Healthy Lifestyle Makes For A Happier Life!

Living a healthy lifestyle makes for a happier life, everyone around you will benefit. You'll feel happier and healthier, you'll have more energy to play with your family and friends and you'll have a sense empowerment.

Motivation the Key to Success
Unfortunately too many people lack the motivation needed to commit to starting a fitness routine. It takes time, you don't have to jump in with both feet; you can start off slow. Starting is half the battle; you can begin by walking briskly for 20 minutes 5 days a week or jogging on a treadmill for 15 minutes. And in time you find that you'll want to exercise longer than you did the day or week before.

Motivation is the key to success. Staying motivated will boost your determination to live a healthier lifestyle. Here are 10 motivational tips that have helped me stay on track year after year. These tips have also been highly beneficial for my clients who used them to achieve their weight loss goals and dreams.

Here's a few you to work on this week, next week I'll give you two more!

Set Obtainable Goals

Write down 5 short term goals in the present tense. Write goals that you know you can achieve within a week or a month time period. Create a detailed plan for success. Be specific such as "I workout 30 minutes each day" or "I eat a small balanced meal every 3 hours." Place your goals where you can read them often. Keep your goals in mind at all times. See yourself as though you have already accomplished your goals and dreams. Feel what it feels like to be at your ideal body weight, imagine your physique as you want it to be.

Keep a Fitness and Diet Journal

Keeping a diet and fitness journal is imperative for fitness and weight loss success. Having a journal for your meals and exercise routines is a great way to track your accomplishments and improvements. Log your workouts by writing down how much weight you used and how many reps you did. Write down your meal plan the night before and prepare your meals ahead of time so you'll be ready to go the next day. Using a diet journal holds you accountable for everything you eat & drink, it will help you immensely. Be honest and write down everything you eat. You'll begin to think twice about what you put in your mouth. Also write how you felt that day. You'll be able amazed at how rewarding it is to keep a record of your fitness journey and much easier it will be to create your own success.

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Follow Through

Start your fitness plan today! Take action and follow through with your goals. Be sure to implement journal writing and daily exercise to ensure success. Write down a timeline on your calendar when you will reach your goals, then reward yourself when you do. Get a massage, go to a movie, or read a good book; do what makes you happy.

Commit today to living a healthier lifestyle. If you follow these simple motivational tips and incorporate them into your daily routine you'll soon discover that fitness will become a way of life. Staying motivated is a mindset. Be true to you; exercise often, eat healthy foods and believe you can achieve anything you set your mind to.

Thanks to the author of this great article Carol Whitaker who is a well-known model, motivational speaker and writer. As a successful Fitness Lifestyle Coach, Carol Whitaker has changed lives around the globe.