MotiveWeight

How To Lose Weight Fast - Learn Healthy Fat Loss - Lose Belly Fat - Burn Calories - PART 1

2022-03-06T23:48:00.001+00:00

Video Script:

If you've decided you want to lose some weight (whether it be just a few pounds or a large chunk of your body mass), chances are you've done the research on diets, plans, gyms, exercises, and anything that you can find on that subject. If so, you've probably seen that most credible sources will tell you that weight loss and fitness are strongly related. If not, that's what I'll tell you now.

If you want to lose weight, you first need to evaluate a few truths. The most obvious is that if you burn off more calories than you eat, you will lose weight. You can either chose to do no "extra" exercise and eat very, very little in order to lose weight, or you can stick to a plan that will burn off enough calories and allow you not to starve yourself. It's also important to note that overly-decreasing your calorie intake can backfire on you because your body will slow your metabolism down in order to accommodate this adjustment in calorie intake. This will cause you to actually gain weight instead of lose it.

The next fact is that a combination of water and oxygen leads to fat burning. Make sure that you are getting at least a half gallon of water every day. Your body will use this water when you exercise, and cause you to lose weight in a healthy way. Again, you must combine your water intake with some form of aerobic exercise (increased oxygen) for this to work. Choose something that you like and can do on a regular basis like Walking, biking, swimming, yard work, etc. As long as you get your heart rate up a little bit, it's a good fat burning exercise.

Finally, consistency is the key when it comes to your weight loss and fitness plan. So many people jump into something quickly with the mindset that they will just keep up the pace for a couple of weeks or a couple of months and then they can go back to their usual life.

In reality, your plan should be a life-long commitment. Even after you lose the weight, in order to maintain your goal weight, you need to eat right and get some activity in. So, pick an activity that you enjoy (or that you don't mind so much). Walking is one favorite. If you live in the city, you can actually walk part of the way to work, save on gym expenses, and not have to worry about finding time in your day to exercise. If not, no matter where you live, you can probably find the time to take a 20-minute brisk walk around your neighborhood. Bring a buddy along to keep you entertained and you'll see that the time flies. The connection between weight loss and fitness is too strong to ignore. So, pick your plan and stick with it for life.

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Focus On Goals Not On Obstacles

2022-03-01T19:03:00.007+00:00

Sometimes we are so focused on the obstacles to achieving our goals that there is no room left in our minds to focus on actually achieving those goals.

Think of a really important goal that you would like to achieve. How much of your mind is dedicated to the actual achievement of that goal? How much of your mind is focused on all the obstacles that could prevent you from achieving it. If you are too focused on the obstacles you may never get started on the journey towards achieving what you want most. If you focus on your destination and how great you will feel when you get there, you'll be much more motivated to start and continue the journey.

Try to catch yourself whenever you notice you're thinking negatively about your goal. Be vigilant for the times when your mind tries to seduce you into giving up by making you anxious about how difficult it will be. At times like this say something to yourself that will make you snap out of that negative train of thought. Tell yourself if I keep going I'll get there. Tell yourself, a 1000-mile journey begins with a single step. Tell yourself, winners never quit, and quitters never win. You're persistent positive and optimistic focus on the achievement of your goal is one of the key ingredients that will help you achieve it.

The poster above is available from the MotiveWeight shop SuccessfuelMedia. You can buy this poster as a printable PDF (without a watermark) that you can print at your local print store or use it for any commercial purpose on your website or in your business.

MOTIVEWEIGHT IS NOW ON YOUTUBE

2022-02-21T22:30:00.007+00:00

This video is the first ever MotiveWeight YouTube video on YouTube. I called the channel MotiveWeight because I want this channel to focus on helping you develop a weight loss and fitness mindset.

"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change" -Dr Wayne W. Dyer

A change of mindset is the first key to changing our bodies and our habits. The mind is where all success begins in any area of life.

To achieve a challenging goal we must first find ways to MAINTAIN FOCUS on the achievement of that goal. It is often difficult to maintain focus because we're usually inundated with many day-to-day tasks and distractions that push our weight loss goals to the bottom of our to-do-lists.

However, taking time out to meditate and change your self-talk through the use of positive affirmations can help you to stay on track during the course of your weight loss and fitness journey.

If you listen to videos like this every day in the morning and evening on a loop, or play them in the background while you do something else, you'll be surprised at how much they help you to stay focused and motivated to create the habits that lead to permanent, healthy weight loss.

I intend to put new videos on MotiveWeight Meditations YouTube channel on a regular basis so visit often and don't forget to subscribe so you can stay up to date with each new video upload.

Weight Loss and Fitness Affirmations Video

2022-02-19T23:31:00.003+00:00

I find listening to affirmation videos on a loop really inspires me to do what I'm affirming. At the very least it keeps my goal at the forefront of my mind and helps me to to act on it.

The video above is one I created for one of my YouTube channels 'Successfuel Media'. It's a motivational YouTube channel where I post inspirational videos on all kinds of topics that people might need motivation for.

One of the best ways to play a video like this is to loop it and just let it play in the background while you're doing something else. Repetition is the key to success with affirmations, so make sure to listen to affirmations like this daily or as regularly as you can.

I will soon be creating a dedicated MotiveWeight YouTube channel that will feature weight loss and fitness topics, tips and resources. I will let you know as soon as it has been created.

If you are not familiar with affirmations or you are not sure if you will find them beneficial check out another video I created (below) that speaks about 'The Awesome Power of Saying Positive Things To Yourself'

MotiveWeight Has A New Shop On Redbubble

2022-02-16T18:59:00.006+00:00

From February 15th 2022 Motiveweight products can be purchased on Redbubble. (Click the pictures to see the page for each product) or click HERE to go to the shop's home page.

At the time of writing (16th Feb 2022) there are only six products in the shop but I will be uploading new designs and art work on a daily basis, so the shop should have many more products soon.

The quote I'm featuring in this post, "A little progress every day adds up to big results", inspired me to start this shop. In the past it seemed like such a huge task to create a shop with hundreds of products. But the quote reminds me that all big success comes from small efforts repeated over time.

Making small incremental improvements every day is the way many people achieve their goals. Sometimes just committing to doing as little as 5 minutes a day is the ingredient that stops procrastination.

What big goal have you been putting off that could result in success if you committed to doing it for just 5 minutes daily?

Not just your weight loss goals but any goal that could add significant improvements to your life.

One way to optimise your small efforts is to find a way to TRACK YOUR PROGRESS. You can create your own tracker on a piece of paper or do it digitally via a progress tracking app.

I do mine on paper (in my journal). I draw a simple grid to include the activity I'm tracking and the days of the month. Each time I take an action towards my goal, I put an X in the space under that day. It's such a great feeling to see the grid filling up with lots of Xs.

HERE is a link to my Redbubble shop, hopefully by the time you click on it, my small daily small efforts to populate it with products will mean there are lots of products there by the time you visit it.

I've made "PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION" my new mantra.

This Time MotiveWeight Really Is Back!

2022-02-13T18:26:00.007+00:00

I was certain I would be posting to this blog a few days after my last post in March 2020...but then the pandemic happened.

It completely diverted my attention. I found myself starting a Twitter account as an outlet for my research on EVERYTHING to do with covid and the global response. I was on a mission to help inform others of the full facts. Within months I had over 20,000 followers on Twitter. This left me with no time (or impulse) to post to this blog.

But now, it's February 2022 and I think it's high time I returned to give my full attention to posting here regularly again.

There is an old saying that goes, "Don't tell people what you're going to do, show them". I intend over the next few days, weeks and months to SHOW you MotiveWeight is really back to stay.

So watch this space!

😊 See you soon

Motiveweight Has Been Revived and Revamped

2020-03-04T20:09:00.006+00:00

Hi everyone, I’m back 😊

I never dreamed I would be away from this blog for so long. It’s been almost three years. WOW!!!

To be honest, as time went by, it looked as though I would never return because I felt done with the whole weight loss motivation thing. I felt I had delivered every weight loss motivational idea I could think of. I also did not want so much of my online life to revolve solely around weight loss. Each new post in the last six months of posting here felt like I was pulling teeth. I knew I needed something else, but at the time I was not really sure what I needed. Sometimes in life you feel that something is missing but you just don’t know exactly what it is. You just know you’re feeling a sort of niggling discontent.

I have discovered the major cause of this discontent was that I was not doing what I really wanted to do with this blog.

I have discovered that my new goal for this blog is to create empowering and inspirational content ON ALL AREAS OF LIFE, not just weight loss because I have learned that it is not just what we eat and how we move our bodies that determines whether we’ll become overweight. There are many lifestyle factors, including stress, low self-esteem, not living our truth, people pleasing, etc, that will make us overeat for comfort. I want this blog to address some of these issues by offering engaging, enjoyable, interesting, easy to implement ideas and strategies that will inspire you to work out the kinks in your life so that you can also work off the extra weight on your body.

We all carry unwanted ‘weight’ in many areas of our lives, whether it’s on our bodies, our romantic relationships, our jobs, our homes, our interactions with friends and family, our negative thoughts about ourselves, our unwanted habits, etc. So henceforth I will be posting on all these areas in the hope that you, the readers of this blog, will see the revamped MotiveWeight as a valuable and important resource companion on your journey to achieving many of your goals, desires and dreams and not only the weight loss ones.

Quote: Your job is to fill your own cup so it overflows, then you can serve others,

joyfully from your saucer. -Lisa Nichols

Hope you all enjoy the new revamped MotiveWeight and find it useful in many areas of your life.

Sending you lots of love, encouragement and empowerment.

Linda xxx

I have shut down MotiveWeight.Tumblr.com

2017-03-24T10:20:00.002+00:00

Hi everyone. This is a message mainly for the people who followed MotiveWeight on Tumblr and are wondering why they can no longer gain access to it. Sadly, on Monday March 20th 2017, after six years of running Motiveweight.Tumblr.com, I had to shut it down because it was just taking too much of my time. I have new online projects that I want to implement and I could not do justice to them and give you the service on Tumblr that you were used to. I may open up MotiveWeight on my own website one day because I still own the name MotiveWeight.com but right now I am focused on creating new work in other areas so I am not sure if and when I will ever start up Motiveweight.com again.

Best wishes to all of you on Tumblr who have followed MotiveWeight and my other Tumblr blogs (beautifulpicturesofhealthyfood, fitnessgifs4u and positive-selftalk). I will be contacting some of you personally on Tumblr once I am sure of my new website set up. Bye for now.

Linda (aka MotiveWeight.Tumblr.com) xxx

PS: I will be posting the occasional weight loss motivation image here on this blog as and when I feel inspired to since I still enjoy creating them, so pop round occasionally to see if I've created anything new.

Just Keep Going

2017-03-09T06:25:00.000+00:00

Never give up on a dream just because f the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. -Earl Nightingale

Visualize Your Path

2017-01-29T23:57:00.000+00:00

Stay focused on your goals. Picture the end result and all the satisfaction it will bring.

Focus On Your Goals

2017-01-29T06:16:00.000+00:00

Focus on where you want to be, not where you were, or where you are.

You Can Do It

2017-01-28T01:20:00.000+00:00

What you tell yourself every day will either lift you up or tear you down.

There is a Difference Between Interest and Commitment

2017-01-25T02:06:00.000+00:00

There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses - only results. -Ken Blanchard

Commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you. -Unknown

Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer. -Marcia Wieder.

Commitment is the glue that bonds you to your Goals. -Jill Koenig.

Hi Everyone. I have been away from this blog for quite some time but I'm happy to be back. I hope to be posting on here a lot more frequently :)

It's Never Too Late To Start Over

2015-05-15T16:36:00.000+01:00

Starting slow is still a start.

Remember why you started.

If you’re tired of starting over, stop giving up.

Everyone starts somewhere…just keep going.

Every day is a new beginning, take a deep breath and start again.

Stop saying I wish, start saying I will

Do what you have always wanted to do, it’s never too late to start.

Start now. Make it happen!

It’s never too late to start over. It’s never too late to be happy.

Motivation gets you started habit keeps you going.

Imagine a new story for your life and start living it.

Starting over sucks, so keep going.

Stop wishing, start doing.

The key to success is to start before you are ready.

Think big, start small.

You don’t have to be great to start but you have to start to be great!

Life is Full of Obstacle ILLUSIONS

2015-04-07T19:22:00.000+01:00

You can either allow the obstacles in your life to be the excuse for your failure or you can make them the reason behind your success.

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Fruit is Nature's Candy

2015-04-07T15:08:00.002+01:00

Fruits are nutrient dense, they taste delicious and they satisfy a sweet craving…Eat more fruit!

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Consistency Is Key

2015-03-13T12:20:00.000+00:00

Consistency births results...keep going!

You Can Try Again

2015-03-11T17:10:00.000+00:00

Every day is another chance to change your life...If you don’t like what you’re getting then change what you’re doing...keep trying and never give up.

100 Day Challenge

2015-01-26T18:26:00.002+00:00

I posted this on MotiveWeight 3 years ago and today I received a request for it so I thought it would be a good idea to repost it.

The 100 Day Challenge Count-Up card was created by Wayne Bartlet HERE is the Facebook link for it.

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Happy New Year!

2015-01-01T04:43:00.002+00:00

Happy New Year! May 2015 be your best year ever!

A Holi-DAY (or two, or three) Can Be Part Of A Healthy Lifestyle

2014-12-24T18:46:00.000+00:00

Fitness and healthy weight loss is a lifestyle that allows for Christmas indulgences, so eat, drink and be merry.

Merry Christmas Everyone! :)

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

2014-10-27T23:23:00.000+00:00

If it doesn’t challenge you it doesn’t change you – I’ve always been fascinated by how much harder a person works when they have a tough personal trainer pushing them to do their best. With this in mind, whenever I feel myself slacking during my workout and wanting to take the easy route, I pretend Jillian Michaels is my trainer. I literally imagine her shouting at me, telling me to “Work harder!…Do 5 more reps!…Faster, faster!…Keep going!”. This has the effect of instantly making me work harder. Try this little trick yourself (with a trainer of your choice) the next time you need extra motivation to increase the intensity of your workout…it works!

I Did is Much Stronger Than I Will

2014-10-22T17:51:00.000+01:00

I recently found a way to make myself work out every day: First I decided to commit to working out every day by just starting very small. On day 1 I was only motivated to workout for 2 minutes (Yes, I know, sounds too little right?). But EVERY DAY thereafter I decided that my absolute minimum would be 2 minutes. No matter how demotivated I felt, I was determined to do my 2 minutes. This goal was so small that it was almost impossible not to do it. By day 3 or 4 I had doubled it to 4 minutes. One week later I felt very comfortable to do 15 minutes, because it was beginning to feel like a HABIT. If on any day I did not feel like working out I would make myself do my minimum of two minutes. By week 2, I was doing 30-45 minutes EVERY DAY. Now it's over a month since I started this new way of staying motivated and I now workout for 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes daily (on my elliptical, spin bike, plus YouTube workout videos).
Working out daily has now become my habit, it would seem as strange to me to not work out as it would to not brush my teeth. If you find yourself saying "I will do my workout" and then find yourself procrastinating, but you really want to say "I DID my workout today" consider starting off with a ridiculously short time of just two minutes, but make sure you do those two minutes EVERY DAY. Within a few weeks to a month you'll find this has become a habit that you'll enjoy and be proud of, which in turn will motivate you to want to exercise for even longer.

A Thousand Mile Journey Begins With A Single Step

2014-10-19T19:44:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone, I'm back! I have not posted anything on here for months, I've been so busy with life's ups and downs that I was forced to put MotiveWeight Blogspot on the back burner for a while. But I am now back in full force, feeling great and raring to go. I look forward to posting something on here regularly and continuing my journey to healthy weight loss and fitness with you all again. xxx Linda.

Throw Out The Scale

2014-04-27T05:02:00.000+01:00

I must say this quote really had quite an impact on me. I have been thinking of not using the scale for quite some time and the words, "if you don't like what you see in the mirror what difference does it make what the scale says" was the catalyst that will make me stop using the scales (at least for a while). It's true, why does the number matter? We all want to look better, feel better and be healthier...there are far better and more effective ways to measure these things than the scales....I think I'll make the month of May, NO WEIGH MAY!