The Words You Repeat Influence Your Actions

What are you telling yourself on a daily basis about working out? Your words influence your actions, so to change your actions change what you repeatedly say about exercise, healthy eating, weight loss and fitness.

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Today's Reason To Work Out

Today's reason to work out - That proud feeling you get after working out hard and not giving up.

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Just START

We've all heard of the Nike phrase 'Just Do It', well here's another phrase for you...JUST START. The power of 'just starting' should not be underestimated. Starting is relatively easy. Put on your trainers and just START. Starting is the ignition switch and the propulsion you need to continue...once you start the energy to continue follows. Just START, today, tomorrow, and the next day, JUST START and the rest will take care of itself.

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Don't Aim To Be Perfect, Just Aim To Be Better

Rather than aiming to be 'perfect', just aim to be a little bit better today than you were yesterday.

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Build Exercise Into Your Day

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Endocrinologist James Levine gets a little exercise while working at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Jan. 19. Levine says many people are victims of electronic living…to get himself moving, he built his desk around a treadmill and conducts all his meetings while going for a walk. Read More HERE

The more you move the more calories you burn. Write the word ‘move’ on post-it notes and put them where you’ll notice them throughout the day.

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Small changes can make a big difference. Every extra step you take helps. Always use the stairs or walk up the escalator.

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Do Exercise That Gives You Great Pleasure

Only those people who do physical exercise that gives them great pleasure will continue with that exercise.

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Focus On The Benefits Of Exercise

I've recently discovered that paying particular attention to the benefits and positive impact that exercise will have on my life actually makes me more motivated to exercise. I literally meditate on this daily by sitting still for a minute or two and thinking of all the great things daily exercise will do for me personally. Try this yourself, make your mental list a personal list and not just what you think you should say. Think of how great you will look and feel, think of how confident you will be, etc. Writing down the benefits works even better.

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Don’t think, just do. Don’t give yourself time to think; over-thinking about exercise saps motivation. -Mark Tyrrell,  therapist and co-founder of Uncommon Knowledge.

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Hula Hooping Is Fun And Provides A Great Workout

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I recently became quite interested in hula hooping as an exercise when I came across someone on Tumblr who told me she used hooping to lose quite a lot of weight (Check out her blog HERE). She inspired me so much that I ordered one on Amazon for myself and it will arrive tomorrow. I'm so excited about getting started because I know for sure that I'll enjoy this form of exercise.

While researching hula hooping I  found the video below on YouTube and I encourage you to watch it because it clearly demonstrates that not only is hula hooping fun, it will also help you get a good cardiovascular workout and help tone up your body as well.

Understand The Importance Of Exercise

Exercise is very, very important to your health, weight loss and general well being. Think long and hard about the benefits of exercise in your own life....The stronger your "Why?" the greater your "How?".

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How To Increase The Effectiveness Of Your Workouts

You will achieve your weight loss and fitness goals quicker if you make every workout session count. The best way to do that is to set yourself new goals each time you work out.

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Exercise First Thing In The Morning

Exercise Motivation Tip 5: As soon as you wake up, get dressed for your workout.
Try this little trick  tomorrow morning...
As soon as you wake up,  get dressed for your workout....don’t have a cup of coffee, or read your email, or do anything else that you would normally do at this time.  Once you have your workout clothes on start working out. If you do this every morning you’ll create an extremely  powerful habit that will guarantee  you never, ever miss your workout again.

This trick worked for me this morning...While still groggy-eyed I was lacing up my trainers and putting on my workout clothes. I would normally have headed straight for the coffee and my computer and would tell myself I'll exercise "some time later" - on many days, "later" just didn't arrive. Today it felt sooooo good to be doing my workout first thing in the morning before the excuses had time to enter my mind. Now, I can't wait for tomorrow morning to come so I can try this little trick all over again!

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