I Did is Much Stronger Than I Will

I recently found a way to make myself work out every day: First I decided to commit to working out every day by just starting very small. On day 1 I was only motivated to workout for 2 minutes (Yes, I know, sounds too little right?). But EVERY DAY thereafter I decided that my absolute minimum would be 2 minutes. No matter how demotivated I felt, I was determined to do my 2 minutes. This goal was so small that it was almost impossible not to do it. By day 3 or 4 I had doubled it to 4 minutes. One week later I felt very comfortable to do 15 minutes, because it was beginning to feel like a HABIT. If on any day I did not feel like working out I would make myself do my minimum of two minutes. By week 2, I was doing 30-45 minutes EVERY DAY. Now it's over a month since I started this new way of staying motivated and I now workout for 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes daily (on my elliptical, spin bike, plus YouTube workout videos).
Working out daily has now become my habit, it would seem as strange to me to not work out as it would to not brush my teeth. If you find yourself saying "I will do my workout" and then find yourself procrastinating, but you really want to say "I DID my workout today" consider starting off with a ridiculously short time of just two minutes, but make sure you do those two minutes EVERY DAY. Within a few weeks to a month you'll find this has become a habit that you'll enjoy and be proud of, which in turn will motivate you to want to exercise for even longer.

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.

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...

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?

Do Something Differently

If you always do what you've always done, you will get what you've always got.

To see a CHANGE make a CHANGE

Always look for ways to change what you're currently doing if it's sabotaging your weight loss efforts, or look for ways to continue doing the good things you're doing if you know they're helping maintain your weight loss and fitness levels. Just because you don't know how to do something today doesn't mean you'll never know how to do it...just keep looking for new ways to motivate yourself, new ways to move more, new ways to eat better and gradually your search will be rewarded.

You ARE Changing

Don't rely on seeing day to day changes in the mirror for motivation to stick with your goals. Just know that if you work out regularly and you make gradual changes to your diet, your body will DEFINITELY CHANGE.  Take progress photos each month and in a few months the proof that you've changed will be very clear to see.

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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.

Change Something You Do Daily

If you can make a small positive change to your diet and exercise lifestyle, and repeat that change daily, you will lose weight and get fitter. Small changes repeated daily eventually lead to BIG results.

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Do SOMETHING!!

Do something, anything...everything counts. Small changes repeated consistently will have a big effect eventually. Success is the result of continuous effort.

Make A Change To See A Change

Don't expect to see a change if you don't make one.

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Challenge Yourself

I attended a Zumba class tonight for the first time and on Sunday I’m trying Boxercise for the
first time....challenge yourself, try something you’ve never done before!

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Success Is The Sum Of Small Efforts

Success Is The Sum Of Small Efforts Repeated Day In And Day Out.

You Can Change

You CAN Change - It doesn't matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go. -Bob Proctor. I love this quote because it reminds me that my future is not fixed, it can be whatever my effort and determination will allow into it. My physical destiny can be as amazingly fit and healthy as I want to it to be.

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Yes, You Can Change

Yes you can change...you must ALWAYS believe that. Even if you have not found the way today, keep on looking for it. You will find a way to change your weight and your fitness levels if you look for that way every day.

Focus On One Step At A Time

Successful weight loss is made up of many, many small changes of habit; if you focus on changing your habits one or two at a time, you're more likely to achieve success than if you try to change all your habits at once, only to see yourself as a failure when you don't succeed.

One or two steps at a time is how even the tallest staircase is climbed.

Change Your Direction

A destination change is difficult and takes time, but a direction change can be achieved in an instant. Making very small changes to your diet and activity levels are the direction changes that can lead to a much better destination in your life than the one you'd arrive at if you did absolutely nothing at all.

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Make a Small Change TODAY

Today is only one day. But what will happen in all the other days can depend on what you do today. It's been that way all year. All change begins with what you do today

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Do One Thing

Every day do one thing that gets you closer to your dream...What one thing could YOU do today?

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Small Changes Can Produce BIG Results

What small changes can you make to your eating or exercise? If you try to change too much at once, you may be setting yourself up for failure. Slow and steady progress is the best way to develop and maintain the type of lifestyle that will help you shed the extra weight for good.

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