Friday, July 12, 2013

Stay On Track With Your Fitness Plan With These Tips

By Vito La Fata


Have you ever found yourself in a situation of nearly giving up on your fitness goals? Perhaps you have had the experience of stepping on the scale to find that it has not moved, in spite of all your hard work. That is a defining moment for many people: they have to make the choice of whether to keep working or to just give up.

The majority of people throw in the towel, and that's unfortunate because if they were to have just given it another day, that scale might have been their friend again. The moral of the story? Don't give up.If you know you're doing everything right, keep on doing it. Eventually, the weight is going to come off. You can't obsess over the number on the scale.

Sometimes we need a little extra motivation to stay on track. Joining a weight loss competition is a great way to do this. But if you do not like competitions, you can use an online fitness tracker. Be sure to pay attention to your food intake as well. If you are trying to speed your weight loss by severely restricting calories, you may be working against yourself and keeping your body from dropping pounds.

If you are dropping inches and your clothes are fitting differently- let's use that as a measurable scale. Most importantly how do you FEEL? Often, even if the weight isn't coming off at the rate you would like for it to, you may feel great anyway. If so, keep doing what you are doing and your body will slowly restore itself to health.

You made the choice to get fit, or eat better, maybe do both, so you can enjoy your body more, live with heightened levels of energy, find better rest at night, feel attractive again. Just do not give up. Hang in there and see it through.

As John Maxwell shares, "It's not about making one choice; everyone can make one choice. It's about managing that decision every day." Keep making that decision every day and you will reach your health and fitness goals.




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