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Maybe you have experienced this before whereby you have decided to improve your health and fitness and in the first instance you feel really motivated. Maybe you sat and watched an inspiring film that prompted you to do something, perhaps a friend of yours you hadn’t seen for a while turned up having lost a lot of weight or having gained a good deal of muscle mass or perhaps you were simply fed up of feeling unhealthy. Whatever the reason you started exercising and continued to do so for a few weeks.

However after a while your motivation decreased, you got busy at work, you got tired of making the effort or the results weren’t as good as you’d hoped for and you unconsciously quit your healthy exercise lifestyle. If that all sounds familiar then here are a few easy ways to help regain and sustain your motivation for a healthier lifestyle: 

Try setting an enjoyable goal. For example, consider planning out a mountain biking/kayaking/hiking trip in an amazing area of the earth like the the Canadian Rockies, The Andes or The Alps. Immediately then you have an exciting rewarding and motivating goal to target. You should try to be in the best physical shape possible so that you may enjoy your trip as much as possible. If your trip is in 5 montsh time then you can plan a realistic schedule with your fitness goals in mind.

Optin to take part in a local area event. Is there a local fun run, half marathon or something else similar, I’ll bet there is, gte online and find out. Work towards one of these events as a goal to aim for. consider telling a friend of yours so they can come and support you on the actual day and support you in the mean time. 

Take up a sport or hobby, this doesn’t have to be an ultra serious thing just a light hearted game of soccer or hockey at the weekends but it gives you an easy and enjoyable way to monitor your fitness levels. Of course the initial couple of sessions may be very taxing but you will soon notice an improvement and start to look and feel better.

Visualise. Ok this might sound a bit odd at first but try and find a bit of time each day to sit and visualise in your minds eye exactly how you wish to feel and look. Doing this sends a powerful mesage to your sub conscious about what decisions you should be making during your day. Keep doing this and your behaviour will automatically alter to reflect your goals and lead you towards your visualised goals. This works by the way, nearly all top sportsmen use this in some form or other.

Involve family, friends and even your pet dog. Getting more people involved makes it less likely for you to get bored and lose motivation. You are a great deal less likely to be lazy and be inactive at home if your mates are phoning and texting you to get you to go to join them.

Educate yourself. Be curious find out about how to build muscle up, find out how to get a 6 pack, find out how to shed pounds, find out what muscle building nutrition you need for no nonsense muscle building and so on. By growing your knowledge you are quite probably going to improve the rate that your fitness levels will increase which will then serve to increase your motivation more.

Don’t compare yourself to others. No matter who you are there is always going to be someone bigger stronger fitter, leaner sexier or whatever. Acknowledge this fact and realise that we all travel through this life process each from our own different perspectives. Pay more attention to how you feel than to anything else, if you feel good then you are likely getting healthier.

So, with those tips in mind go hit the gym and do whatever it is that you enjoy doing to keep fit, build lean muscle mass or whatever else you want to do, you can do it, just keep it fun. The following is highly recommended for lean muslc growth burn the fat build the muscle book.

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There is a subtle mystery in the concept of being grateful. Those who are truly successful and live lives of lasting richness understand this mystery and apply it every day. In turn, they carry with them an overflowing heart and a feeling of deep, abiding happiness.

The path of gratitude is available to everyone that takes the time to find it. But what is gratitude?

Gratitude is defined as, ‘the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful’. Perhaps though, Melodie Beattie describes it best in her words below:

‘Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns chaos into order, confusion into clarity and denial into acceptance,…. It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.’

To be truly grateful is a fundamental part of creating an amazing life. Everything in the world can begin and end with being thankful. It is a mindset that, when adopted, will keep your heart filled with happiness and your ‘cup half full’. There is a cost however to being grateful and that is the cost of your time.

Making time each day to reflect on the gifts you have in your life is the fastest way to create an abundance mindset.

The trick is to find something that you truly feel grateful for and then to revisit that feeling of gratitude each day. This in turn will give you the strength and confidence you need to overcome the obstacles between you and your goals.

For example, you may have a goal to fit into a certain size of pants or dress. A typical challenge around losing weight is negative self talk. You can use gratitude to combat negative self talk by first recognizing that you have been blessed with a body that despite the extra weight, is still keeping you strong.

Your body is just waiting for you to mentally and emotionally shift into a higher level of fitness and health. When you are ready, it will respond to your new commands and transform itself into the new image you hold for it. So, when you next start playing the ‘negative self talk’ tape see if you can replace it with words and feelings that reflect the deep sense of gratitude you have for your body.

As the challenges and realities of life take hold, gratitude can be a virtue to cling to in those moments of deepest sorrow. Everyone will at some time experience the heartache of death, illness or divorce.

It’s how we choose to handle these difficult circumstances that will determine our ability to move through them.

Some consideration and thought concerning Goal Setting will help you achieve some amazing changes in a short period of time.

Take divorce as an example. Approximately 50% of the population will go through a divorce.Think about someone you know of who is divorced or is considering leaving their partner.

Now think about how that person is choosing to handle the divorce.Are they angry and bitter? Are they lashing out at their spouse?

Or, have they taken the high road and are quietly going about their business, advocating for themselves without hurting anyone around them. Have they chosen to be grateful for the time they were happy? Perhaps they have found the ability to be grateful for the children that came from the marriage. They may be grateful for the experience of learning more about themselves and for discovering what’s most important to them.

If you take the time to look deeply into something, you can usually discover one or two areas for which to be grateful. Clearly, finding gratitude isn’t always easy but it is a worthwhile endeavor.

At the most basic level, you can start with listing just two or three things every day for which you are grateful. Need help getting started?

How about:
1. Being able to take a deep breath
2. Being able to see the sun rise and set
2. Being able to learn and to make different choices

It takes only a moment of reflection to experience gratitude for things like the ability to hear, to touch, to give and receive hugs, a warm house, a safe home, a full stomach, pets, family and friends.

Just imagine how you’d feel if you didn’t have these blessings in your life!

Even on your most difficult days take just a few minutes to give thanks for the gifts in your life. In giving thanks you will be strengthening your sense of abundance.

In turn this will allow you to see more options for happiness and give you the awareness to make different choices.

A spirit of Gratitude is an often overlooked part of creating a life of happiness and greatness. Apply the mystery of Gratitude and you’ll find it turns the everyday aspects of life into experiences of richness and joy.