Lose 10 Pounds in 30 Days (continued)
Rewards:
You will be working really hard over the next few weeks and the most powerful way to stay
committed to your program throughout this time is to reward yourself regularly. Yes,
getting that sexy now body is reward in itself but giving yourself a weekly reward will be
even more effective. Try and make your rewards non food relatedlike buying yourself a new
pair of shoes or going to a day spa. However, remember you can only get these rewards if
you achieved your goal for that week.
Make it fun: Unless you enjoy what you are doing, you
won't stick to it and your motivation won't last very long. Now how do you make something
like exercise fun? Well here are two ways for you to have a smile on your face while
walking to the gym for the next 30 days. Get a training buddy. Going through something
challenging like this for a long period is always easier when you doing it with someone.
Make sure you get someone that will hold you accountable for your actions and that will
push you to work harder and stay committed. The second way to make your workouts more fun
is to add variety. By mixing things up you will stay motivated and not get bored after a
few days of repeating the same thing over and over. Changing workouts around will also
give you better results as your body will have to adapt to new exercise all the time.
Accept failure: "WHAT??? I am not accepting failure; I
am going to give it all until I lose my 10 pounds", I hear you say. If you can do
that, then well done and go for it. The truth is that most of us will have to attend a
meeting here and there, maybe go to a birthday party or just want to have a nice meal
every now and then. Now when you get into a situation like this and you had something
wrong to eat, don't be too hard on yourself. Just enjoy it and then get back on with your
program the very next meal. By putting yourself down about what you did wrong, will have a
far worse long term effect on your results than just accepting that you did something
wrong and then continue with your program.
Be prepared:
From all the principals, workout and eating plan information I will give you in this
article, this is probably the most important actions you can take to increase you chances
of success dramatically. Being prepared will eliminate many stumbling blocks that could
keep you from succeeding and losing 1 pound of body fat every 3 days. Let me tell you a
little story of what used to happen to me and I am sure to many of you as well, before I
started to implement this principal in my life and weight loss quests. I would set a goal
of wanting to go to gym in the morning at 5AM. I would then do nothing until I wake up. So
then I start to search for my trainers, 10 minutes later I find them only to start looking
for my gym bag and heart rate monitor. Once that was found I would not be able to find a
dry towel and then I haven't even started getting some pre workout food ready. Soon it was
30min's later and too late to go to the gym. So what did I do? Just got back into bed for
an extra 20min's of sleep and then got ready for work. Now if on the other hand I had my
gym bag ready and packed the previous evening, all I would have had to do was pick it up
and go to gym when I woke up. See being prepared in every aspect of this plan, from your
eating plan to workout program will make it easier for you to become successful. It might
require a bit of work and getting used to, but once you have the momentum of just being
prepared your results will be a much better and you will reach your goals faster.
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