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?

Technorati Tags: motivation

If you're new here and plan on visiting again, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

Other posts related to "Weight Loss Motivation"

Losing Weight One Day At A Time

FitOver40 Review

Waiting For The Weight Loss

Leaving Weight Loss Alone For The Holidays

Wanted to bring your attention to a new program I just found online that just might be what you need for your weight loss effort.  You can read my review HERE.

Other posts related to "Fit Over 40 Review"

Good Erg Stats

Lose 2 Pounds In 2 Hours

Weight Loss Linking Love - 17 May 2007

August Exercise Review

Still working on my thirty day goal of exercising every day of the month.  Barely made it today.  Sat myself down at the computer after dinner and before you knew it a hour went by just like that.

Got up, got dressed and went for a 45 minute run that included 1 x 400 meters in 1:38 and 1 x 1600 meters in 6:30 (3:16, 3:14).

Another 15+ days to go of exercising.  Yeah, go team!

Other posts related to "15 Days Of Exercise"

Gaining More Weight

30 Day Weight Loss Goal

Why I Am Counting Calories

New Weight Loss Goal For September 2007

Scott Young made this guest “20 tricks to nuke a bad habit” post at the zenhabits web site. You will recognize some of the methods mentioned - these are what I have used to lose over 20 pounds in the last 7 months.

1. Commit for a Month. Thirty days is all you need to make a habit change permanent. Less time than that and the new alternative might not be hardwired into your brain. More time and any failures to last are usually a failure of strategy, not duration.

Amen brother, I’m a believer. This method has been the cornerstone of my weight loss success. Just do it for thirty days and see what happens. Its not like you are making a lifetime committment.

5. Write it Down . Winston Churchill once said, “Plans are useless, planning is invaluable.” Writing out any commitments you make will give you clarity both to what you desire and how you intend to do it.

Another amen. Writing your goals down on paper (or in this case, on the web) has the magical ability to help you accomplish what you want.

7. Tell a Friend . Get some leverage on yourself. Tell a friend your plan so you will be more likely to commit to the change.

Along the same lines as #5 above. “You” are the friend I am telling that I will weigh 155 lbs by 31 December 2007.

14. Stay Consistent . Try to keep as many aspects of your habit in control when conditioning to make the associations stronger. For the first month don’t just exercise a few times a week, but every day. Do things at the same time and in the same pattern to ensure your results stick.

My June goal of lifting weights twice a week suffered because there was too much time in between efforts. Even this months exercise goal (7 out of 8 days rowing 15km on the ergometer and the beginning and the end of the month) could be a problem.

15. Keep it Simple Stupid!. Habits should be one or two rules, not 20. If your plan looks like a User License Agreement from Microsoft, it’s probably too long. Keep changes simple so they will be easier to adhere to.

Yep.

There you have it, additional social proof that what I am doing to lose weight works.

Technorati Tags: weight loss

Other posts related to "Trick Yourself Into Losing Weight"

Riding The Single Speed

Why I Am Counting Calories

Still Losing Weight

Losing Weight By Exercising In The Evening

I think I have one of my brothers on board, lets just call him P-dawg. He knows about my weight loss efforts to date - at least I have told him about what I have been doing and how much weight I have lost in the last six months (as of today, I have lost 21 pounds).

He has been instructed to get off his duff (so to speak) and stick with a 30 day plan of not eating after dinner. He told me about the grand plans he knows he *should* be doing, its just that he hasn’t done it.

I am speaking from experience when I say I know exactly what he is talking about. Too much pie-in-the-sky plans - plans that are too big - are keeping him from even getting started. I told him that come June 1st, he needs to stop eating after dinner for the next thirty days. And in case you are wondering, I am his older brother and I’ll tell him what he needs to hear, thank you very much.

So here’s to P-dawg and the lost poundage!

Other posts related to "My Brother Will Lose Weight"

No related posts