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.
So that I can run trails again and have that sense of freedom.
Mine is simple, I want to lose weight so I am not always the heaviest person in the room
Day One mission is complete. Check.
Day 1 done! Motivational notes posted. Ready for day 2.
My motivation is to look better and not be controlled any longer by this!
I want to feel sexy and confident.
I want to lose weight so I can sit on the floor at playgroup with the kids I care for!
This was an interesting mission. Made me think a lot.
I want to feel better, have less pain and discomfort, and enjoy life with my family. I want to be able to enjoy the grandson that is coming into our life in a few months.
I need to lose this weight before going back to the Dr.I don’t want more heart work done.
I want to feel attractive again. Post-its are up.
It wasn’t hard to get 20 reason’s picking the real ones took abit more thought here is to a successful month.
I want to lose weight to not feel so fatigued at the end of the day. To be able to keep up with my daughter and to be around to see her grow up.
I want to lose weight so I will be able to wear a swimsuit again without cringing.. and to be more healthy of course.
I want to look as good as my marine and be just as confident. I want to be hour and in shape. It feels good and somewhat selfish to admit that! :-/
I want to wear nice summer clothes and feel confident in them.
I want a flat tummy again and I want smaller thighs so I can feel good in shorts and short skirts. I’ve got the muscle underneath the fat.
I want to have more energy, to be able to play with my kids more, and to just feel better in general.
My group will be participating but we meet weekly on Fridays. We are looking forward to Michele’s wonderful #1 Weight Loss-athon. This first one is great.
I want to be a good role model for my daughter and I want to have more energy. Mostly I want to feel great in my clothes and be confident showing my body parts that I often feel compelled to cover up.