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6 Ways to Stay Motivated When Losing Weight
© Mandolin Davis
Staying motivated over the long-term isn’t always easy, let’s be honest.
You’ve got all those habits and behaviors constantly tempting you back into old ways.
When we feel bad, often our relief is to do something that’s bad for us. So we have a trigger — stress or feeling down linked to some behavior — eating bad food, drinking, smoking… whatever…
These connections can be very strong, which is why change is often difficult.
Staying motivated doesn’t have one easy solution. I can’t just tell you “do this and you’ll be fine” it doesn’t work like that…
The truth is that motivation is fed by a number of factors and you have to get as many of these factors on your side, if you want to succeed… Read more
The best diet tip EVER!
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What can I have for dinner?
This is such a common problem for everyone and especially moms or dads preparing food for the whole family.
You get home from work, you’re tired, the kids are screaming for food and all you want to do is relax. You look in the fridge and find a limp piece of celery and an out-of-date chicken leg. This all-too-common scenario is a perfect recipe for a hunt for the take-out menu. Read more
Exercise Benefits List
© Lululemon Athletica
I came across this exercise benefits list today, and as I’ve been meaning to compile one, I thought I’d post it up.
I’ll add to it as I come across other benefits. It’s a great motivator — to just read the list and see all those benefits for your time and effort…
The biggest one isn’t there so I’ll mention it now — Feeling Good :-) Read more
Quantum Leap or Baby Steps?
© bettina n
Sometimes it’s better to take a quantum leap (big change) and sometimes baby steps.
99% of the time though, baby steps are better.
That’s because your ability to follow through depends on your level of commitment.
Thinking about where you are right now — how committed are you? How much “backlash” are you willing to take?
If the answer to that is “not much” then baby steps are the way to go. If there’s no urgency to change, baby steps can still take you to a happy and healthy place, with very little in the way of discomfort… Read more
The Best Habit?
© Egor Gribanov
I’ve been meaning to write something about this for a long time so here we go.
Now this isn’t set in stone but it’s what I’m thinking at the moment. The best habit in the whole world EVER could well be…
LISTENING
And what I mean by that is “the perpetual awareness of the space in which thought happens.”
Most of us think WAY too much to be happy. If we’re lost in thought, we lose the present moment and hence our joy of life… Read more
