Motivation!

mariajaimes46

How do i keep Motivated! And i need new recipes with higher protien HELP!

DaveDR7

Why are you not motivated? Target goals too big, it's hard work to lose weight and see it falling off, you gain weight after you lose weight? Plus a million and one other things that stop you from getting healthy!?

Well, like most of us and especially like me, the weight came on slowly and over many years and then whoops I'm in the land of unfitness and feeling sorry for myself, because I know it might take 2 years or more to wipe out 75lbs of extra blubber and get fitter than I've ever been.
How are you going to stay motivated, the same way as I am!
Diets didn't work for me, I just ate crap meals and hey presto more fat

Set yourself smaller goals and or bigger ones:
I decided to do Insanity (that's a big goal for me as I'm totally unfit), but I adapted it so I do it in my own time, I know it's cheating, but I'm slowly getting fitter. It took me over an hour to do the first fit test, should have taken 20 mins, 2nd fit test, still huffing and puffing completed in 25 mins, still 5 mins too long, but increased most of the exercises by 30% at least!

Then aim for the smaller goals in life:
Start with 10 mins (week1) exercise before your shower in the morning!
Add 2 mins extra for every week up to 10 weeks.
Cut down on all the sugary stuff in your life, but do it a little bit at a time, if you have 5 coffees with sugar each day, cut one out and 2 weeks later cut another out! You don't have to cut them all out, everything in moderation.
Likewise, if you're eating out 3-4 times a week, drinking a bottle of wine when you come home at night, try saving some money and eat in, but cut down on the wine and the amount you consume!
Complete your diary regularly it's incredible how you forget that extra latte, the 3 chocolate biscuits, the chocolate bar you demolished at lunch.
Then when you get home try 10 mins of exercising (week 1) increasing every week by 2 mins for 10 weeks, after you've prepped your evening meal then cook and eat.
If you still have energy before bed then try 10 mins of exercise, increasing again!

Mix the exercise up with Jog, Jumping Jacks, Heisman, 123-123, Butt Kicks, High knees, Mummy kicks , vertical jumps (15 secs of each), then rest for 30 seconds ( or however long it takes you to get your breathing right) then repeat another 2 times, then mix it up with suicide drills, Power jumps etc; you can download plenty of exercise plans from the internet and restructure them so you can do them in your 10 min exercising.

By increasing by 2 mins each week, you're accepting new goals.
You're slowly cutting out the bad things that made you unfit.
If you can't do the 10 mins in the morning, double it up in the evening.
Increase your walks with family, around your local reservoir, lake etc.
Give yourself at least 3-4 weeks before you expect to see any positive signs of your efforts.
Expect your weight to yo-yo, it happens, don't get disillusioned.
If you miss out one day, double you efforts the next day.
Aim for a drop in clothes size within 2 months. (Then treat yourself to a new out fit, keep your fattest clothes on your bedroom door to remind you what you were in). Then aim for another drop in 2-4 months!
Keep a secret photo diary of your process, I can guarantee you, if you hit your BMR but have a daily calorific deficiency, you will see a difference in 10 weeks, if you're exercising as well, you're probably see that difference within 6 weeks easily.
Aim to get that first compliment from friends and family within 4 weeks, try to get another 10 compliments in the next 6 weeks !
Do fit test and see if you can improve on it every 2-3 weeks. (5 min warm up with 8-10 exercises to test your strength/cardio and abilities)
Keep trying to cut out the bad things in your life that includes food, the more exercise you do, the less likely you're going to snack, as you won't need to!
Surround yourself with those that want the same in life.
Don't be afraid to shout out about your achievements, everytime you do, it's because you've just reached another one of your little goals.
Don't give up! When you find it's tough going, it's someone reminding you that you have to dig deep, to reach your goals in life, that you don't get anything out of life, without putting something in.
Keep pushing, Don't give up! Repeat to yourself "I will not give up, I'm doing this for me!".
See you on the long road to fitness and a healthy life!