Motivation

Having a poor body image is a side effect of low self esteem. Many of us look in the mirror and don’t like what we see- whether we feel we are too fat, too short, too ugly or have a big stomach, there will always be at least one aspect of our body we hate.

Our modern day society can make it very difficult for people to achieve a positive body image. The glossy magazines are choc full of photos of airbrushed celebrities or size zero models. We haven’t a hope of achieving these unrealistic ideals, which makes us feel even … read more

Do you consider yourself to be an optimist, or a pessimist? Would you believe that your state of mind day to day has a big impact on how much you weight you lose? Let’s face it; losing weight can be hard. You’ve got to constantly work on improving your eating habits, avoiding fattening foods you used to love, making time for exercise each day, and generally devoting a fair amount of time to taking good care of yourself.

When you try to do all these things under a cloud of negative thinking, it just feels that much harder. … read more

It’s not easy to stay motivated to lose weight, especially when progress seems slow. If the scale isn’t moving as quickly as you want it to and you need a little distraction to keep you on track, you may want to start rewarding yourself.

You may have heard about rewarding yourself for weight milestones as you reach them (10 pounds, 25 pounds, etc.) but that won’t make you feel better if you haven’t yet reached those milestones, or if you still have a long way to go to reach your goal.

Instead, you can easily stay motivated to lose weight by … read more

When you think of holiday weight gain, you probably think about all of the delicious foods lurking everywhere you turn. Holiday parties, family dinners, office luncheons, 20 dozen Christmas cookies cooling on your kitchen counters – there is no shortage of temptation during the holidays.

However, there is another contributor to holiday weight gain, and it has nothing to do with food. The holiday season is known for being one of the most stressful seasons of the year. You may have heard that stress is a major contributor to the formation of belly fat, thanks … read more

In the first part of this article, we shared 9 great healthy eating quotes to inspire and motivate you in making positive lifestyle changes. Below are 8 more, along with a few positive thoughts to help cement the concepts in your mind.

“You don’t get ulcers from what you eat.

You get them from what’s eating you.”

- Vicki Baum

Stress is a major cause of poor health and contributes to the formation of excess body weight, especially in the abdomen. While improving the quality of your diet is still a good idea, keep in … read more

Quotes are an excellent source of motivation and inspiration, especially when it comes to changing your lifestyle habits. Below you’ll find 17 great healthy eating quotes to remind you why the changes you are making are so important.

“The trouble with always trying to preserve

the health of the body is that it is so

difficult to do without destroying the

health of the mind.” – G.K. Chesterton

Do your healthy lifestyle changes seem overwhelming and stressful? If so, you may be trying to do too much, too fast. Take it … read more

Losing weight can be challenging for many reasons, one of which is that you feel out of sorts when you try to change long-standing habits. You know basically what to eat and how much to eat, but you don’t quite know what to do with yourself when old temptations rear their ugly heads.

Below is a list of helpful dieting tools that can help with your weight loss motivation:

#1 – Journals

Blank journals can come in very handy for dieters, and there are several different ways you can use them. First, you may want to … read more

Motivation to Lose Weight: 10 Powerful Reasons to Start Now

Do you often think that you need to lose weight but you can’t seem to summon the motivation to actually do it? Developing the motivation to lose weight can be challenging because unless you have an overwhelming desire or reason to want to lose the weight, you’ll just keep putting it off.

The following 10 powerful reasons should provide plenty of motivation to lose weight:

#1 – Reduce your risk of heart disease

Being overweight makes you much more likely to develop heart disease. Simple … read more

A daily gratitude practice can be very helpful in creating a positive mindset, but it can also do wonders in helping you achieve your weight loss goals. Here’s why:

- Gratitude is Uplifting

The more grateful you are, the more inspired and uplifted you are going to be each day, and you are going to find it much easier to stick to your healthy eating and fitness plan. Isn’t it easier to make better decisions when you’re feeling positive instead of negative?

- Empowering

The same uplifted, inspired mindset that gratitude … read more

What kind of mindset would you say you hold each day? Strong, weak, empowered, exhausted, positive, negative? There are as many types of mindsets are there are people in the world, and most of us have different mindsets for different aspects of our lives. For example, your work mindset might be empowered, confident and successful, while your weight loss mindset might be pessimistic and weak.

Below are three key … read more

We all know “how” to lose weight – but it’s also easy to get confused by all the hype and fads out there. One of my favorite things to do with any goal I set for myself is to create a “blueprint” that I can hang in prominent locations in my home and remind myself of the correct actions to achieve that goal.

A weight loss blueprint can be customized to fit any diet plan you follow, and should contain reminders about food, exercise, water, supplements, and anything else you don’t want to forget. You can format it like … read more

Weight loss goals need to include a few important qualities in order for them to be successful. It would be great to set a goal to “lose 20 pounds,” but that is often not enough to motivate some of us. Instead, follow the three tips below for setting successful weight loss goals for yourself:

- Specific

“Losing 20 pounds” may be your ultimate goal, but obviously you aren’t going to lose it all at once. It may be easier for you to set smaller goals that will be attained before that big goal. … read more

Does it seem strange to think that you could close your eyes and imagine something and have it come true? Using visualization for weight loss is a little more complex than that – but the basic premise does have merit!

Here’s how it works:

When you visualize something repeatedly, it starts to sink into your subconscious mind as something of importance. As a result your subconscious mind will keep reflecting back this important essence so that you become more attuned to it mentally, emotionally, and physically.

That means you will automatically start identifying more with that … read more

We all know that regular exercise is an important part of every weight loss plan, but sometimes it’s hard to feel motivated to actually do it. Even if you genuinely enjoy working out, finding the motivation to get up and get started can be a major challenge, especially when you’re tired, busy, or just plain uninspired.

Today we’re going to share a few easy methods for boosting your motivation to exercise, and you may be surprised by how quickly they work:

- The Mental Workout

When you feel uninspired about something, it’s usually because you are under the spell of … read more

Practically every one of us is an expert when it comes to losing weight. We know how to cut calories. We know how to reduce carbohydrate, fat and sugar intake. We know that we need to increase physical activity and reduce our total caloric count to create a calorie “deficit”.

When you consider the amount of people who know this stuff, and the number of those same people who are still overweight, it makes you wonder why more of us aren’t skinny, doesn’t it?

Part of the reason is that it’s easy to “know” this stuff – and much … read more

Losing weight and keeping it off can be challenging on a purely physical level, but the process gets even more complicated when you take into account all the mental and emotional baggage that comes along with weight issues. For one thing, self-image. Your self-image is your mental representation of yourself – in other words, how you see yourself overall.

It’s probably no surprise that most overweight people have terrible self-images. They see themselves in a very negative light, believing themselves to be weak, unattractive, and untrustworthy. This creates a problem when they start trying … read more

Do you need some weight loss motivation? Sticking to a weight loss plan can be hard because the transition between your current weight and your goal weight can seem a long way off. How can you stay motivated and committed when it seems like the payoff for your hard work and sacrifice will take forever to get here?

One good way is to keep your mind focused on the positive outcome you’re working toward, and how great it will be when you finally achieve it! That great outcome, of course, is your slender, … read more

I have these same pictures in a slide show located here. The weight loss photos below are from Flickr.com. There are only 20 pictures here. If you go to the slide show located here then you will see the whole collection of my favourite weight loss photos from Flickr.com. I hope these images will motivate you like it motivated me! Good luck!

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I went to Flickr.com and took some time to find these weight loss before and after pictures. Once I found them I added them to my favourites and now you can view them as a slide show. I know that these weight loss photos really inspired me. This is the whole collection of my weight loss favourites. If you would rather see a page of  just static images then click here, but there are only 20 pictures there. Below is the whole collection of my favourites from Flickr.com. Enjoy!