30 Day Shred – Day 5
Starting the 30 Day Shred
Depression and Lack of Motivation
“Make the most of yourself…”
Forgive Yourself
Keep a Motivation Board
Fear: The Biggest Enemy of Motivation
Clean Your Desk!
Keep Your Goals to Yourself?
Today marks my fifth day of doing the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred fitness DVD. I’ve done it every single day starting Monday and I’m already feeling a difference.
So far, I’ve lost 2 pounds. Nice! I haven’t measured myself yet. I’m leaving that for the very end of the 30 days to see how much I’ve shrunk.
Here’s a little summary of my days with the shred:
You may have heard of Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred. It seems pretty famous on the internet, even though it’s been out for years. The workout DVD is known all over the web for giving people real fitness and weight loss results while wearing them out.
Since I’m intent to lose weight, gain muscle and get healthy, I thought I’d take the challenge.
I started exercising 30 minutes every day since the start of the year. I mostly used my treadmill and some simpler workouts. Starting today, February 1st, I plan to start the 30 Day Shred and do it every day.
But first, some background on the shred:
Lacking a bit of motivation sometimes is normal. We don’t always want to do the things we have to do. But when your lack of motivation starts to interfere with your every day life, this could be a sign of a serious problem.
Though sadness is the most recognizable symptom of depression, lack of motivation is [...]
“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Are you making the most of your life? Have you really become the exact person you want to be with the life you’ve always wanted to live?
If not, you’d better get started.
Failure happens.
There will be days when you won’t want to work toward your goal. You’ll have a drag of friend’s cigarette even though you already quit, or you’ll eat a brownie when you know you shouldn’t.
In most cases, when someone falls off the wagon, they stay off. They feel like such a failure that they [...]
Having trouble staying motivated? It happens to the best of us.
One way I’ve found to stay on track is to create a Motivation Board.
What you need:
A white board – the bigger, the better.
Dry erase markers, preferably in several colors.
Magnets
You can put anything you want on your board as long as it keeps you motivated. This [...]
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