Healthy Food And Working Out Is All It Takes

All it takes is healthy food and working out. No rushing, no starving, no pills, no silly fake gimmicks. It's possible. Quote by: Sailor-Moonn.Tumblr.com from her before and after picture post.

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Remember Why You Started

107 Fantastic Reasons To Lose Weight 

1. To feel better about myself.

2. To increase my feelings of self worth.

3. To be able to run and jump without worrying about hurting myself.

4. To look good in a tight dress.

5. To be able to wear shorts in the summer.

6. To be able to go swimming without being self-conscious.

7. To feel I can go swimming at all!

8. To be able to run with my grandchildren

9. To be healthier.

10. To not have fear going to the doctors, because he'll make me get on a scale.

11. To be able to wear a bra that actually fits.

12. To not worry about lawn chairs breaking.

13. To not worry about where to sit at a picnic or on an airplane.

14. To not get "those looks" at a restaurant, even when eating normal food.

15. So my ankles don't puff up and look like there's half a tennis ball on each side.

16. To be able to use a public washroom comfortably.

17. To be able to go into any store, and buy the clothes I like, not just the ones that fit.

18. To not feel awkward about going clothes shopping, or shoe shopping.

19. To be able to order clothes from a catalogue without worrying if they will fit.

20. To be able to wear something that doesn’t say PLUS on it.

21. To reduce my blood pressure.

22. So I can feel comfortable.

23. So I can run on the beach in a bathing suit and feel proud.

24. So taking a bath is a luxurious thing, instead of taking a shower so I won't risk overflowing the tub.

25. So my pants won't wear out between my legs while the rest of them are still in good shape.

26. I want to be able to read the scale by just looking down, straight down.

27. I don't ever want to feel my fat jiggle again!

28. So I can look in the mirror from the neck down and like what I see.

29. To feel strong and fit again.

30. So I can show off my muscles, instead of just feeling fat.

31. So I can play with my dog again!

32. So I can drive my car and feel comfortable.

33. So I don't feel like I'm always leaning back while sitting in a chair, because of my butt.

34. So I can walk up a flight of stairs and not feel winded.

35. So I can wear tight jeans.

36. So I can get up and dance and not feel weird.

37. So I can go on rides at amusement parks again, without stuffing myself into the seat shamefully.

38. So I don't have to worry about the maximum weight an exercise machine can take before I use it.

39. I want to deprive my cats of a perching spot on my chest because it’s too small.

40. So I don't get that pitying look when I go to a gym to work out.

41. So I can lay outside and suntan on my front lawn if I want.

42. I want to wear underwear that looks cute and dainty, not something industrial.

43. So I can buy lingerie that fits, and looks good.

44. So I can buy lingerie without getting weird looks from store clerks or other customers.

45. I want to be able to at least consider entering a triathlon and have it be a possibility.

46. So getting dressed every morning is a joy and not a dreaded chore.

47. So I can pick the haircut I really want and not just one that is for fat people.

48. So I'm when people start talking about weight loss, I don't feel they mean me.

49. So no one ever calls me "a big girl" ever again.

50. So I'm not embarrassed to have my picture taken.

The other 57 reasons can be found HERE on CalorieCount.com

Find Ways To Be More Active

Just find as many ways as you can to be more active for a minimum of 30 minutes daily.

Working Out Can Have A Massively Positive Effect On Your Life

As well as helping you lose weight and get fit, working out will give you an instant boost of self-esteem and confidence that can have a massively positive impact on other areas of your life. When you're feeling unmotivated to work out, make a mental list of 10 ways you'd feel better, and how your life would improve, if you did some exercise today. 

Some Of The Results You Want Are Just Weeks Away

No matter how much weight you want to lose or how fit you want to become, you can only get there by setting and achieving small goals along the way...some of these smaller goals are just weeks away from accomplishment. What small goals can you set today that you know you can achieve in the next few weeks?

Remind Yourself of Your Goals Frequently

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See The You That You Want To Be

Seeing is believing!...and once you believe you can do it, nothing will stand in your way.

Think Of How Strong You're Going To Be

 Don't think about how weak you are, think of how strong you're going to be

You Don't Have To Do It Perfectly

Even though you think you'll do really badly in your next workout, do it anyway. An imperfect workout is always better than no workout.

Move Your Body

Fight that urge to do nothing...some exercise every day, even if it's just for a few minutes, is always better than doing nothing at all.

Just Keep Going

Don't expect to achieve all your fitness and weight loss goals overnight. You will take many steps forward and many steps backward, but if you stick with it and never give up, you will gradually get stronger, fitter and slimmer.

Take One Step Forward No Matter How Small

Small steps lead to big change. As long as you make movement toward a goal, that's what matters most on your journey.

Be Willing To Experience Temporary Discomfort

Be willing to experience a little pain and discomfort on your weight loss and fitness journey...you cannot achieve success without it...no pain, no gain.

Don't Feel Like Working Out? Do It Anyway

When you don't feel like working out....

1. Do it anyway
2. Put on dance music and move!
3. Do it anyway, just not as long.
4. Remind yourself why you started 
5. Put on your workout clothes
6. Look at your before pictures
7. Read some motivational quotes
8. Focus on the rewards
9. Read weight loss/fitness success stories
10. Focus on how good you'll feel once you're done

Make Yourself Strong

Strength Quotes

Your struggles develop your strength. when you go through hardships and decide 

not to surrender, that is strength.-Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t" -Rikki Rogers”

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars.” - Khalil Gibran

Never give up. Show everyone how strong you really are!

What hurts you today, makes you stronger tomorrow.

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Plan What You'll Eat

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. 

Do The Work See The Results

Don't be upset by the results you didn't get with the work you didn't do.

Do Something Differently

If you always do what you've always done, you will get what you've always got.

Make Time To Create The Life You Want

If you don't MAKE TIME to work on creating the life you want you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don't want. -Kevin Ngo

The time will pass anyway...either you spend it creating the life you want or spend it living the life you don't want...the choice is yours.

If It Doesn't Challenge You It Doesn't Change You

Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor. -Alexis Carrel

I love this quote because it so aptly explains the struggle we face to 'remake' ourselves into the fitter version of ourselves.

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Don't Give Up

If you don't give up you'll become fitter, faster, stronger...and slimmer.

Be Patient and Keep Going

Keep going when the going is hard and slow...that's patience!

Commit To Doing Something AWESOME

Don't just 'try', instead COMMIT to doing something truly AWESOME.

Eat More Veggies

If there is a secret to weight loss it would be to 'eat more veggies', loads more (and cut down on processed foods). Veggies are high in nutrients and low in calories, plus they fill you up, and if you also include working out hard several times a week, you WILL lose weight.

Create A Motivation Wall

Place post-it-notes somewhere in your home where you'll see them regularly. Collect phrases that motivate you, read them them when you need to top-up your motivation.

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Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. So if you’re feeling uncomfortable right now, know that the change taking place in your life is a beginning, not an ending… -Neale Donald Walsch

Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort. - Peter McWilliams

See Yourself As You Want To Be

The more you imagine your slimmer, fitter, healthier body the more belief you'll have that you can achieve it...SEEING IS BELIEVING.

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To see a CHANGE make a CHANGE

Always look for ways to change what you're currently doing if it's sabotaging your weight loss efforts, or look for ways to continue doing the good things you're doing if you know they're helping maintain your weight loss and fitness levels. Just because you don't know how to do something today doesn't mean you'll never know how to do it...just keep looking for new ways to motivate yourself, new ways to move more, new ways to eat better and gradually your search will be rewarded.

Movement Is a Medicine

Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional and mental states.

Imagine The Best Version Of You Possible

Close your eyes and imagine the best version of you possible. That's who you really are. Let go of any part of you that doesn't believe it.

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Use Smaller Plates

Start small: eat off a smaller main entrée (or large salad) plate that’s about 8 to 10 inches, instead of piling food onto a 12-inch dish. This simple switch will lead to the same feelings of satisfaction, but with 22% fewer calories (and probably a few less food comas)! The reason? When the brain sees a large plate with white space surrounding the food, it unconsciously assumes the plate contains less food than a smaller-sized dish with no white space, when in fact, both plates contain the same amount. Read more

Weight Loss Begins In The Grocery Store

If you keep healthy food in your home you're more likely to eat healthy.

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Your Present Situation Is Not Your Final Destination

You might not be where you want to be, but you are not where you used to be. You're OK...you're on your way.

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I CAN DO THIS

Every day repeat to yourself, "I can do this"...because you CAN.

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If You Keep Going You Won't Regret It

Don't keep starting and stopping. Give yourself the good feelings that come when you just keep going. 

There's No Secret To Fitness and Weight Loss

It's amazing how often I see people asking others 'What's your secret?' when they see someone whose lost a significant amount of weight. There is no secret, it's down to plain old fashioned hard work and dedication with a lot of focus, persistence, belief, and a never-give-up attitude thrown in.

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What Have You Done Today To Make You Feel Proud?

No matter how small the effort, feel proud of yourself for taking action towards your goals.

Success is Dependent on EFFORT

If you're not seeing the results you want the reason will most likely be that you're not putting in enough effort or the right type of effort. Be honest with yourself about your eating and exercise regime. Where can you make changes? Where can you make improvements? When you increase your efforts you will automatically increase your results.

Don't Quit

The difference between winning and losing is most often...Not Quitting -Walt Disney

This is the key...don't quit, work very hard and you'll achieve your goal.

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Working Out Is A Gift

Begin to view working out as a treat for your body, this way you'll be more likely to enjoy it and want to do it regularly.

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Change Takes Time

Sometimes we give up when we're so close to success...don't let this happen to you. Stick with your goals; a few off days don't constitute failure, get back on track and try again. Success is possible when you work hard and never, ever give up.

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Fitness Is Not In The Knowing

You get fitter by DOING things to change your life, not by just thinking about it or just reading about it.

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Don't Wish For It Work For It

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Remember WHY you started

He who has a strong enough 'why' can bear almost any 'how'.  -Friedrich Nietzsche

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Be Active

Repetition is the key...

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It IS Possible

That voice in your head that tells you it's impossible, is a liar!

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Persistence Pays Off

If you persist you cannot fail. Just keep going and you will succeed.

Build Muscle To Increase Metabolism

Our bodies constantly burn calories, even when we’re doing nothing. This resting metabolic rate is much higher in people with more muscle. Every pound of muscle uses about 6 calories a day just to sustain itself, while each pound of fat burns only 2 calories daily. That small difference can add up over time. In addition, after a bout of resistance training, muscles are activated all over your body, increasing your average daily metabolic rate. -webmd.com

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