Help! I Cant Get Motivated to Exercise

     You set a goal to exercise every morning for a week. You woke up and you did it. Day one was great. But day two came along, and suddenly, your exercise goal just didn't seem as important. You couldn't remember why you set this silly goal in the first place.

Making motivation a no brainer

You want exercise to be natural, and something you have fun doing, so you have to find a way to make it a habit. The key to getting motivated and making exercise a no brainer is to pick one habit to change at a time. According, to Dr. John Berardi of Precision Nutrition, research has shown that if you attempt to make one new change in your life, you have an 85% chance of succeeding. If you try and take on two new changes, suddenly your chance of succeeding drops to 35%. Think about what that means if you want to get abs.

These numbers are astounding and a key piece of the puzzle for anyone who tries to take on to much at one time, making goals to change all exercise, eating, and fat loss habits at the same time.

If you want to get healthy, you will need to break down your healthy goals into steps, and attack them one at a time. If you want to lose weight, you may have to start with a simple goal like eating protein at every meal or drinking two glasses of water before you eat. Every 30 days, you can start focusing on a new habit.

Make it stick

Once you decide what new habit you are going to make in your life, visualize the real reason why you want it. This needs to be a powerful reason that is compelling enough to stick around in your mind. You will want to think about it as often as you can. Putting a picture next to your bed or writing out this reason so you see it every morning is an easy way to remember your motivation every morning when you wake up.

Use this reason as the motivation you need to make your new habit stick over the next 30 days. When you are tempted to break the new habit you are creating, think of this new visual to stick with your goal.

This visual serves as a reminder, much like tying a piece of string around your finger. You can remind yourself to create your mental picture by placing notes on your phone, your fridge, your desk, and in your car. The more you remember the goal, the easier it will be to stick to it.

Making new habits is never easy, hence the old saying, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." If you want exercising or losing belly fat to be your healthy goal, make it could be a cinch by starting just one new habit at a time. Your body will thank you.

References: Sucker Punch: Dr. John Berardi

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