You Can't 'Out-Exercise' A Bad Diet

You can’t change your body just by exercising. As a matter of fact, I’d say you are wasting your time in the gym until you clean up your diet and implement a sound fitness nutrition protocol. It would be nice if we could work off last night’s junk meal with some extra cardio. Despite what some trainers would have you believe, it just doesn’t work that way. When you are about to cheat and eat that slice of pizza or bowl of ice cream, remember the Fitness Nutrition 80:20 rule. What goes into your mouth accounts for 80% of how you look. -Source

Healthy Food And Working Out Is All It Takes

All it takes is healthy food and working out. No rushing, no starving, no pills, no silly fake gimmicks. It's possible. Quote by: Sailor-Moonn.Tumblr.com from her before and after picture post.

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Movement Is a Medicine

Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional and mental states.

Working Out Is A Gift

Begin to view working out as a treat for your body, this way you'll be more likely to enjoy it and want to do it regularly.

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Fitness Is Not In The Knowing

You get fitter by DOING things to change your life, not by just thinking about it or just reading about it.

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You Are Stronger Than You Think

If you think you'll never have the willpower to create a healthier lifestyle and achieve permanent weight loss, then STOP thinking this way because it is not true...You have the strength to do just about anything you put your mind to. 

Choose ONE SMALL GOAL that you know you can achieve, and every day, start to practice the steps that would make that goal a reality. Your goal could be to eat from a smaller plate, or to exercise for 10 minutes more every day, or instead of five cookies a day you'll eat only two. You'll know your goal is too big if you keep failing at it, in this event choose an even smaller goal and keep practicing it DAILY for a month. At the end of that month choose a new small goal and start practicing this new goal daily as well. Within a year you will have acquired 12 brand new, permanent habits that will prove you do have the strength to change to a healthier lifestyle...and of course the added bonus to this healthier lifestyle is that you would have also found the key to PERMANENT weight loss.

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Sweat Is Magic

Sweat is magic, cover yourself in it daily to grant your weight loss and fitness wishes.

I love these words and have found them to be true in my own life. I don't feel I've had a proper workout until I am drenched in sweat. It's like my measure of how hard I'm working...if I'm not sweating, I work harder until I do.

There Are So Many Good Reasons To Workout

I work out for confidence, strength, the feeling of accomplishment, health, my loved ones, happiness, stress relief, and most of all, for me!

Find Exercise You Enjoy

Fitness needs to be perceived as fun and games or we subconsciously avoid it. -Alan Thicke

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Physical Activity Is Important

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. -Plato

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Go For A Run Today

Runners age more slowly because of natural human growth hormones released during the exercise. This is the same hormone that some people inject into the face to achieve a younger and healthier appearance. When you make running a habit, your muscles get toned, your joints become more flexible and your bones grow stronger. Ideal for managing weight, running is a healthy addition to your exercise regime. -Livestrong.com 

There's No Magic Pill

There’s no magic pill. No special shake. No secret Diet. Just get off your ass.

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Move Your Body

Find an activity you love and do it for the joy of it, not just to lose weight...make it a part of your lifestyle.

It's A Process, Change Takes Time.

  Trust the process - eat clean, exercise regularly and drink plenty of water. Even though you can't see the changes on a day-to-day basis, your body is changing.

Exercise Is The Best Psych Drug Ever

Exercise is the best psych drug ever. Exercise releases 3 'Feel Good' chemicals, serotonin, dopamine and endorphins.

Engage Your Core

Click HERE to access over 60 core exercise demonstrations (animated) on Spark People 

Exercise Makes Your Heart Stronger

Exercise makes your heart stronger and a healthy heart helps you exercise for longer.

30 Minutes A Day To Shed The Pounds

Adults who exercise for shorter bursts of time can lose as much weight as those who work out for up to twice as long, a study has suggested. The University of Copenhagen study concluded that sweating for half the time was “enough to turn the tide” for obesity. The research, published in the American Journal of Physiology, found those who ran, rowed, or cycled for 30 minutes a day lost an average 8lb over a three month period. Read more...

Imagine The Fat Shrinking

See it, believe it, act on it, achieve it.

Walking For The Health Of It

The Health Benefits of Walking

• Walking helps with weight management
• It’s accessible to everyone
• Doesn't require special equipment
• One of the easiest ways to get more active
• It’s a low impact exercise
• Helps maintain strong bones
• Helps maintain lean muscle tissue
• Builds aerobic fitness

My friend Marc made the video from which I created this gif...check out the full video on his blog HERE...you'll love the background music on the video too.