Showing posts with label motivation to lose weight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motivation to lose weight. Show all posts
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Monday, 26 January 2015
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!!
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Positive Thinking To Lose Weight
Positive thinking plays a significant role in your weight
loss efforts.
Perpetual negative thoughts can lead to self-defeating
behaviours such as going off your diet, overeating and skipping your exercise routine.
Positive thoughts, on the other hand, can increase your motivation and energy level.
Positive Thinking and Weight Loss
Positive thoughts are empowering. A negative attitude can
set processes in motion that makes losing weight difficult, if not impossible.
Berating yourself every time you eat the wrong foods, constantly focusing on
what you cannot eat and approaching your exercise regimen with dread
are all ways that negative thought patterns can sabotage your weight
loss efforts.
When you hold a negative image of yourself, you rob yourself
of much-needed energy. When feeling powerless, depressed or unmotivated, it's
easy to skip your daily workout or eat a bag of potato chips to feel
better. However, tuning into how you feel, acknowledging those feelings and
transforming those thoughts into something more positive can actually help you
to achieve your weight loss goals faster.
Strategies for Increasing Positive Thinking
A common response to those who tell you to think more
positively is often: "I feel what I feel. I can't help how I feel."
Positive thinking is only effective if it is in alignment with your true
feelings. If you sincerely feel down about your body weight, telling yourself
that everything is okay will often create internal discord.
The trick is to tap into those feelings that ring true for
you. For example, keep a daily journal in which you write down your negative
thoughts and feelings. If you feel you are lacking in willpower or just can't
overcome your cravings, write those thoughts down. When you acknowledge the
darker emotions, they often tend to have less power over you.
It is important to then make a conscious effort to transform
your thoughts. It may be true that you often cannot overcome your food cravings
or stick to your diet. However, if there are times when you are able to stand
strong, then focus on those moments and celebrate the triumphs. Maybe you put
less sugar in your coffee today and said no to a second slice of pizza. Giving
attention to the positive things will help to create greater self esteem and
motivation to continue with your weight loss efforts.
Monday, 8 December 2014
Getting Started & Keeping Going
You know that you want to look and feel fitter and
healthier!
You know that you will feel better after a workout, yet you just
can't bridge the gap between lying on the sofa, thinking about exercise and
actually doing it. "Knowing what is good for you and wanting to do it is,
alone, not sufficient to make sustainable behaviour changes," says Dr
Falko Sniehotta, a psychologist at the University of Aberdeen. "The
proverb, 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions', is backed up by
science. There is often a substantial gap between our intentions and our
behaviour."
Ten top tips to boost your motivation
Take 10 Make a deal with yourself to do 10 minutes and
you will probably end up completing a full workout.
Get your kit on Get up or go home and put on your
workout clothes. Once they are on, you'll feel you may as well make use of
them.
Distract yourself Research at San Diego State
University suggests that most novice exercisers do better when chatting to a
friend, listening to music or watching television.
Psych yourself up Listening to uplifting music before
and during exercise can be beneficial.
Phone a friend "A workout buddy gives you a moral
obligation to turn up, introduces an element of rivalry to push you harder and
offers feedback, support and fun," says sports psychologist Costas
Karageorghis.
Get a gadget Equipment that allows you to monitor your
progress - such as heart rate monitors, pedometers and the Nike + Sports Kit
(which monitors pace and distance) can help. Research by the Walking the Way to
Health Initiative found that people who wore pedometers over a 12-week period
ended up walking an extra 1,000 steps daily.
Make it bite-size Focus only on the moment and before
you know it, you'll be cooling down.
Imagine it Visualisation is a very powerful mental
strategy, but be careful. "If you see yourself sprawled on the sofa,
feeling guilty about not being at the gym, your mind will take on board those
negative feelings," says exercise coach Amelia Watts. "Better to
visualise yourself exercising and feeling good. See yourself on the home
stretch of a run - imagine how good you feel, what you might hear, smell and
see when you put your key in the door."
Get minted As far-fetched as it might seem, research in
the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology found that sniffing peppermint
resulted in increased running speed, hand grip strength and number of push-ups
performed in a test.
Bribe yourself "Token reward systems work
well," says Karageorghis. "Set yourself rewards for achieving stages
along the way."
Thursday, 30 October 2014
She Lost 60 Kilograms
If you think it's difficult then you're correct, if you think it will take time then you're correct, if you think it will take sacrifice and life changes then you're correct.
If you think you need to join expensive gyms and personal trainers then you're wrong, if you think only celebrities and people who have lots of free time can do it, then you're wrong.
If you think ordinary people like you can't do it, then you're wrong. It's time to stand up and make it happen, watch this video and learn how a normal lady made a massive life style change.
If she can do it why can't you!
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