Are You MO-tivated or NO-tivated?

Five Tips to help you stay motivated when you just aren't...

Are you doing MO-re for yourself or saying NO to the things that will move you forward toward your fitness goals?? 🧐🧐🧐

Sometimes the journey is tough. And sometimes we self-sabotage and stop. 🛑😣 And you know what? It’s okay. You’re human. BUT what isn’t okay is staying there.

So, a few tips to help you keep that motivation (and those habits) going when you feel like saying No:

* Don’t think about it: Yeah, I know, WHAT?? But honestly the longer you think about doing something, the less likely you’ll actually do it if you’re looking for an excuse not to. So, don’t think. Just do (in my Yoda voice).

* Remember your WHY: Yeah, that deep personal reason that made you start this journey in the first place….what is it? Don’t know or don’t quite remember. WRITE. IT. DOWN. And tattoo it to your brain.

* Do the hard stuff FIRST: You’ve heard the saying, “eat the frog first.” Or something like that….well, if you have those tasks you know you need to do but just don’t want to, do it first thing so it’s over.

Hate logging food? Pre-log in the morning or night before. Then it’s done and you can do you the rest of the day. Too tired to work out? Throw on some gangsta rap, warm up with some jumping jacks and handle it. Then do the stuff you were looking forward to. You’ll feel better after. Trust me.

* Go for a walk and listen to something: Physical activity + some mental activation = 🔥. Take a break and just put on some music or a podcast that inspires you, and run or walk it out.

* Have fun! Do something fun that you enjoy. Love to paint? Paint a picture. Enjoy swimming? Go for a few laps. But the more joy you have, the more motivated you’ll feel. Pinky promise 🤞.