Category: Motivation

Help to get you motivated for fitness

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How to get it done when you don’t feel like it

Here’s a post from a few years ago.

It’s a subject that’s always relevant, and that I coach on regularly.

So I hope you get what you need from it.

This morning I woke up at 5:30.

Last night, before going to bed, I planned to get up this morning, bright and early, to do my work-out. 

I knew what I wanted to get done (I wrote it down), why I was doing it (Spartan race this Saturday!), where I was going (the park across the street),  and what I was going to wear (I took out my shorts, tank top, and socks last night).

But despite good planning, the truth was I didn’t “feel like” working out this morning.

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How to reinvent yourself in mid-life

So many women I meet are feeling a sort of unease, unhappiness, or general anxiety.

And they know, deep inside, that something needs to change.

But what?

Maybe you’re familiar with this feeling.

And maybe you think you already know the change you want to make…

You want to change your career.

Or start a business.

Or leave a relationship.

Or start new relationships.

Or transform your body.

Or just become a more authentic version of you.

And maybe you don’t know.

So, it would seem like the best place to start is by asking yourself a question:

“What do I want?”

It’s only four words, but it can be the hardest question to answer.

It feels overwhelming.

I think it’s because it’s so wide open.

And it’s something so many of us have never really asked ourselves, at least not recently.

Then, if you attempt to answer it, you may be bombarded with self-doubt and self-judgment, making it really hard to come up with what you truly want.

So, I think a much better question to start with is:

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5 Short and Simple Workouts for Busy Women

I love what I do.

I may have mentioned that before.

But it’s true.

I get to coach some very accomplished, busy, hard-working women.

They’re great at what they do.

And they demand a lot of themselves.

So, when they begin to work with me, and I’m not all about “go big or go home”, they are skeptical.

Especially when it comes to exercise.

It feels like exercise should be all out, and all the time, in order to see results.

But it’s not true.

In fact, I know that kind of thinking often leads to doing LESS rather than more.

And when it comes to weight-loss in mid-life, more and harder isn’t always helpful.

So, I challenge my clients to come up with simple and creative ways of getting exercise in on the daily.

Here are some of the ideas that they’ve had success with:

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How to set up your environment for success

So this week’s blog post is actually a vlog post.

Unfortunately my written post disappeared into the ether, and thus the vlog was born.

Enjoy this special video post on SHAPING THE PATH to create great habits.

It’s one of the most powerful ways to do it.

And by the way, the book by Dan and Chip Heath is called “Switch” and it’s available on Amazon.

If you need help creating an easier path to your new habits, I’ve got you covered.

You can always book a time to talk with me, and you can find out more about working with me in my 6-month coaching program.

Until next time, keep moving forward,

Debbie

OMG!

Guess what?

When I went to publish this vlog post… My blog post reappeared!!

Here’s the original written version, if you’re curious…

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Self-Compassion as a Weight Loss Tool

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I can change.” – Carl Rogers, Psychologist

Self-compassion as acceptance

I think our biggest struggles come from not accepting what is and who we are.

And it shows up in a word:

SHOULD.

  • “I should be further along by now.”
  • “I should know better.”
  • “I should be exercising more.”
  • “I should eat this, and I should stop eating that.”

When you’re “shoulding” yourself, it’s because you haven’t accepted yourself or your actual situation.

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3 Ways to Release Belly Fat Without Dieting

“What’s the best diet for losing this flabby belly?”

Great question.

I get asked versions of this question a lot… As you can imagine.

And I know that when women ask me this, they’re looking for a prescriptive answer…

“Eat this,” or “Avoid that,” or “Just follow the _______ diet.”

Want to know the truth?

Almost ALL DIETS can help you lose weight and release fat.

Even belly fat.

So, Keto, clean, Paleo, vegan, vegetarian, Mediterranean, flexitarian, Weight Watchers,…

They can all lead to the fat loss you’re looking for.

But…

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Create MAGIC this year

Magic.

The dictionary says it’s, “influencing something to occur through forces beyond what we can understand.”

By that definition, it sounds like IMAGINATION is MAGIC.

We don’t quite understand it.

And yet it causes amazing things to happen.

Imagination is behind every single invention we have in our world.

The car you drive, the art on your wall, the meal on your plate, and the phone in your pocket.

It’s all magic.

But I think IMAGINATION is just where magic starts.

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