What do motivated people have that you do not? A better body, that’s what! I’m sure you, like a lot of people, ask yourself how the lean and mean gym goers you see every week keep their motivation up. That forceful drive of motivation is all they really need to stay looking like Greek Gods and Goddesses year round. This article will help you supercharge your own motivation, driving you down the fast road to attain your perfect figure!
Asking yourself, “Why?” will make you fit, and help you lose weight by determining what exactly you want out of an exercise program. So many people I know go to the gym once, maybe twice a week, on and off again for years at a time, never quite making their gym visits a habit. The key to developing a habit in the early stages is to make yourself aware of WHY you are exercising in the first place.
I’m certain many of you are just rolling your eyes now, thinking, “of course I know why I go to the gym, to lose weight“. I’m asking you to look further past the obvious here. Ask yourself the deeper reasons for why you want to lose weight. And after you’ve done this, continue through these questions deeper and deeper until you arrive at the most basic reason, for example:
You ask yourself, “Why do I want to lose weight?” … Because I’ve gained weight over the past few years and I don’t think members of the opposite sex find me attractive anymore.
That’s a fine answer, then go deeper, “Why do I care if people don’t find me attractive any more?” … Because I like looking good.
Deeper, “Why do I like looking good?” … Because I feel confident and respect myself.
And deeper, “Any other reasons why I want to look good?” … Because if I don’t look better, I might never find someone to be in a fulfilling long term relationship with.
And obviously we can go further, and say that after all is said and done, if you don’t find a partner, and don’t respect yourself or feel confident, you won’t be as happy on a day to day basis.
Asking yourself these kinds of questions helps you get to the heart of the reasons why you want to lose weight, so that you can challenge yourself at any time during your life! For example, you don’t want to go to the gym because its nice and warm in bed. You’ve previously had an in depth conversation with yourself as to why you want to lose weight, and now you can use these extremely good reasons to eject yourself out of bed. Still can’t get out of bed? Force yourself to imagine how your life will be if you don’t. Make yourself amplify and intensify how miserable you’ll be if you keep your current habits, keep gaining weight, and never feel confident or sexy. Really feel the emotions that you’d feel if in 20 years you were even further from your goal than you are now.
You can use these techniques to motivate yourself to lose weight if you go far enough with your personal questioning. Just remember: the best things in life can come from enjoying a fit healthy body, you just might have to go through a bit of imaginary hell to get there!