Are YOU Lacking the MOTIVATION to lose weight?

We all know that DIET & EXERCISE works.  Every book, article, regimen, fitness plan, you name it works as long as you actually do it!  Awe, there is the problem, you lack MOTIVATION.  Getting the motivation to follow through is arguably the most important part of losing weight. The information will always be plentiful, but the motivation....that's the elusive piece of the puzzle, the one thing that everyone wants/needs and few actually have.  So, how do you get the motivation to get started, stay on track, and most importantly, achieve the results you want/need? 

I would suggest that the most powerful MOTIVATOR is the TRUTH. What is your weight related truth?  This may be hard but spend a minute really thinking about this question.   Have you seen or taken a picture of yourself and acknowledged, fully acknowledged that you don't look good - that you don't look healthy and it’s time for YOU to do something about it? 

Forget about AESTHETICS for a second and spend a minute acknowledging the HEALTH CONSEQUENCES with your extra slice of pizza and nachos.  Do your helpful and caring friends & family members make comments here and there that would get you on track, but you eventually choose to ignore them? Do you say to yourself on occasion, "they're just JEALOUS.  Sure, they might be THIN, but they're hungry and miserable.  Ha!  At least I'm full and happy and eating what I want when I want".  Really?!  If you choose to always sugar coat your poor diet & exercise habits then sadly, you haven’t faced the TRUTH.  

Until you face the TRUTH, until you face the total reality of your weight, your health and your life, you won’t obtain the real, solid, game face ‘ON’ MOTIVATION you need.   You may find yourself on what I refer to as ‘fitness spurts’, hitting the gym 1-2x one week and monitoring your diet like a vulture watching over a carcass but you will soon derail AGAIN.  

At BodyVisions one of the motivating tools we encourage all our clients to use is a journal, a log of their DIET – CARDIO – RESISTANCE TRAINING as well as their GOALS and THOUGHTS as they go through their fitness transformation. When you do this each day it keeps you accountable to yourself.  This begins to change how you think and facilitates better decision making.    How ready are you to lose weight?  TRUTH:  Acknowledge what will not only MOTIVATE YOU to achieve your fitness goals but what may derail you from achieving them as well.   

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there!