Keeping up your fitness motivation
Last week I went to New York for a few days with some lovely friends of mine. It was the first time I’d been to the USA and I am happy to say that it lived up to all of my expectations. It was hectic, exhausting, amazing, exhilarating, exciting. I think I went through every emotion during my visit to this amazing city. I’m already thinking of booking another trip there, this time with my other half, and know what places I would like to visit next time. Back in the UK, back to reality I got a dose of the post holiday blues. Don’t we all?
In preparation for my New York trip. I’d upped my fitness training. Reasons? Well I wanted to wear a pair of shorts with confidence and look passable on any photos! Very shallow of me I know but I think most people like to look good for their holidays; it was after all what originally sparked off my desire to lose weight and reassess my diet a couple of years ago (read my post How re-thinking my diet led to sustainable weight loss).
So back home and the thought of getting back to the Gym or out for a run was the furthest from my mind! It was tempting to say I’ll start next week but I’ve done that before and it’s made me realise how easy it is to lose your motivation and get out of a routine. So I allowed myself a couple of days off; jet lag and getting kids sorted for back to school, getting myself sorted for back to work. So no excuses, alarm set time to get back into it.
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It’s hard to keep motivated to keep fit. It’s hard if perhaps you are at that stage where you are seeing no results, you are maybe trying to maintain your weight or like me you feel you’ve achieved your goals so what next? So what can you do to keep motivated?
