Weight Loss Tip

The other day I saw a quote from fitness and weight loss giant Tom Venuto on Twitter that really got me thinking. Here’s the quote:

You can either make excuses or get results, but you can’t do both!

How many of us are guilty of this? How many of us really want to achieve something, but we let all of the excuses get in the way instead? And what do we get in return? A bunch of excuses and no results to show for it.

Overcoming Excuses

It’s easy to make excuses. Life will continue to happen, things will always come up that seem to take priority, or we can always think of something else we’d rather do.

In the end, it all comes down to one thing: how passionate are you about your goal? If you have a goal that you’re trying to achieve and you’re keyed in on that goal, you’ll stop making excuses. Instead you’ll find ways to accomplish that goal because of your desire to do so.

That’s why you’ll find in most books on exercise, nutrition, or really anything else that has to do with self improvement you find they always have at least one (if not more) chapters dedicated to having the right attitude or mindset. It’s because you can have all of the technical knowledge in the world, but if your goal isn’t something that motivates you it doesn’t matter!

Developing the Passion

Unfortunately, I don’t believe there is just one simple way to keep yourself motivated. This is not a ‘one-size-fits-all’ type thing. Instead, you have to find out what motivates you! Here are some ideas. Try different things and see what works for you, or in other words what keeps you motivated:

• Read stories of people that have accomplished what you want to accomplish.
• Create a picture file of people that represent what you want to accomplish.
• Subscribe to other blogs of people going through transformations and comment on their blogs. Be socially involved online with other people trying to accomplish goals, too.
• Take action! Sometimes just doing something can be motivating in and of itself.
• Track your progress. If you can see what you’ve accomplished so far it can motivate you to keep working towards your goal.

I do a combination of the things listed above. I have a few pictures that I look at from time to time that remind me of my goal. I also track my progress to see the changes that are happening. And I’ll also read other people’s blogs to gain motivation from them. I got the quote at the beginning of this post by interacting with people on Twitter, which is another great thing to do.

In Part 2 I’ll talk more about how to stay focused on your goals to get results.

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by Dan Patterson