If It Doesn't Challenge You It Doesn't Change You

If it doesn’t challenge you it doesn’t change you – I’ve always been fascinated by how much harder a person works when they have a tough personal trainer pushing them to do their best. With this in mind, whenever I feel myself slacking during my workout and wanting to take the easy route, I pretend Jillian Michaels is my trainer. I literally imagine her shouting at me, telling me to “Work harder!…Do 5 more reps!…Faster, faster!…Keep going!”. This has the effect of instantly making me work harder. Try this little trick yourself (with a trainer of your choice) the next time you need extra motivation to increase the intensity of your workout…it works!

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.

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.

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.

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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.

You Don't Have To Do It Perfectly

Even though you think you'll do really badly in your next workout, do it anyway. An imperfect workout is always better than no workout.

Don't Feel Like Working Out? Do It Anyway

When you don't feel like working out....

1. Do it anyway
2. Put on dance music and move!
3. Do it anyway, just not as long.
4. Remind yourself why you started 
5. Put on your workout clothes
6. Look at your before pictures
7. Read some motivational quotes
8. Focus on the rewards
9. Read weight loss/fitness success stories
10. Focus on how good you'll feel once you're done

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...

Hard Exercise Works

Hard work ALWAYS pays off.

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What Are Your Reasons For Working Out?

The more good reasons you have for working out the more motivated you will be to do it.

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