Day 1: Find Your Real (Not Pretend) Motivation | 30-Day Weight Loss-athon
Welcome to Day 1 of the 30-Day Weight Loss-athon! Let the fun begin. 🙂
We only have 10 minutes, so I’m going to get straight to today’s action task. This task will provide fuel to fire your motivation for the month ahead. I suggest you read through the steps first, then take 10 minutes to work through the steps.
And because we only have 10 minutes, you need to move fast, act quickly and stop over-thinking. Just throw yourself in. Ready?
What You Need:
- 52 Weight Loss Missions sample
- Pen
- Paper
- Several post-its.
Step 1
Remember the 52 Weight Loss Missions sample you downloaded? If you haven’t already, please read pages 6, 7 and the top of page 8.
These pages talk about your genuine, fire-in-the-belly motivation for losing weight. Not why other people want you to lose weight. Not why you think you should lose weight. But the desire deep inside you. This is what we want to uncover.
Step 2
Write at least 20 endings to the sentence below. Write fast. Don’t censor yourself. Let your pen go where your critical, analytical mind might not let you.
I want to lose weight because…
Step 3
Now read back over your answers and pick one or to two that excite you.
Don’t be surprised if they aren’t the reasons you’ve been giving yourself for losing weight. If you’ve struggled to lose weight, then there’s a good chance your supposed reasons are not very powerful.
What you’ve just uncovered is a powerhouse of motivation. Let’s make sure we use it…
Step 4
Write the exciting reason(s) from Step 3 on some post-its, and put them in several places you’ll see them regularly, eg:
- On your bathroom mirror
- In your wallet
- In your diary
- On your computer
- On the fridge door.
Let these reminders of your real motivation drive you over the next month.
Check in!
And you’re done! Be sure to leave your comment below to check in and stay accountable.
See you back here tomorrow.
I want to avoid diabetes, feel more comfortable in my clothes and get rid of my big stomach. I know I can do it!
I want to avoid diabetes, feel more comfortable in my clothes and get rid of my big stomach. I know I can do it!
Late start but ready to go – caught up and looking forward to 30 days of motivation!
Late start but ready to go – caught up and looking forward to 30 days of motivation!
I want to lose weight because I want to be strong, healthy, and confident but also because I want to be attractive to other people.
I want to lose weight because I want to be strong, healthy, and confident but also because I want to be attractive to other people.
I want to loose weight because I am tired of feeling blah all of the time!
I want to loose weight because I am tired of feeling blah all of the time!
I want to be comfortable in my own body to look the way I feel when I don’t have mirrors around to prove me wrong.
I want to be comfortable in my own body to look the way I feel when I don’t have mirrors around to prove me wrong.
I want to have more energy and I feel if maybe I were skinnier I might be more outgoing, to make new friends.
I want to have more energy and I feel if maybe I were skinnier I might be more outgoing, to make new friends.
My motivation is to be healthier. I don’t want to become diabetic, which is part of my family history.
My motivation is to be healthier. I don’t want to become diabetic, which is part of my family history.
OK! Taken the first step of day one and now IT’S ALL ABOUT ME! That is done now to get on with the other 29 days. We can do this!
OK! Taken the first step of day one and now IT’S ALL ABOUT ME! That is done now to get on with the other 29 days. We can do this!
Feeling better and having more energy are my motivations. The path I’ve been on isn’t going the right direction!
Feeling better and having more energy are my motivations. The path I’ve been on isn’t going the right direction!
I want the image I have of a proud, confident, successful, sexy me in my head to match the image I see in the mirror.
I want the image I have of a proud, confident, successful, sexy me in my head to match the image I see in the mirror.