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  • .⠀ 'BE STRONGER THAN YOUR EXCUSE.' --Nike Slogan⠀ .⠀ Staying motivated with your workout goals can sometimes feel like an uphill battle. When it comes to weight loss, it’s usually an ugly cycle where you don’t feel fit, so you don’t go to the gym, so you put on more weight and feel even more unmotivated and full of self-loathing.⠀ .⠀ Sound familiar? 🙋‍♀️⠀ .⠀ With the warm weather slowly slipping away, I wanted to share some of my best tips for setting goals and sticking with them so you can stay motivated during the cold weather months.⠀ .⠀ ✔️ FIGURE OUT YOUR WHY. What is the driving force behind your desire to workout and get back into shape? To feel more confident? To fit into your dream wedding dress? To look smoking hot when you bump into your ex?! Whatever the reason, write it down and refer to it whenever you feel your motivation slipping.⠀ .⠀ ✔️ SET SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM GOALS. I’m all about setting big, hairy, audacious goals, but sometimes we need to set smaller goals to keep us motivated along the way.⠀ .⠀ ✔️ THINK: HOW WILL I FEEL IF I SKIP MY WORKOUT? I ask myself this every single morning when I reach for the snooze button and it always gets me out of bed. Give it a try!⠀ .⠀ ✔️ TRACK YOUR PROGRESS. Make it a point to check-in with yourself once a month to take measurements, assess how you’re feeling and sleeping, what your mood is like, etc. so you can make adjustments if needed, but also remind yourself that your hard work is paying off.⠀ .⠀ ✔️ STOP MAKING EXCUSES. Seriously, just stop. You are the only person standing in between of yourself and your dreams, so stop whining and start doing!⠀ .⠀ How do YOU stay motivated with your fitness goals when the weather gets dreary and cold?
  • .⠀ ‘ALL I NEED IS THE ROAD AND MY MUSIC.’ —Unknown⠀ .⠀ I don’t know about you, but I cannot workout unless I have good music pumping in my ears. It keeps me moving and motivated and does WONDERS for my soul. ⠀ .⠀ I used to make a new playlist every couple of weeks to help switch up my workouts a bit and keep my motivation up, but then I found @fitradio and it has CHANGED MY LIFE!⠀ .⠀ Not only do they have a lot of great workouts, but they have TONS of playlists mixed by real DJs. There are mixes for specific activities like running, spinning, and cross-training, or you can pick a specific genre or decade. What I love most is that you can stream music with or without doing a Fit Radio workout. Yesterday I listened to 90s music while I did a Cardio Coach spin class through the app, and today I listened to 80s music while I did a free run on my treadmill. 🤗⠀ .⠀ If you’re looking for a way to spice up your workouts, this might be the answer to your prayers! ⠀ .⠀ 👇Do you use any fitness and/or music apps to spice up your workouts?
  • .⠀ ‘I’M A BETTER PERSON WHEN I’M MOISTURIZED.’ —Unknown⠀ .⠀ 👆True story, lol!
  • .⠀ BACK TO LIFE. BACK TO REALITY.⠀ .⠀ My hubs and I worked nights and weekends all summer long so we could take 10 full days off for a much-needed family vacay, and we hit the ground running when we returned last Sunday night.⠀ .⠀ Unpacking, organizing, cleaning, grocery shopping, back to school, back to work… 😩⠀ .⠀ It feels good to have our transitionary week behind us, and I woke up feeling excited and overwhelmed all at the same time. I decided to start the day by making a huge list of all the things that are competing for attention in my brain, and then I plan on identifying which things need to be done this week, which things can be scheduled for later, and which things I can either delegate to someone else or ignore completely, lol.⠀ .⠀ How do YOU get yourself back on track after a vacation?
  • .⠀ ‘YOU HAVE A CHOICE EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY. I CHOOSE TO FEEL BLESSED. I CHOOSE TO FEEL GRATEFUL. I CHOOSE TO BE THANKFUL. I CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY.’ —Unknown⠀ .⠀ Here’s your Sunday evening reminder to inhale your blessings and exhale thoughts of love and gratitude today, and everyday. 💙
  • .⠀ ‘A LITTLE PROGRESS EACH DAY ADDS UP TO BIG RESULTS.’ —Unknown⠀ .⠀ I’m feeling SO grateful for my physiotherapist today!⠀ .⠀ I couldn’t walk without pain at the beginning of the summer, and was convinced I would have to give up running, but she has quietened all of my worries and continues to push me to work through my pain so I can remain active and work towards my goals.⠀ .⠀ I’m still not where I want to be, and have days where I feel frustrated, but when I think back to where I was 3 months ago versus today, I am overcome with gratitude.⠀ .⠀ Being injured sucks, but it opens your eyes up to all of the little things you take for granted, and that’s not always a bad thing. 💙⠀ .⠀ Progress, not perfection, right?
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