People often get motivated to lose weight during several key times in a typical year. The biggest jump-start is right around the corner: Yep, the New Year!
You know those New Year Resolutions! I call it the NYR time of year. It's when most people get the most motivated to get their bodies in shape.
Then by January 15 all the motivation is gone! Getting motivated is easy--staying motivated isn't. But that's the goal, the mountaintop to shoot for.
So how do we do it? In a recent segment of "The Coach Roz Show," I shared three strategies for staying motivated. Here is one tip...
Interject a Structure: a Cue, Reminder, Reinforcer
After you have gotten out of your head and heart through journaling, you will being to have some goals. Think of the things you want to do more of, or do differently. This is the motivation starting, bubbling up. Think of your car’s gas tank like it’s your motivation tank. You have a little gas in it—the motivation is started—but you need to keep the motivation tank filled up. You need to put something in place that will help pour into your motivation tank and keep it on full.
Structures are tangible cues, reminders or reinforcers that help us keep a new habit, a way of thinking or a state of being. To stay motivated to keep a new habit try these out.
1. Wear a piece of jewelry everydayYou know those New Year Resolutions! I call it the NYR time of year. It's when most people get the most motivated to get their bodies in shape.
Then by January 15 all the motivation is gone! Getting motivated is easy--staying motivated isn't. But that's the goal, the mountaintop to shoot for.
So how do we do it? In a recent segment of "The Coach Roz Show," I shared three strategies for staying motivated. Here is one tip...
Interject a Structure: a Cue, Reminder, Reinforcer
After you have gotten out of your head and heart through journaling, you will being to have some goals. Think of the things you want to do more of, or do differently. This is the motivation starting, bubbling up. Think of your car’s gas tank like it’s your motivation tank. You have a little gas in it—the motivation is started—but you need to keep the motivation tank filled up. You need to put something in place that will help pour into your motivation tank and keep it on full.
Structures are tangible cues, reminders or reinforcers that help us keep a new habit, a way of thinking or a state of being. To stay motivated to keep a new habit try these out.
2. Add affirmations and say them daily
3. Establish new routines and patterns for your pitfalls
4. Set easy rules of thumb to follow, like I always eat a piece of fruit in the afternoon
5. Do visualizations because they work!
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