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Tips on staying motivated on your weight loss journey

By no means have I reached my ideal weight nor do I believe that my journey is near completion. At this point I've come to realize that this health journey will be a life long commitment, but is one that I'm excited and ready for! While I've been on this journey and beginning to see visible results one of the most frequently asked questions has been " how do you stay motivated, how do you continue to go to the gym every week?" After giving it some thought I'm realizing that for me it's a two part answer 1. In the beginning it was by will power alone. I Decided that I wasn't going to allow myself to create another excuse for me not to get it done. I knew I had to continue forcing myself to go until it became a habit or just part of my daily routine. I gave myself weekly goals example : I'm going to workout 3 times this week or I'm going to drink a gallon of water a day. 2. I also changed my mindset, I stopped looking at exercise as an optional. For me paying a trainer allowed me to attach additional value to it while I still was in denial lol. For some of us it takes a hit to our pockets for us to become serious about something.
My best advice would be to figure out how to make exercise a part of your routine and figure out how to attach what you value to your health journey.

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