, to listen, read or watch and then take that inspiration into the gym, and drive forward ignoring the pain. 








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Monday, 28 July 2014

Complete Motivation



If you are struggling to stay motivated and think perhaps it's just not worth it, take a look at this short video for 50 reasons to keep going!  Once you've watched the video if you are still struggling then its time to look at your mindset and ask your self the big question "are you committed to changing your life for the better".

Every weight loss journey has highs and lows but the ultimate key the one that makes the difference between success and failure is motivation, keep motivated and you will succeed! Watch the video, listen to the advice, look at the people in it and then make your decision.

The best person in the world to motivate you is you, go for it.....











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Sunday, 27 July 2014

Get Motivated, Stay Motivated




Five or six days every week, Sue Wolcott, 41, hits the treadmill in her basement.

It's a habit that started after she named her exercise machine Ripley. "It's as in 'Believe it or not, I'm working out,'" says Sue, a teacher in Grand Island, New York. "I would never skip out on meeting a friend, so I decided to treat my treadmill like a person." It's become, ahem, a running joke in her set; one pal now refers to her own treadmill as Dusty. "It's just us being silly, but when I'm asked if I've seen Ripley, I really love answering yes," Sue says.

Despite what you may think, the trick to exercising regularly isn't finding your inner enforcer. Rather, "it's getting creative and tapping your natural motivations," says Kelly McGonigal, PhD, a health psychologist and fitness instructor at Stanford. 

We asked women who work up a sweat almost every day for their stick-with-it solutions. 

1. Don't Put Away Your Gear.

From the moment she rises, Kristina MonĂ©t Cox, 26, has exercise on the brain. That's because the first things she sees are her sneakers and workout clothes. "I've got them next to the bed in plain sight," says Kristina, the CEO of a communications firm in Houston. "I've also got dumbbells right where I can see them in the bathroom, and a balance ball, a yoga mat, and a jump rope strategically placed throughout the house." Forgetting to exercise is never her problem.

Why it works: Visual cues are a wake-up call to your brain. "We all have competing priorities like work, family, chores. Sometimes we need a reminder to keep exercise at the forefront," McGonigal says.





2. Turn Your Commute Into A Workout.

On days that Monica Vazquez, 27, a master trainer for New York Sports Clubs in New York City, can't do her usual run, she stuffs her essentials -- keys, cash, credit card, phone and ID -- into a fanny pack and jogs home from work instead. "Running is a great workout, but it's also great transportation," she says. "Sometimes I get home even earlier than I normally do taking the subway."

Why it works: Running, walking, or biking somewhere you have to go anyway makes exercise feel time-efficient. "And you don't have to carve out another part of your day for it," says Michelle Fortier, PhD, professor of health sciences at the University of Ottawa. "It's an effective strategy for people who are busy from morning to night."






Friday, 18 July 2014

This Woman Went To The Gym For A 100 Days

This short video is well worth the time to sit and watch, this lady is a true inspiration to everyone trying to loose weight. She decided she wanted to change her life, so she set her self a realistic goal and went for it! What she achieved in a 100 days is fantastic and totally proves that anything is possible if you just have the right mental attitude. Watch the video, set yourself a goal and then just do what she did, GO FOR IT!






You simply can't have enough motivational material around you as you start your weight loss journey, take copies to work, in your car, at home and even take them to bed! If you keep inspired you will keep achieving your goals, if you lose inspiration then it becomes very difficult. 








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Thursday, 17 July 2014

Self Motivation



Many of us find ourselves in motivational slumps that we have to work to get out of. Sometimes it’s like a continuous cycle where we are motivated for a period of time, fall out and then have to build things back up again.

Keep a positive attitude: There’s is nothing more powerful for self-motivation than the right attitude. You can’t choose or control your circumstance, but can choose your attitude towards your circumstances.

How I see this working is while you’re developing these mental steps, and utilizing them regularly, self-motivation will come naturally when you need it.

The key, for me, is hitting the final step to Share With Others. It can be somewhat addictive and self-motivating when you help others who are having trouble.

 Eight Steps

1. Start simple. Keep motivators around your work area – things that give you that initial spark to get going.

2. Keep good company. Make more regular encounters with positive and motivated people. This could be as simple as IM chats with peers or a quick discussion with a friend who likes sharing ideas.

3. Keep learning. Read and try to take in everything you can. The more you learn, the more confident you become in starting projects.

4. Stay Positive. See the good in bad. When encountering obstacles, you want to be in the habit of finding what works to get over them.

5. Stop thinking. Just do. If you find motivation for a particular project lacking, try getting started on something else. Something trivial even, then you’ll develop the momentum to begin the more important stuff.

6. Know yourself. Keep notes on when your motivation sucks and when you feel like a superstar. There will be a pattern that, once you are aware of, you can work around and develop.

7. Track your progress. Keep a tally or a progress bar for ongoing projects. When you see something growing you will always want to nurture it.

8. Help others. Share your ideas and help friends get motivated. Seeing others do well will motivate you to do the same. Write about your success and get feedback from readers.

What I would hope happens here is you will gradually develop certain skills that become motivational habits.
Once you get to the stage where you are regularly helping others keep motivated – be it with a blog or talking with peers – you’ll find the cycle continuing where each facet of staying motivated is refined and developed.