Do you find it hard to be motivated to eat healthy and get fit?
If you do then you are definitely not in the minority.
This is probably the number one reason that people join our boot camp or come to us for personal training.
Liam they say: “I need some motivation, help me!”
Usually getting some quick results is all it takes. Just last week one of my clients lost 4kg (that’s nearly 9lbs) in her 1st week of training with us.
The result will no doubt make her more motivated but sooner or later her results will slow and where will she get her motivation from.
My advice is to stop looking for weight loss and focus on your health and your happiness.
Do this and everything else falls into place.
Just today there was a study in one of the papers saying that 1 in 10 people in some areas have Type 2 diabetes, which is 100% lifestyle related. How motivated would you be if this was you or what if you you knew that exercise (and diet) could prevent this?
Often it takes bad news to motivate us like the death of a loved one or an illness that’s close to home.
Go and find your own motivation to be healthy today.
It could be your kids if you have any. It could be that you have a family risk of heart disease or something else.
For me, I just got married a few weeks ago and this has really brought home to me a sense of my own mortality. My wife is 8 years younger than me and I want to be around to spend time with her and grow old with her. That has spurred me on to be healthier already.
Here is another thing with motivation.
Sometimes it’s buy xenical from canada just not going to happen. You have to deal with the fact that some days you will not be motivated at all.
Most people who come to our fit camps tell me that they want to be pushed and get some motivation. That’s all well and good but you have to motivate yourselves to actually come to the sessions. Sometimes you are not going to feel particularly motivated and you need to just decide you are going anyway.
The Olympics last year was supposed to motivate us all to do more sport but it lasted for about 2 weeks and everyone went back to their normal lives.
Real motivation comes from knowing what you want or knowing what you want to change. You are not always going to want to get out of bed at 6am on a wet October morning to come and train, but knowing that it’s 1 session that takes you closer to your goal is going to help push you in the right direction and taking small steps to getting to where you want to be.
Getting long term results is all about getting small wins. Staying in be in the morning or going home after work is always going to be the easy option, but if you make that small decision to take and action step and do some exercise and this becomes a habit then you are going to start to see long term and permanent results in little or no time at all.
Even making 1 healthy change can make the world of difference.
I would love to hear from you if you need any help or advice on being healthier. Just hit the contact button above and feel free to ask me any questions.
