Categories: Fitness/Health

Mamavation Monday Motivation

I woke up this morning and my first thought was “It’s Monday already?” It seems like just yesterday I was writing my Monday post, and trying to set my goals for the week. How fast a week goes – especially with work, kids and everything in between.

What I’ve noticed is that I set these GREAT goals for the week – I have a meal plan in place, I have my work out’s handed to me thru the awesome Bob Harper site, yet by Tuesday I’m already struggling to keep up with it. My mind gives up before my body even tells me it has!

It’s not that I’m new to this weight loss thing – I’ve struggled with it before, my entire life in fact. But in the past I was successful. So what is the difference?

I have allowed absolutely anything and everything take precedent over my work out and weight loss goals. I lost my mojo…, how and why???

Motivation is defined as:

mo·ti·va·tion/ˌmōtəˈvāSHən/

Noun:

The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
The general desire or willingness of someone to do something.

As I started to look deeper into what motivation really means, I realized that I had lost my desire, my will, my determination to get back on track. Am I scared? Do I really have what it takes? Am I staying positive? Am I speaking positively?I was talking myself down soo much (I can’t do this, I don’t have time, and so on..) that I had literally convinced myself that I wasn’t worth it , that I couldn’t do it.

A friend of mine recently asked me to tell her 3 things I LOVE about myself. I thought, and thought, and I honestly had a hard time coming up with anything. I didn’t feel that any part of me (physically or mentally) was soo overly wonderful that I could even mention it. I had spoken so much doubt and negative thoughts to myself that I was literally starting to believe them.

So I have decided that I WILL change that. I will THINK and SPEAK positively about myself, and others.

Tell me something you love about yourself!!

This post is sponsored by Bengay Zero Degrees and hosted by Mamavation – a community dedicated to obesity prevention & weight loss for women and I’m writing this to be entered into a giveaway

Krissyar

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Lydia says:

November 5, 2012 at 6:14 pm

Krissy! You are AMAZING and so supportive of all of us Mamavation Sistas. I'm blessed to have you in my life even if it's virtually!! As for myself, I love how strong I love people. Sometimes, that hurts me, but I really do love with all my heart. :)
Pam Gordon says:

November 5, 2012 at 9:44 pm

You've got this - don't let your mind get the best of you!!!
Sarah says:

November 6, 2012 at 6:55 pm

Love the new blog! & I love that your replacing your negative voice with a positive one :)