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Motivational Monday

Healthy Self. Heal Thy Self.

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healthy self, heal thy self
The number of testimonials you can find about people who decided to live a healthier lifestyle and in the process cured some ailment that had been affecting them for years is staggering. Most of them started very small. A walk around the block, or 5 push-ups at a time, or one simple yoga pose. But through consistency and persistence, they saw their lives transformed. There are stories of no longer needing blood pressure or cholesterol medications, or having a diagnosis of pre-diabetes reversed. I’m not suggesting we should all suddenly shun modern medicine, but try switching to a healthier lifestyle and see if that doesn’t help heal a bit of what ails you!

Your Body Wants Nutrients, Not Just Calories

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Your body wants nutrients not calories

 

Remember, when your body is hungry it wants nutrients, not calories. This is about being truly hungry, not about just craving something. Always try to satiate true hunger with real food, rather than snacks or “junk” food. You’ll feel fuller on fewer calories, and you are less likely to feel hungry again in a short amount of time. Protein is great at making you feel fuller for longer, relative to the same amount of starchy carbs. On the flip side, veggies are great at letting you eat a large volume of food to fill your stomach without having to take in as many calories. Fill your body with what it truly needs!

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Half-Ass or Bad-Ass?

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half-ass or bad-ass

Half-ass or bad-ass. It really is your choice. Who will you choose to be today? Will you simply go through the motions and slog through another day? Or will you do those extra reps? Take the stairs? Run an extra lap? Be a hero to yourself today!

Aim High

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Aim High

Be brave. Be audacious. Be crazy. Far too often we think “I could never do that/be that” and we basically fail before we begin. Set BIG, HUGE, terrifying goals, and then go for it! Don’t let yourself get in your own way. Tell yourself that it is perfectly okay to set extraordinary goals, and that is more than okay to accomplish those goals.

It’s good to set some intermediate goals. It helps give you a little boost every time you knock five seconds off your time, add ten pounds to your max lift, or hit a milestone on the scale. But having that big, scary goal is what is going to keep you going back for more. As you see it approaching, you get even more excited to see what you can accomplish.

Ernestine Shepherd got where she is now by trying to get into the Guinness Book of World Records.  Joy Johnson was still running marathons at age 86. Conner Rensch lost half of her body weight and went on to participate in a bikini competition and took first place!

What crazy, audacious goal can I help you reach? Let me know in the comments!

You will begin to succeed when you realize your goal is worth the sacrifice

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You will begin to succeed when you realize your goal is worth the sacrifice
Achieving any goal, whether it is weight loss, running faster or getting stronger requires some form of sacrifice. Choosing to do thing A inherently means choosing not to do things B through Z at that moment. In the financial world, it is referred to as opportunity cost. Getting your workout in might mean sacrificing sleeping in. Hitting your macros for the day may require forgoing a seconds at dessert. Depending on how aggressive your goal is, you may have to sacrifice more or less.
When your goal is a top priority for you, however, that sacrifice does not feel burdensome at all. And it is at that point, when your goal is so important to you that any “hardship” feels completely worth the sacrifice, that is the point at which success happens. When you no longer accept excuses from yourself because taking the steps to reach your goal is just what you do and who you are now. There will be the inevitable slip ups along the way, but it is at this point that success is all but inevitable.

Don’t Wait for a Monday, Start Today

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Don't Wait for a Monday. Start TODAY

How many Mondays have come and gone since you said “I’ll start next week”? Take action. Start today.

Not tomorrow, today. Now. Start by figuring out exactly where you are. Get on a scale, find out your current weight. Take some pictures for reference. Calculate your TDEE.

Determine one next step to take, and commit to it for the week. Just one thing. Maybe you’ll walk around the block every day. Maybe you’ll make use of that gym membership. Maybe you’ll swap one can of soda for water, or forgo one unhealthy snack. Whatever makes sense for where you are in your journey right now. Build some momentum by making one change for the better this week.

What will you change this week to get you one step closer to your goals?