What is the secret to weight loss motivation? Where is it, and why it may seem to disappear in an instant, for no apparent reason?
Most of us embark on this mission to improve our health and fitness at some time have had a burst of motivation, lit a fire under our asses, what drives us on the couch and gym / playground / park / what either. Miro those moments with immense gratitude, because without them, we probably nothing had changed.
If you did not make that move by itself, I wish I could tell you how to get the ball rolling, but I can not. Each person will have a moment of propulsion "different - their motivation will be somewhat different depending on your lifestyle and circumstances for me, I still remember how incredibly sick, I felt the morning after eating a bath together of Ben & Frozen Jerry. until February 2012. Pictures, a comment from a friend, facing a seemingly easy physical task proves impossible because suddenly you're so fit all appear regularly in the file anecdote that someone was initially motivated to change their lives.
As soon as it comes, you can easily disappear, and that's the sad truth. Most of us have experienced this act sudden disappearance, and somewhat discouraged resorted to Google or books, for 'the list of ways to stay motivated, "or" strategies to increase motivation, "desperate" magic formula "that will keep you away from the mass. Michelle Bridges, arguably the most famous personal trainer in Australia, says that there is no magic formula. In an article Mamamia is very real that she does not like about the whole exercise. She did not wake up every morning for jogging or lifting weights pumped. The fist-pumping emotion for the cameras is recorded, it seems. She said, "just doing it" and stop looking motivation. Exercise and healthy food choices should be so ingrained in your lifestyle - like cleaning your teeth or taking a shower - it becomes automatic Do not think, just do it..
I agree with Michelle, largely, but I contend that can and will enjoy exercising when you push to cross the pain barrier. exercise endorphins are powerful. They kept me out of antidepressants during periods in my life that could have overwhelmed.
My tips for weight loss motivation
Although I agree with Michelle philosophy to have to incorporate exercise into your daily routine as automatic as possible, in the days when it is not enough, some of the strategies that could turn to for motivation include:
1. Ask yourself how you feel at the time the work is done. Do not exercise, but almost always regret regret not.
2. Photos. Keep a little practice, or yourself in the "old days" before and after photos of other people who have had great success, or a photo of someone to do something you want to be able to do, like rock climbing or a chin-up or carry your child around a park. Whatever works. vision boards, although the idea may seem a bit trite, are powerful things.
3. Sometimes I describe myself in third person. "Gen is fit and strong. She lifts things and smashing things and walk for miles through the mud. She can run and jump and jump." So I think even if I did one of those things that made me once, so this is already the case. Live as if your vision is now a reality and has already achieved its objective.
4. motivational sayings may work for some people. One of my favorites is "nothing tastes as good as thin feels." I think the old motto of Weight Watchers may have been (any infringement of copyright here is purely accidental - * gulp *), but it works for me (sometimes). While the chocolate cake can taste amazing out of this world, walking down the street and feel my flat stomach and toned under my shirt, priceless. I often put my hand on her waist, only to marvel again I have a size, provided that it was only a dream. To feel light, energetic, fit, strong, confident - these things are immeasurable.
And more tips ...
Speaking of the measure, other two suggestions:
5. Take regular measures. Advise waist and hips, especially for women. Of course, you can do upper arm, chest and thigh as well, but is likely to put on muscle here and do not want to be discouraged. You can weigh quite clear, but the scales fluctuate much, and put on muscle weight is normal, and again he does not want to give you a reason to feel discouraged. Measurements can be powerful. I week when it feels like a lost cause and I think I'll never get where you want to be, just to get the tape measure and see that, despite the impression that he did not progress, I lost an inch waist (for example). Remember that for progress, not perfection is the key.
6. If the motivation disappears for days or weeks at a time, you might consider revising your goals. Look carefully at them and take a ruthless decision if they are smart - specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely. If you said "I will want to have a warm body in the year" is an intelligent goal? Of course not. What is a "hot body" anyway? Why one year? How will you know when you're there? The sad truth is that most of us have experienced what being overweight and unfit have a sense of self permanently deformed and can never really believe that we are "there." Instead you might say to yourself: "I want to be able to do 10 pushups in real three months" (I mean the property in the fingers, knees and chest close to the ground as you can manage). The next goal becomes what I want to do twelve fifty-five hand pushups in 12 months. These are just some examples of courses chosen by my own personal obsession with the humble push-up!
If all else fails, you have tried all individual motivational strategies in the book and still feel more inspired, it's time for a vacation. Do not sit on his cake I ass eat for a week, as it was called to do, but take a good morning with most healthy food, exercise accessories as you can fit in, play all your favorite books and just relax. Know that you are not the night of overweight and unfit, then you are not piling weight back if you a break for a few days is allowed. Chances are you are exhausted physically and mentally, and constant reflection and obsessed with their goals made the head at the moment. I know how you feel and have experienced many times !! Try yourself and your body confidence that the seed of good habits was actually planted and a break for a few days will be enough for this mysterious motivation to start returning. Chances are you're going to lose the year, and I think only a couple of days eating as I did in the old days (huge portions of heavy carbs) see me again as salad. True story!
Most of us embark on this mission to improve our health and fitness at some time have had a burst of motivation, lit a fire under our asses, what drives us on the couch and gym / playground / park / what either. Miro those moments with immense gratitude, because without them, we probably nothing had changed.
If you did not make that move by itself, I wish I could tell you how to get the ball rolling, but I can not. Each person will have a moment of propulsion "different - their motivation will be somewhat different depending on your lifestyle and circumstances for me, I still remember how incredibly sick, I felt the morning after eating a bath together of Ben & Frozen Jerry. until February 2012. Pictures, a comment from a friend, facing a seemingly easy physical task proves impossible because suddenly you're so fit all appear regularly in the file anecdote that someone was initially motivated to change their lives.
As soon as it comes, you can easily disappear, and that's the sad truth. Most of us have experienced this act sudden disappearance, and somewhat discouraged resorted to Google or books, for 'the list of ways to stay motivated, "or" strategies to increase motivation, "desperate" magic formula "that will keep you away from the mass. Michelle Bridges, arguably the most famous personal trainer in Australia, says that there is no magic formula. In an article Mamamia is very real that she does not like about the whole exercise. She did not wake up every morning for jogging or lifting weights pumped. The fist-pumping emotion for the cameras is recorded, it seems. She said, "just doing it" and stop looking motivation. Exercise and healthy food choices should be so ingrained in your lifestyle - like cleaning your teeth or taking a shower - it becomes automatic Do not think, just do it..
I agree with Michelle, largely, but I contend that can and will enjoy exercising when you push to cross the pain barrier. exercise endorphins are powerful. They kept me out of antidepressants during periods in my life that could have overwhelmed.
My tips for weight loss motivation
Although I agree with Michelle philosophy to have to incorporate exercise into your daily routine as automatic as possible, in the days when it is not enough, some of the strategies that could turn to for motivation include:
1. Ask yourself how you feel at the time the work is done. Do not exercise, but almost always regret regret not.
2. Photos. Keep a little practice, or yourself in the "old days" before and after photos of other people who have had great success, or a photo of someone to do something you want to be able to do, like rock climbing or a chin-up or carry your child around a park. Whatever works. vision boards, although the idea may seem a bit trite, are powerful things.
3. Sometimes I describe myself in third person. "Gen is fit and strong. She lifts things and smashing things and walk for miles through the mud. She can run and jump and jump." So I think even if I did one of those things that made me once, so this is already the case. Live as if your vision is now a reality and has already achieved its objective.
4. motivational sayings may work for some people. One of my favorites is "nothing tastes as good as thin feels." I think the old motto of Weight Watchers may have been (any infringement of copyright here is purely accidental - * gulp *), but it works for me (sometimes). While the chocolate cake can taste amazing out of this world, walking down the street and feel my flat stomach and toned under my shirt, priceless. I often put my hand on her waist, only to marvel again I have a size, provided that it was only a dream. To feel light, energetic, fit, strong, confident - these things are immeasurable.
And more tips ...
Speaking of the measure, other two suggestions:
5. Take regular measures. Advise waist and hips, especially for women. Of course, you can do upper arm, chest and thigh as well, but is likely to put on muscle here and do not want to be discouraged. You can weigh quite clear, but the scales fluctuate much, and put on muscle weight is normal, and again he does not want to give you a reason to feel discouraged. Measurements can be powerful. I week when it feels like a lost cause and I think I'll never get where you want to be, just to get the tape measure and see that, despite the impression that he did not progress, I lost an inch waist (for example). Remember that for progress, not perfection is the key.
6. If the motivation disappears for days or weeks at a time, you might consider revising your goals. Look carefully at them and take a ruthless decision if they are smart - specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely. If you said "I will want to have a warm body in the year" is an intelligent goal? Of course not. What is a "hot body" anyway? Why one year? How will you know when you're there? The sad truth is that most of us have experienced what being overweight and unfit have a sense of self permanently deformed and can never really believe that we are "there." Instead you might say to yourself: "I want to be able to do 10 pushups in real three months" (I mean the property in the fingers, knees and chest close to the ground as you can manage). The next goal becomes what I want to do twelve fifty-five hand pushups in 12 months. These are just some examples of courses chosen by my own personal obsession with the humble push-up!
If all else fails, you have tried all individual motivational strategies in the book and still feel more inspired, it's time for a vacation. Do not sit on his cake I ass eat for a week, as it was called to do, but take a good morning with most healthy food, exercise accessories as you can fit in, play all your favorite books and just relax. Know that you are not the night of overweight and unfit, then you are not piling weight back if you a break for a few days is allowed. Chances are you are exhausted physically and mentally, and constant reflection and obsessed with their goals made the head at the moment. I know how you feel and have experienced many times !! Try yourself and your body confidence that the seed of good habits was actually planted and a break for a few days will be enough for this mysterious motivation to start returning. Chances are you're going to lose the year, and I think only a couple of days eating as I did in the old days (huge portions of heavy carbs) see me again as salad. True story!
