* Guest post by Craig Ballantyne, Author of Turbulence Training.
Hey all, Susan here. I wanted to share a great post today which focuses on weight loss motivation tips. In my opinion, motivation is the #1 factor why most people fail to achieve their weight loss goals. Especially because doing home workouts by yourself can be sort of lonely. So without further ado, check this out….
11 Motivational Fat Loss Tips
If you have ever tried losing weight, then you will know that it isn’t easy. Once you accept this truth, then fat loss becomes much less difficult. However, here are 11 additional tips to help motivate you to stick to your fat loss plan and transform your body and life for good.
11. Never Give Up
If you fall off the wagon, cut your losses. Don’t let it weigh on your mind and hold you back because it’s only minor damage that can be dealt with. The important thing is to get back on track, immediately.
10. Don’t Procrastinate
Do it now. Whether you’re thinking of cleaning out the pantry or finally starting to exercise, STOP procrastinating and DO IT now!
9. Identify exactly what it is you want…
…then don’t let anything stand in your way of getting it. By setting specific goals along with deadlines you are providing yourself with a measuring stick.
8. Do Your Best With Everything You Have Control Over
Most people fail to control themselves, and end up only with regrets. They trade minutes of pleasure (i.e. fast food) for days, weeks, months, and years of regret.
Remember that the pleasure of eating lasts for only a short while, but you inhabit your body 24 hours per day, 7 days per week for life.
Rather than trying to “out-cardio” your bad diet, you must PLAN ahead to overcome obstacles. Otherwise, you’ll never succeed.
7. Replacing Bad Habits
Everyday you will be tempted to fall back on old bad habits. To make a lasting change in your health and appearance you must do everything you can to resist that. Try adding a new healthy habit each day to replace an old unhealthy habit.
6. Be Consistent With Baby Steps
Too many people do too much too fast. Sure they get a lot of results in just a short amount of time, but then they crash and burn, dropping out of the process altogether.
The better approach is to build your life one positive step at a time and the way to do this is by taking baby steps to improvement each and every single day. Be a little better than yesterday.
5. Test
There are no failures, only good and bad tests.
You should always be trying something new, monitoring your body’s response, and deciding whether or not that food or exercise belongs in your “tool box”. Do everything you can to learn more about your body. The more you know, the faster your success will be.
4. Social Support & Role Modeling
You can’t soar with eagles if you’re hanging around turkeys.
By hanging around others who want to lose weight, you can leverage their knowledge, commitment, support, and success to push yourself harder than you otherwise would be able to.
*Susan here: this may be the best of all the weight loss motivation tips here. Get a workout buddy to help you stick to workouts. Perhaps even have your own friendly weight loss competition?
3. Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone
People will do almost anything to stay in their comfort zones.
If you want to accomplish anything, get out of your comfort zone and strive to increase order and discipline in your life. Discipline usually means doing the opposite of what you feel like doing. Setting goals and deadlines are the easy roads to discipline.
2. You Are In Charge
Og Mandino once said, “I shall shape my future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me. Or I can be lost in the maze. My choice. My responsibility. Win or lose; only I hold the key to my destiny.”
Translation – Everyone can succeed and reach their goals. It’s a just a matter of how badly you want it.
1. Plan
Planning is the ultimate key to fat loss success.
With a weekly plan of meals and workouts in place, you will be much less likely to hit a road bump that takes you down the wrong path. Try setting aside one day a week to map out your weekly itinerary and you’ll be amazed at how quickly your body transforms itself.
Get more FREE sample fat burning workouts at: http://www.TurbulenceTraining.com
Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men’s Health and Oxygen magazines and will help you burn fat without long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment.
Discover more fat loss tips to help you burn fat, do more push-ups, and build ripped six pack abs in less workout time than ever before.
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Susan here. This is a great and unique article touching upon motivation, which is often a very over looked factor when it comes to weight loss. We generally focus on nutrition and exercise, but where would we be if we simply had no motivation to eat better or to move more.
Can you relate to that? Let me know your story in the comments section below.
Your Friend & Coach,
Susan Campbell, MS, CSCS
P.S. If you would like more motivation tips, along with nutrition and exercise information, check out this free fat loss presentation by clicking here.
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