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 am excited about doing these missions. I have wanted to lose weight for a long time and actually keep it off, but have had trouble staying with it.
I am excited about doing these missions. I have wanted to lose weight for a long time and actually keep it off, but have had trouble staying with it.
I want to lose weight so that I don’t have to take blood pressure meds and I want to live my life instead of just existing in it!
I want to lose weight so that I don’t have to take blood pressure meds and I want to live my life instead of just existing in it!
Step 1, check… step 2, check… step 3, check…. step 4 check! Got my motivations! Onward to a better ME! I’m worth it!
Step 1, check… step 2, check… step 3, check…. step 4 check! Got my motivations! Onward to a better ME! I’m worth it!
Mission 1 completed…I am so hopeful that this will be the answer to feeling good within my own skin after having two kids! Here goes…..
Mission 1 completed…I am so hopeful that this will be the answer to feeling good within my own skin after having two kids! Here goes…..
Finished the task. Wow, that was very emotional and powerful to see all those reasons together on one page.
Finished the task. Wow, that was very emotional and powerful to see all those reasons together on one page.
I want to be able to do “normal” things without losing my breath. Climbing stairs, carrying my grandchildren, walking…etc.
I want to be able to do “normal” things without losing my breath. Climbing stairs, carrying my grandchildren, walking…etc.
I want to lose weight because…I hate feeling disappointed when I see pictures of my body.
I want to lose weight because…I hate feeling disappointed when I see pictures of my body.
Done! Thank you. I just want to fit back in the clothes I wore last summer and be healthier (not sure how that got away from me!).
Done! Thank you. I just want to fit back in the clothes I wore last summer and be healthier (not sure how that got away from me!).
I want to be thinner and healthier. That is my goal. I want to be able to wear anything that I like and not have to worry about if I look fat it in.
I want to be thinner and healthier. That is my goal. I want to be able to wear anything that I like and not have to worry about if I look fat it in.
To feel pretty again, to fight against the (lazy) person I’ve become, to inspire my family.
To feel pretty again, to fight against the (lazy) person I’ve become, to inspire my family.