 |
Posts Tagged ‘motivation’
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
This is an except from my upcoming book, Life Force.
Sometimes it can be a challenge to get started with exercise. After a long workday, you might just want to plop down on the couch and take it easy. But it is in these situations that training is most important. You need to recharge your batteries.
There are tricks to use when lethargy strikes. I usually try to muster enough energy to lace up my training shoes. Once I’ve done that, and left the sofa behind, it’s easier to get going.
Some lines I use to motivate myself go like this:
- I will feel more energetic as soon as I start to exercise
- My thoughts will become clearer even though I’ve had a hard day
- With new strength – mental as well as physical – I will come to see myself as capable and attractive
Test it yourself. Think up some bracing arguments to use after a long, dismal workday when everything feels tough.
Image: Lady-bug
Tags: life force, motivation
Posted in Body-Mind Health, Fitness | No Comments »
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
 Q: How do you create sustainable routines for eating and exercising and to maintain a good health? I like to exercise when I’m actually doing it, but the problem is finding motivation to begin. I’d also like to eat healthier than I do now, but where do I begin? I don’t want to look upon a healthy lifestyle as something distant and unreachable. I want to create one right now!
– Lisa
A: Hi, Lisa! I think the key is to make a decision and then learn to do one or two new things at the same time. Not 10! It is possible to form new habits, but it takes some time and patience and effort. When you look upon that road that leads to whatever destination you want to reach, it can be overwhelming and long if you try to make it in one drive, but if you stop a few times along the way … maybe it can even be enjoyable?
(more…)
Tags: habits, motivation, routines
Posted in Ask Tanja, Fitness, Nutrition | No Comments »
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Fall is here! It’s the season of dramatic color and chilly nights. In the colder and darker areas of the country, the decrease in sunlight signals our bodies that it’s time to hibernate. (California might not experience it to the same extent but trust me, we feel it here, too.) It can be difficult to find motivation, but slowing down is not necessarily an obstacle, just merely a bump in the road on our long and exciting journey to a healthier body and lifestyle.
A big part of living a healthy life is listening to what the body needs, and accepting the changes it goes through. Let’s invite some new movement to play with, to get the body going and the mind motivated again. Here are a few things I have seen lately, which bring the fun into staying fit…
(more…)
Tags: abs, body weight, cardio, core, flexibility, fun, hula hoops, motivation, movement, resistance, spinning, suspension training, TRX, yoga
Posted in Body-Mind Health, Fitness | 1 Comment »
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Even if you are an avid fitness enthusiast who keeps a consistent training regimen, the likelihood of hitting a plateau with your progress and energy levels is a given. Your body’s energy systems work hard to adapt to your energy output. But the demands you put on your body, doing the same thing over and over again, will slowly make it seem as if your body is changing less and less frequently. It might show up as actual weight gain or lack of energy.
This stagnancy not only happens to your physical body, but to your mind and spirit, as well. Do you ever have the feeling that you’re standing still or stuck when it comes to certain situations in your life? That uncomfortable feeling starts growing inside, and perhaps you want to jump-start some kind of change.
The bottom line is: you need to change it up, shock your body, give it something new to chew on!
(more…)
Tags: change, energy, inspiration, life force, motivation, plateaus, plyometrics, progress
Posted in Body-Mind Health, Fitness | No Comments »
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
 … you are going to end up somewhere completely different.
My training is my life force. I have learned to exercise in a way that feels almost meditative. I don’t mean calm and soothing, but that the only thing going on in my head is the task at hand. My breath. My motion. My strength. My focus is complete, as my body moves to renew itself and to live … and sometimes just survive. This is a process that has taken a long time and has been born from my joy in physical movement, my mental focus, and repetition, repetition, repetition. One day at a time, one week at a time, from moment to moment in a never-ending flow.
When I am healthy, I follow my plan with the big picture in mind, knowing that every moment spent on the health and well-being of my body and mind is worth every drop of sweat and minute of pain. That is reality for me. I realized early, coming from a family that was prone to illness and stress, that my health was a privilege and not something to be taken for granted.
(more…)
Tags: attention, awareness, focus, motivation
Posted in Body-Mind Health, Fitness | No Comments »
|
 |
|
Subscribe: 
