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.

Most Popular MotiveWeight Posts (November 2013, Part 1)

Here are some more fitness/fitspo and weight loss motivation pictures and quotes for you. I'll be posting these 'Most popular Motiveweight Pics' twice per month instead of just once per month....I'll see you back here around the middle of the month. 

Feel free to share my pics on your blog or social networking site. You don't need to write to ask my permission but I would appreciate a link back to my blog. 

Don't forget to check out my main blog MotiveWeight.Tumblr.com where I post fitness and weight loss motivation pictures several times a day.

Run!

Think Fat Loss Not Weight Loss

Allow Yourself To Be a Beginner

You are so much more than what you see in the mirror.

I you're not lighting candles don't complain about being in the dark.

If you're too busy to workout then your priorities need to change

It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you don't stop.

Take It One Pound At A Time

Just focus on the next pound as though it was all you wanted to lose, once that is achieved repeat the process until you reach your goal.

Just Keep Going

Just Keep Going - Failure is just another stepping stone to success.

Walk A Mile A Day

Small habits repeated daily can go a very long way. For example, walking for just a mile a day may not seem much at first, but if you walked a mile every day for a year, by the end of the year you would have walked 365 miles...in ten years you would have walked 3,650 miles. Imagine the benefits to your body, your respiratory system, your heart, your muscles, your joints and your weight, if you were to walk just one mile a day.

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Just Take The First Step

Imagine a very long winding staircase is before you and imagine that at the top of that staircase is a wonderful treasure, something great that you've wanted for a very long time. Now imagine standing at the bottom of that staircase, thinking about the treasure and desiring this treasure with all your heart. At this point you know that the only way to acquire the treasure is to climb up the staircase but all you can do is stare at the staircase wishing you could/would climb it.

This analogy describes the dilemma that many of us face when we feel stuck on a plateau or paralysed by indecision and procrastination. We know what we must do but somehow we just feel stuck.

In reality if there was only a staircase keeping you from a great treasure that you desire, you would not just stand there, you would climb that staircase, step by step by step. No matter how tall that building was, you would climb and climb and climb.

Try to see your weight loss and fitness journey in the same way. See your journey as a set of small steps: Step 1. Get up. Step 2. Put on your trainers. Step 3. Open the door and go for a walk or a jog (or go to the gym, or get on your exercise machine, or put on your exercise video). Step 4. Exercise for a few minutes at first and on subsequent days increase the time you spend exercising. Step 5. Prepare a healthy, clean meal. Etc.. Etc..

Step by step is the way even the longest journeys are completed. Don't look at the whole staircase and feel bad about having to climb it all at once, you don't have to climb it all at once, you only have to take it one step at a time.

Every Little Bit Helps

Every bit of physical exercise you can turn into a habit will help...making small habitual changes to your lifestyle will ensure you lose weight steadily and maintain that weight loss into the future.

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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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A Thousand Mile Journey Begins With A Single Step

A thousand mile journey begins with a single step. - Confucius

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Go Walking

Sustained walking sessions for a minimum period of thirty to sixty minutes a day, five days a week, reduces the chances of cancer, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, anxiety and depression. Life expectancy is also increased even for individuals suffering from obesity or high blood pressure. Walking also increases bone health, especially strengthening the hip bone, and lowering the more harmful low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and raises the more useful good high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.
- Source: Wikipedia

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Every Single Calorie You Burn Takes You One Step Closer

Every single calorie you burn takes you one step closer to your goal weight.

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Don't Wait To Feel Motivated

Don't wait to feel motivated, just get started, as though you are motivated and the motivation will come

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Life Is A Series Of Adjustments

Life is a series of adjustments; you can make changes along the way, but if you don't start moving forward you'll never get anywhere. - Kimora Lee Simmons

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Take Baby Steps

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Small Steps Will Get You There

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Motivation Is Like Food For The Brain

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Don't Change Too Many Habits At Once

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