Motiveweight Has Been Revived and Revamped

Hi everyone, I’m back 😊

I never dreamed I would be away from this blog for so long. It’s been almost three years. WOW!!!

To be honest, as time went by, it looked as though I would never return because I felt done with the whole weight loss motivation thing. I felt I had delivered every weight loss motivational idea I could think of. I also did not want so much of my online life to revolve solely around weight loss. Each new post in the last six months of posting here felt like I was pulling teeth. I knew I needed something else, but at the time I was not really sure what I needed. Sometimes in life you feel that something is missing but you just don’t know exactly what it is. You just know you’re feeling a sort of niggling discontent.

I have discovered the major cause of this discontent was that I was not doing what I really wanted to do with this blog.

I have discovered that my new goal for this blog is to create empowering and inspirational content ON ALL AREAS OF LIFE, not just weight loss because I have learned that it is not just what we eat and how we move our bodies that determines whether we’ll become overweight. There are many lifestyle factors, including stress, low self-esteem, not living our truth, people pleasing, etc, that will make us overeat for comfort. I want this blog to address some of these issues by offering engaging, enjoyable, interesting, easy to implement ideas and strategies that will inspire you to work out the kinks in your life so that you can also work off the extra weight on your body.

We all carry unwanted ‘weight’ in many areas of our lives, whether it’s on our bodies, our romantic relationships, our jobs, our homes, our interactions  with friends and family, our negative thoughts about ourselves, our unwanted habits, etc. So henceforth I will be posting on all these areas in the hope that you, the readers of this blog, will see the revamped Motiveweight as a valuable and important resource companion on your journey to achieving many of your goals, desires and dreams and not only the weight loss ones.

I have a YouTube channel now called iiCANDii Mind Gym. iiCANDii is an acronym for "Imagery for I Can Do It Inspiration". You will find inspirational videos and ideas on many personal development topics. Here is a link to my latest video on iiCANDii posted today March 4th 2020, hope you find it useful.

I intend to post still images from my iiCANDii YouTube channel here on MotiveWeight regularly and of course you can visit the channel to view the video connected to those still images. Here is one such image from the last video posted.

 Quote: Your job is to fill your own cup so it overflows, then you can serve others, joyfully from your saucer. -Lisa Nichols

Hope you all enjoy the new revamped MotiveWeight and find it useful in many areas of your life.

Sending you lots of love, encouragement and empowerment.

Linda xxx

Consistency Is Key

Consistency births results...keep going!

A Thousand Mile Journey Begins With A Single Step

Hi everyone, I'm back! I have not posted anything on here for months, I've been so busy with life's ups and downs that I was forced to put MotiveWeight Blogspot on the back burner for a while. But I am now back in full force, feeling great and raring to go.  I look forward to posting something on here regularly and continuing my journey to healthy weight loss and fitness with you all again. xxx Linda.

You Don't NEED Sugar In Your Tea and Coffee

The act of putting sugar in your tea and coffee is a deeply entrenched habit for many of us. Yet if you practice not adding sugar, you'll find that over time your cravings for it will disappear. 

Do Something TODAY That Your Future Self Will Thank You For

If it were possible to go back in time and give the past you a list of do’s and don’ts that would improve your present life, what advice would you give to your past self? 

Now take this list and apply it to your life today and every day so that your future self will have something to thank you for.

You're Only One Workout Away From A Good Mood

Every completed workout, even a short one, has a corresponding good feeling attached to it.

Every New Day Is A Chance To Change

Every new day is a blank page in the book of your life; you have the power today to write something worth reading.

Reward Your Own Behavior Not The Scale's

Use a calendar and gold stars to reward the efforts you are making. It may seem goofy, but it gives you a great snapshot of your efforts, so that next time you miss the gym or start to go back to old eating habits, you are less likely to feel like you failed at everything and give up. -WeightWatchers

Reward yourself when you perform a specific behavior that helps you achieve your ultimate goal—things like staying in your calorie range for the day, sticking to your exercise plan, choosing certain foods instead of others, getting enough sleep, and so on. Maybe you’ve also got some even more specific goals or problem areas you’re trying to work on within each of these areas—like saying no to second helpings, cooking at home instead of heading for the nearest drive-thru, or adding a little more intensity to your exercise session. -SparkPeople

50 Motivational Fitness Quotes - Click and Drag To See Which One You Get

50 quotes…Click and Drag. The one you get might be just what you needed to see.

Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Hmm…what do I mean by that? Many things. Firstly, doing things that make you uncomfortable yields change. And guess what? The more you experience that discomfort, the more comfortable it will become. But unless you try you’ll never know, will you? You’ll never get to the other side. So until you decide to push yourself harder at the gym; try new foods; confront a family member or a co-worker about something that’s bothering you; learn how to face and manage your anxiety or depression; make conscious efforts to break bad habits…you will stay right where you are in this moment. Are you OK with that? Do you want to settle for good enough? Or continuously feel like you are just hanging on? I hope not. And  I believe it was Einstein who said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.” Albert was a smart cookie. So change. evolve. get uncomfortable. You will be OK. Source

It's Possible

Expand Your Comfort Zone

 We avoid exercise because it’s not comfortable, but if we expand our comfort zone a little at a time, we can make exercise something we’re comfortable with, after a little repetition. -Zen Habits

Just Do A Little...Just Start

You Can Achieve What You Want

Focus On One or Two Well-Defined Goals

“Most people never really get focused about fitness,” says Mike Robertson, MS, CSCS, co-owner of Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training in Indianapolis. “They switch programs every few days or not at all. They miss workouts for weeks at a time.”

As a result, no matter how earnest our intentions, many of us miss the mark. Not for lack of trying, but because we don’t have a winning blueprint or a strategy. “It’s only when you focus on one or two well-defined goals and follow a clear plan to accomplish them that you start to make real progress,”

Robertson, along with many other leading trainers, is articulating a fitness truth grounded in the basic tenets of business: If you want to accomplish any complex, challenging objective, you have to set clear goals, approach each of your hurdles systematically, routinely assess progress, and course-correct when necessary. Source

To Change Your Destination Change Your Direction

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Lao Tzu 

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. -Lao Tzu

There is always time to change the road you're on...

Working Out Can Have A Massively Positive Effect On Your Life

As well as helping you lose weight and get fit, working out will give you an instant boost of self-esteem and confidence that can have a massively positive impact on other areas of your life. When you're feeling unmotivated to work out, make a mental list of 10 ways you'd feel better, and how your life would improve, if you did some exercise today. 

Some Of The Results You Want Are Just Weeks Away

No matter how much weight you want to lose or how fit you want to become, you can only get there by setting and achieving small goals along the way...some of these smaller goals are just weeks away from accomplishment. What small goals can you set today that you know you can achieve in the next few weeks?

See The You That You Want To Be

Seeing is believing!...and once you believe you can do it, nothing will stand in your way.

Think Of How Strong You're Going To Be

 Don't think about how weak you are, think of how strong you're going to be