Small motivational thing I do...
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worldtravelista
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Something small, but yet very profound, that I do to help keep me motivated on exercising.... is that each day that I work-out my minimum #of minutes, or whatever my goal is, I place a star sticker for that date on my calendar or personal planner.
I'm very visual -- so just seeing the stars on my calendar keeps me going. Plus, I can scroll back through previous months to see if I was slacking or not.
This is just one extra way that I motivate myself.
And who doesn't like getting a Gold Star!!??!
I'm very visual -- so just seeing the stars on my calendar keeps me going. Plus, I can scroll back through previous months to see if I was slacking or not.
![:) :)](https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/resources/emoji/smile.png)
And who doesn't like getting a Gold Star!!??!
![:) :)](https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/resources/emoji/smile.png)
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I do the same thing!! I like looking in my planner to see how well i've done.0
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Omg i need to go out and buy some stickers now...0
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I would highly recommend it lol...0
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Yeah... it's actually kinda fun....
You can get the stickers at Target or any office store.
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I do the same thing in my planner but I just write an "e". I'm going to have to buy stars - much prettier! Thanks for the idea!0
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I have a calendar that lists the aerobics classes that my gym offers. Sometimes I do go to classes, other times I do my own thing. I show days that I worked out with a big X and I jot a note about what I did. Days I don't work out get a / through them. My goal is to get more than half of my days filled with Xs. Each month I try to do one day better. It's rewarding seeing all of the Xs add up!:-D
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I love the star idea! So much more satisfying for some reason!
I keep a small notebook (one of those very cheap spiral ones) with me to log what I did, and it's so satisfying to flip back through the pages. Nothing is more satisfying than logging those cals into MFP though!! Many times I'm on the elliptical thinking how excited I am to be able to enter something!0
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