I found this video today, thought I’d share … enjoy the positive motivation!

A relaxed collection of positive thinking quotes to inspire and motivate.

Do you find yourself hesitant in the pursuit of your dreams?

You find yourselves in a rut, you simply need the motivation to tackle the everyday chores.

Don’t treat it like it’s the most difficult task in your life, be positive and just get started.

Life is ahead, at times we all need a gentle push to get started in the right direction.

Improving Your Weight Loss Motivation: 4 Tips

by Kurt Schmitt

Even if you’re ready for a dramatic life change, maintaining your weight loss motivation can be a challenge. If you follow a number of rules, however, you’ll find renewed motivation as you move toward your goals. We’ll discuss four of them below.

Keeping track — You must be aware of your personal numbers if you intend to be successful in your weight loss efforts. Knowing your weight is essential but don’t be obsessive over this. Jumping on the scale once is week is more than enough.

Use a simple tape measure and note the measurements of your upper arms, thighs, hips, waist, and chest. Be as accurate as possible with this. To maintain your weight loss motivation, you’ll want to celebrate even the smallest decrease in size.

Log it — Keeping a journal is the second rule for weight loss motivation. This is the place where you will keep an accurate record of the numbers we mentioned above. In addition, you will record your daily food intake along with your daily exercise.

This journal is essential to your lifestyle change in many ways. It is the perfect spot for you to keep track of the emotional aspect of weight loss. What are you feeling when you have the urge to overeat? Is there a behavior you could substitute for eating that would satisfy that need?

Knowledge is power — The third rule we’re going to discuss is to be a good student! What does that mean? Do your research! In order to lose pounds and maintain that weight loss, you must have an understanding of the USDA Food Pyramid Guidelines. You must also be able to judge recommended portion sizes. So, explore the Internet for suitable websites and read diet-related literature.

When you do your research, you’ll come across many interesting facts that you’ll want to keep. Your journal is the perfect spot for you to have them easily accessible. You’ll be surprised at how much your weight loss motivation is boosted when you read a new perspective on old information.

The power of the mind — The fourth and final rule that we’re going to discuss is that you must spend some time each day meditating. Call it what you choose, but to maintain weight loss motivation, you must have a vision of what you want to be.

Each day, spend time reflecting on exactly what it will take for you to reach your goal. How will you have to behave? What will you have to eat? How will you deal with temptation? It’s all in the details.

If you follow these four simple rules your motivation will remain high throughout your journey. You will have a system in place to fall back on when you feel weak. You will notice and celebrate your small successes and understand that they accumulate into a huge payoff!

Gail M. Davis has a growing resource on dieting including improving your weight loss motivation to assist you in your efforts. Kurt Schmitt writes about inspiration and other life changing topics.

An Inspirational Video - Life’s Little Lessons

This is an excellent video for romantic motivation, I found it browsing the other day and thought I would share.

Looking to Lose Weight Really Fast?

by Liz Davis

Have you found a plan that brings results and helps you lose weight really fast? We don’t want to lose weight so fast that it is unhealthy, but we need to lose the weight fast enough that we don’t get discouraged.

I am like many many other women struggling to lose weight and balance life with their family. It is tough. To top it off, many women in their mid 30’s and 40’s also struggle with monthly hormonal effects which often result in migraine headaches. So crash diets, that throw your body into a tailspin are not an option. Your body is sensitive - massive sudden changes that throw off your body’s balance are simply not an option. They are not worth it. You end up feeling worse than you would if you had just kept the weight on.

What is the true secret to losing weight really fast? How can I drop the weight so that most of my life won’t have passed me by before the weight starts coming off? We really don’t have time to wait around - we need to get the weight off now. How do we do it?

Obviously, the things we continually hear about are important to consider. Exercise, healthy diet - consume fewer calories than you burn. But is there more? What else can be done? I don’t have the luxury of time where I can spend 4-5 hours a day in a gym working out. I live in the real world. I have to work, I have children to care for - a household to run.

Wouldn’t it be great if there were foods that actually increased your metabolism? That would help you lose weight faster. Some of the foods that ARE actually suppose to help you increase your metabolism include: apples, pears, peaches, strawberries, watermelons, artichokes, cauliflower, eggplant, corn, okra, etc? These are great additions to my diet except for the apples or anything with too much sugar. High levels of sugar will send me spiraling into a migraine headache. At any rate, as good of an idea as they seem, I really don’t think that if I sit around and eat buckets full of okra for days upon end that I am going to really make that much of an impact in my weight loss.

So, even though we’ve established that choosing specific types of food can be helpful and that you can’t really go wrong with eating a healthy diet and exercise, where does that leave us? Are we any closer to losing weight really fast? On the opposite end of the spectrum, its no secret that starving ourselves is not the key. So what is the key to losing weight really fast? Considering the trouble I have with migraines, and my schedule challenges with finding time to be in the gym, what’s the best approach to drop the weight?

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