Getting motivated and staying motivated can be tough, but once you make exercise and healthy eating a regular part of your routine, you’ll wonder why you didn’t get started sooner.

If you’re looking to get back into shape and lead a healthier life, you’ve come to the right place. So stop procrastinating and follow my top tips to get you motivated and keep you motivated.

Make a commitment

Make a commitment to yourself to stick to your plan to get fit and healthy. Identify what your main roadblocks could be, e.g. too busy or too tired – then sit down and work out a logical solution to all of your excuses.
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Tagged As: exercise, fitness, Goals, Health, Motivation, nutrition, Tips

Is goal setting really worthwhile? A recent study from Harvard University seems to think so. In this goal setting podcast I explore how goal setting will put you back in the drivers seat and how to best organize your goals.

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Have you done any goal setting this year? I’d love to hear what you’ve set out to achieve and how you are tracking.

Tagged As: Goal Setting, Motivation, podcast

Editors Note: This post is written by weight loss expert (and former couch potato) Meg McFarlane. Meg has experienced the weight loss journey first hand and has chronicled this in her blog, Spud On The Run.  She has a Bachelor of Science from Sydney University is currently working in IT.

1. I  hate dieting

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Tagged As: diet, Excuses, healthy, Motivation

Truman Capote once wrote ‘To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music the words make.’  A well written quote holds the power to shift a person from inaction to action, from deflated to inspired.

This month I am searching for the best of the best.  The creme de la creme of motivational quotes. What have you read that sends a shiver up your spine, makes you smile, raises a murmour in your heart?

What are your favorite motivational quotes? Post them below in the comments section and next month I will award a $50 Amazon voucher to the winning quote. Enter as many quotes as you wish.

Competition closes September 30th 2008. Good luck!

Last month I ran the Motivational Quotes competition and now I have to decide which one deserves to win. I loved all of them! I particularly loved Amy Common’s, Bay Martin’s, Geraldine Phillips, and Noel Lyons, but there can only be one winner, and that person is Johnny Mac. Congratulations on winning a $50 Amazon voucher for submitting this pearler:

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Thank you to everyone who submitted amazing quotes.

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Next time you are struggling to find the motivation to do a workout, try the 5 minute rule!

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Do you spring out of bed in the morning, ready to face the day, or is life one long struggle and you feel tired all the time? No you’re not just getting old, no it’s not the weather, your hormones, or that bottle of red you downed last night (actually, that may have something to do with it!). Lethargy is a terrible feeling and one that can be drastically improved with some modifications to your lifestyle. Follow these 6.5 ways you can inject some spark back into your life.

1. Get a good night’s sleep
For many people, the night is only young at 10:30, but if you need to work normal hours tomorrow, it is imperative to get your sleeping patterns on track. For the night owls out there, you may lay awake the first few times, but if you follow point number 2 as well, it won’t take your body long to adjust to the new time. Reading a book before bed helps, or check out these 33 secrets to a good night’s sleep.

2. Wake up between 5:30am and 6:30am.
It has been proven that there are hormones secreted around this time to wake you up, and if you don’t actually wake up at that time, they slow down, meaning it is much harder to wake up between 6:30am and 8am. Try it, you will be amazed!

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Tagged As: energy, fitness, Health, Motivation, Physical exercise, Physical fitness, Television program, Wellness

With the Australian Finale of The Biggest Loser over, viewers are left to contemplate the journey and incredible transformations of the 18 contestants. What these people achieve in 12 weeks, most of us wouldn’t achieve in a lifetime. Yet many viewers dismiss the program as “unrealistic”, “setting a poor example of healthy weight loss”, and “way too challenging to try.” With over 10% of the population watching the program it has the ability to significantly affect how people feel about exercise and weight loss. The question remains, however, is the biggest loser a motivator or de-motivator?

When throwing the topic open for discussion, it’s evident that there are many who see the show as a de-motivator. In an article from Time, the author was concerned about;

• the program’s focus on rapid weight loss,
• the fact that it paid little attention to the maintenance of their results
• the rumours that drastic losses experienced often came from deliberate dehydration before a weigh in.
• the general public might think that such high weight loss numbers were the norm.
• Other people commented that the pain these contestants went through was too much. If weight loss was going to be that hard, then they weren’t even going to try.

I’d like to challenge these opinions, as I think that overall, the Biggest Loser is a massive motivator. It may be filmed in a 12 week pressure cooker situation leading to some of the above concerns, but I believe that the majority of viewers see that the benefits far outweigh the concerns.

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Tagged As: diet, Motivation, the biggest loser, Training, Weight loss