Sometimes we lose the drive to keep on a straight path towards reaching our fitness and health goals. Workouts get monotonous, food gets boring, we feel like we don't have time, we cheat, we decide that skipping one day of eating healthy or working out won't make a difference....get out of your rut! It's important to find something or someone that helps motivate you to reach your goals and help you see results! So I'm going to give you a list of options to keep you on the right track!
1) Create variety in your workouts!
Working out the same way every week or month can get really boring. Switch up your workouts every month at least. Try new things, get outside! You will have something to look forward to and your body will thank you for giving it something else new to do! You'll see different (GREAT!) changes in your body because you'll be working it an alternative way.
2) Find new foods and new recipes!
Get online, find a new cookbook, or browse the grocery store. Open up your mind to new foods and flavors! Food doesn't have to be boring. In fact, you should be excited about eating and eating healthy!
3) Get a workout buddy!
Having someone you can count on to relate to and have fun with will give you a push. You can talk about your results, make goals together, and help each other reach them. You can bounce ideas off of each other as well and open each other up to new workouts, recipes, etc.
4) Subscribe to a magazine!
My favorite one is Oxygen magazine! It helps give me ideas every single month on workouts, lifting moves, targeting certain parts of my body, recipes, EVERYTHING! And the models are my greatest motivation! They have great bodies! The kind I want to achieve! So I get a push every time my new magazine comes in the mail and I see my heroes looking so fit!
5) Use an event to motivate you!
Do you have a wedding, reunion, or vacation coming up? Do you just want to look swimsuit worthy for summer? Use that as motivation! Put the note where ever your going to see it everyday...
6) Weigh your options and evaluate the effects!
Is there a cookie/cake staring you up and tempting your taste buds? Are you having a bad day and want to binge on a giant bag of Doritos? Stop yourself and think before you act! Think about all the work you've done to get as far as you have. Then think about how you KNOW you are going to feel when you get done eating that cookie or downing those chips. Tell yourself you're stronger than your urge and step away from the foods that are tempting you or better yet get them out of your house! You'll be SO glad you did!
7) Just push play!
Even if you don't feel like working out put it in anyway and press play! Chances are, after you start you'll end up finishing your workout! And if you weren't in the mood to workout BEFORE your workout, you will be in the mood after 5 minutes of warming up! And after-wards you'll be so proud you stuck it out!
8) Use your imagination!
Start thinking about the results you want and the way you want to look. Find pictures of people that inspire you with results similar to what you're looking to achieve....imagine how you'd look and how great you'd feel being that fit.
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