Gennaro's Fitness Weblog

Motivation- How to keep it.
Days turn in to weeks, weeks to months and months to years and if youve been consistent enough after years you will have lead a healthy, happy and successful life. Here's how i did it.

Keep your eye on people that are leaner than you, stronger, more muscular etc and within your grasp. "Hey, i can look better than that in 2 months if im committed every day".

Mirror Checks- may be vain but just another great way of assessing your progress and visualising the new you. The best times to check are on rising and before bed and while you're there, hit a few poses like side chests, double Bi's, glute and quad squeezes and a few hundred calf raises. You'll get leaner and more flexible if you devote 10-15 minutes a day to posing.

Whenever you get the chance to be physically active, be it, whether its running errands around the city, mopping the kitchen floor, or mowing the lawn, keeping on the go will help you burn more fat.

Each Sunday of each week write up an 'I wont and/or 'I will' List and stick it to your fridge door. From the beginning of your program choose two 'baddies' each week to eliminate from your regime or two good deeds to perform. Eg. 'I will not eat any Dairy products at all this week' and 'I will walk every day this week for 45 minutes. Once you're where you want to be you can slowly introduce some dairy occasionally and ease up on the walking to 4 days a week. Start Monday!

Junk out once a week and thats it. Enjoy it immensely and move on. Any other trashy food that comes your way should be thrown in the bin, because lets face it, its better there than in your body.

Go on a mass grocery shopping spree of whole, healthy foods (stock up for 2 weeks)and empty your shelves of all junk food.

Organize a photo shoot with your partner,trainer, friend or amatueur photographer every 4 weeks. Your goal? To clearly improve each time.
Jan 21, 2004    8:26 pm

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