5 ways to motivate yourself to lose weight
When starting a fitness journey, especially a body transformation journey, motivation, like all things, has ups and downs along the way, the key is to maintain motivation throughout, and always remember why you started, and think about where you want to be and how you will feel when you finish, there are many ways to motivate yourself and keep yourself motivated on your fitness journey, and some of these are listed below;
-Have realistic expectations - Rome was not built in a day, and unfortunately you cannot get the body of your dreams in that time either, body transformations are a long road and it requires consistency to get to where you want to be, set yourself small milestones over time, this will increase motivation and give you a constant target to follow, start with weekly targets, such at 0.5-1kg weight loss a week, as opposed to starting off saying "I want to lose 15kg" making the goals sound smaller creates more motivation, and appears to be a buildup of smaller hills to climb than just 1 massive mountain
-Focus on the goal - ensure your target is SMART - Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time based, for example "i want to walk for 1 hour a day, for every day next week" or "i will only have 1 beer or 1 glass of wine next week"
-Keep a weight loss journal - self monitoring is vital to keeping yourself motivated throughout your journey, studies show that when people keep a food journal are not only more likely to lose weight, but they are also significantly more likely to MAINTAIN the weight loss, you can keep food journals in either paper form, on your notes, or even on an app
-Don’t aim for perfection, and make sure you forgive yourself for any slip ups! - You don’t have to have the perfect diet and workouts in order to lose weight, if you go 100% all in with no room for movement, you are more likely to over indulge and binge foods, avoid beating yourself up after making a small mistake, just get back on track, up the steps and increase the water intake, self-hindering thoughts will just hinder your motivation, and in term hinder your results
-Find an exercise you ENJOY - if you enjoy doing something, you will have much more motivation to stick to it and do it repeatedly, if it is a class, or a walk with your dog, or even a team sport, find something you look forward to doing and stick with it, it is the best way to ensure long term results and commitment, you would not want to do something 3-5 times a week that you got no pleasure or enjoyment out of doing.
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