How to stay motivated on your fitness journey

Take pictures

We all appreciate some good words of affirmation from our peers every now and then. Word has it that your immediate circle of friends may not notice changes in your level of fitness for the first 6 weeks. Not a problem. Take pictures before your journey begins and in the course of it. Line them up and compare the two sets. I promise you won't be disappointed.

 

Find your tribe

I'm sure you've heard motivational speeches encouraging you to be yourself and your tribe will find you. The same principle applies to working out. Find groups of people with body goals similar to yours and keep tabs on each other. You're bound to get there faster than you would if you did it alone. Limits to what you can do as you hang out are near non-existent. Some of the greatest friendships are formed in the gym.

 

Incentive

Reward yourself each time you achieve a short term goal. I'm talking a whole tub of ice-cream over the weekend after a week of eating healthy; also known as cheat meals.  There is no limit to what you can buy yourself after achieving the smaller goals. It could be food, new clothes, and shoes. whatever it is, make it good. Work hard and play even harder

 

Plan in advance

At the risk of sounding cliché, fail to plan and you'll essentially plan to fail. Plan your meals, Gym outfits, work out periods and anything else in between, well in advance. Once you get the hang of it, everything else will be a breeze. You'll be surprised at how your planning skills will gradually spill over to other facets of your life as a result.

 

Variety

If you're anything like me, then the thought of being limited to one option would make you a little nervous. So you're tired of eating the same meal for two weeks straight? Google new recipes. Demotivated to see your gym instructor that day? Excuse yourself and do a rigorous dancing clas. Meet new people Fam. Looking for other fun budget-friendly work-out options with friends? Go swimming. It is safe and highly effective. Once in a while, work out at home with a virtual instructor to ease tension and enhance comfort. The whole point is to keep from becoming a slave to one mode of training. Then it will never feel like ‘work’. You're in it to win. Win at all costs.

 

Rest

This is probably the last thing on one's mind when planning out a work-out schedule. Once you begin your program, you will realize that it may get physically and emotionally exhausting. Plan out sufficient periods of rest in between work out days. In so doing, training will never appear daunting. We often downplay the need for one to rest enough to keep you on course. Not every day is a day to go hard. Take time off sometimes. Have days when you absolutely do not think about working out. With that, you'll be well on to living your best life, in your best body yet.

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