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“You need a visual to help keep yourself motivated. Here's how to pitch the pig.”
Have you ever had a picture of a cow or a pig on your refrigerator with some clever saying like, "Don't pig out," or one of those pig cookie jars that oinks when you open it? If you still have them, take them outside and drive over them with your car. Instead, think about what DOES motivate you to think healthily. Is it someone who once was heavy who lost the weight? If so, you wouldn't put up her before picture to motivate you now would you? Put up positive images: people you aspire to be like, quotes that move you, even tips on being healthy. Surround yourself with encouragement not belittlement.
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“You want to succeed but bad habits won't die. Here's how to view sleeping dogs.”
When do you fall back into your old ways? Where? If you tend to binge as soon as you get home from work while making supper, something needs to change. Eat an apple on the way home. Do you spend time with friends eating out? Instead go walking at the mall (away from the food court). Snacking in front of the TV? Do puzzles, crochet, or pump small hand weights while you watch. You need to do things that keep you focused on your goals - read healthy magazines, try new healthy recipes a couple times a week, engage in healthy activities - take up golf, bowling, or skating. Break out of the routine that the bad habits inhabit and you may break free from them once and for all.
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“They say if your dog is fat, you need more exercise. Here's how to trim down both of you.”
Take a look around. Maybe it's not just the dog that is getting fat at your place. How about your kids and your spouse? If the discussion of exercise makes everyone suddenly busy, you desperately need to redefine the word. Exercise doesn't mean everyone has to go to the gym and pump weights, do crunches, and lunges until you throw up. Exercise can happen in lots of ways and it doesn't have to be structured. All you need is imagination. Take the kids and the dog sledding, ice skating, or skiing. Build a snowman or have a snowball fight. Go on a nature walk, play badminton in the backyard, or go bowling. Basically anything that gets you off your backside and moving in some way is a great way to exercise and trim down and maybe even have some fun!
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“You may be stuck behind a desk for the majority of the work week. Here's how to move it, move it.”
Unless you're shackled to your chair, move when you can (and if you are shackled, you should seriously rethink your work environment). The more you can move the better. A recent study showed that people who fidget are generally thinner than those who aren't as wiggly. Even something as insignificant as tapping your foot can burn an additional 300+ calories. Take a pair of mini one pound weights to work and do bicep curls when you're on the phone. Get out of your seat. If you can do some of your work standing, do it. Take the stairs instead of the elevator and park farther away in the lot. Challenge yourself to find ways to burn more calories when you're not officially working out.
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“You watch the amount of commitment it takes the overweight on TV to drop the weight. Here's how you can be the biggest loser with your schedule.”
We can't all quit our jobs, go to a fancy ranch, or have round the clock personal trainers to monitor our weight loss. We also can't spend four hours or more a day working out. Even if we could, without a lot of money as motivation, the likelihood of success would be the only thing being slim. Still the whole program works - if you eat right and exercise you lose weight. The people on TV have a fairly short window to make a big difference (and strict medical supervision) so they have to push themselves over the top every day to make it happen faster than the average Joe or Josephine. You don't have to suffer torturing workouts hour after hour to see results. Do your 30 minutes, watch what you eat and results will ensue.
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“Woody Allen once said, "80% of success is showing up." Here's the other 20%. ”
To be successful, you need to know why you want to be. Make a list of why you want to be healthy. Dig deep, really think about it. Is it to have more energy to spend quality time with your family? To be able to fit into your clothes, to shop in "regular" stores, to live a long, healthy life, to not have to exert effort to tie your shoes, to be able to jog up the stairs, to be able to do sports? Make your list and post it where it can motivate your actions...then just show up to make it happen.
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“You go strong for a time and then old feelings pop up to side line you. Here's how to bench those saboteurs. ”
Do emotions and feelings control your life? Sometimes, we get so used to them butting in that we just accept the result - giving up, going back to our old ways, feeling hopeless. No more. If you want to really move ahead, you'll need to address these feeling head on. Evaluate and process why you feel this way. When negative feelings or events creep in, you can choose to react positively. Ask how this experience is benefiting you for good - are you learning something, is it making you stronger or smarter? Don't LET things happen to you. Take control of the life you want to live
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“Old habits die hard. Here's how to watch them turn blue.”
Working out three to five times a week and eating better are certainly important components to transforming your form into a healthy, toned body. You may discover that if you modify a few other habits you may get results you didn't even plan for. For example, if you replace a couple of hours of TV watching with more constructive things like reading, scrapbooking, volunteering, joining clubs that interest you, or just spending more time with family and friends, will make you feel more fulfilled, accomplished, and alive than you can imagine.
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Hello! I am in Culpeper. I guess that's about two hours from you. Welcome to the "club" lol.
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Elyse HW - 285 CW - 285 GW - 140 37 YO, 5'7 - Seminar-11/19, 1st surgeon visit-12/3
Follow my journey at http://140byforty.blogspot.com/.
