Blogs. I enjoy reading blogs about people who are into running, or losing weight. It can show the ups and downs they go through, and you can learn from their experiences.
Yep – See the Zen habits 31 ways to motivate yourself to lose weight. I’ve highlighted the salient points.
An exercise log/graph. For some reason, writing it down is extremely important. Really. Do it for a week and you’ll see what I mean.
Yep, look on the right hand side for my current weight and here is a weight loss chart.
Your before picture. You often don’t realize how far you’ve come. Take pictures.
I plan on posting an “after” picture in January 2008.
The scale. It’s not motivating to weigh yourself every day, as your weight fluctuates. But if you weigh yourself once a week, you’ll be motivated to have it keep going down, instead of up. Combine the scale with the measuring tape, and measure your waist.
Yep again. See my beautiful scale.
Reaching a goal. Set a goal for weight, or your waist measurement, or a number of days to work out, or a number of miles to run this week. Setting and tracking a goal helps motivate you to complete that goal. Make it easily achievable.
Yep. Look at the top of this page and see what my goal was is.
Posting it on your blog. Tell people you’re going to lose weight or exercise daily, and report to them. You’ll make it happen.
What do you think I am doing now?
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