I think the thing that is sometimes the WORST better life blocker is lack of motivation. It is astounding how motivation can completely change your day, your week, your month, and your year. I have been having a horrible time with motivation but my wife and I are implementing some different techniques to keep us on track.
**NUMBER ONE**
Take it slow!! One thing that seems to always derail our motivation is throwing too many goals on top of each other and trying to accomplish all of them at once. It is overwhelming and sometimes the smallest mis-step can throw you into a tailspin. Admit it, you've decided to eat that cheeseburger and not work out on a Monday, then you begin to ask yourself, why even try this week when I've already screwed up? Then as you continue through the week the weight of your goals consumes your mind but doesn't consume your time. You lose motivation and eventually forget about the laundry list of goals you had in the first place. INSTEAD, start slow. This week my wife and I are swearing off cola pops and we've stocked our fridge with healthy foods to keep us satisfied. Two simple goals but as time continues we will add goals and maintain our course.
**NUMBER TWO**
Eliminate the veg-time suckers! Namely the routine of coming home and plopping down in front of the television. The same rule applies as number one above, once you go down the road of TV time suck...it is VERY hard to be motivated enough to get off the couch and go workout. We have stopped our cable service and normally we watch only a couple hours of TV a night, which is still too much in my opinion. Gaming is also a time suck, be sure to limit your gaming time.
**NUMBER THREE**
Track your progress and goals some how. Honestly there are two schools of thought here- A.) you are in the category of tracking everything you eat and every exercise you do. B.) You minimize the level of tracking progress while still accomplishing a visual reminder of your goals. For instance we started a goal chart that has different rewards for us, but the rewards cannot be obtained if we don't reach that goal level. This week our goal was to do something athletic every day and we tracked on the calendar.
Please let me know your motivators!!
