How to Motivate Yourself to Exercise Regularly?
“Dieters who kept a food diary lost twice as much weight as those who kept no records, according to a recent study by Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research.”
Could you use the same technique to help you stick to a fitness routine if losing pounds is as easy as journaling about what you put in your mouth? But while holding a diary allows you more responsibility for how you handle your body, it is distinct from sticking to a healthy eating schedule or committing to a fitness routine.
1. Alter your perspective:
Shift your thinking from the mentality of a couch potato to athlete-like thinking. This may sound like a big challenge, but you don’t think it’s a big leap. Inspire everybody you meet — even people who can’t be physically active.
2. Set yourself an objective:
The first 5 K looming in bold letters on the calendar is nothing more motivating than this. Register early and commit to an exercise program that will shape you by day of the race. Set realistic goals that include specific achievements, and as you progress toward that target, you will see a ripple effect, arising and things happening in your career, home life, and health. The goal needn’t even be an organized race. Perhaps it’s a mission to fit into that bikini through the annual beach holiday or the old pair of jeans buried in your closet. Defining it whatever it is, write it down and review it regularly. Make sure it’s achievable and that you can change your life to the target.
3. Schedule a time for a regular workout:
Some of the most committed athletes perform exercises regularly before the sun rises or late at night when their children are in bed. Sit down along with your regular weekly schedule and seek to develop your body in an hour a day to be good. Staying in bed can be easy. But you need to set the alarm and take the additional initiative.
Then you will notice that you have more time and that you can be more productive all day long. If you are adamant that you are going to fit into an exercise some time at the last minute, disappointment is particular if the children did not go down for a nap or when the partner is not home on time.
Chances are a last-minute invitation that will come along; the weather will foil a bike ride, or the children won’t nap. Write your workout on your calendar, set up a daycare, and rearrange things as if it were any other necessary appointment you have to keep around this one hour. Or use technologies such as regular email reminders, directories for the fitness book, and applications that help you with the tasks.
4. Think change and fun.
To remain inspired, people require variation and change by nature. They also need to have fun even while they work hard. Do both. Whether it is a toning and sculpting class that changes choreography every week or a trail run, which changes scenery every season, design your exercise routine around a variety of exercise methods. Ensure you are including practices that you really love and look forward to doing and may even help you forget that you are still working out — such as dance, using a hula hoop, or playing sports with family and friends. When choosing the best workout for you, listen to your inner voice. A variety of exercises also challenges your body in unique ways that can introduce you to new muscle groups that you didn’t even know you had. Consider disciplines providing you with more bangs for your buck.
5. Reach out for help when in need.
Some people in America tend to have trouble requesting help. Yet we need buy-in and encouragement from other people to stick to a fitness program. Exercising is part of family life. Everyone should consider that a necessity. It occasionally takes the place of watching TV together. For others, it is meeting a partner to train with a mutual zest and organize planned workouts together. When it is just you, it is easy to hit the snooze button, but it can be far harder to leave a buddy sitting on the road. Consider joining a social networking site or online community of exercise coaches and nutrition experts — and encouraging people to strive to lose weight and be healthy. Those who get this kind of support online have been shown to lose two-three times as much weight as those who go it alone. Lobbying the employer to provide on-site exercise, meditation, or Pilates classes will also help your healthy lifestyle mission.
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