Developing Self-Discipline the Easy Way – Part 1

Something inside us cringes a little when we hear “willpower” or “self-discipline.” For one, it usually means you’re talking about denying yourself something you want, or doing something you don’t want to do. But I don’t think that’s what really leaves the bad taste in our mouths. I think the most distasteful aspect of self-discipline [...]

Losing Weight, Dieting & Controlling Hunger

When you’re losing weight through careful dieting & exercise, controlling hunger can become a major obstacle to your fitness goals if it pops up so frequently that it keeps food on your mind during too much of the day. Thankfully, there are a number of things you can do to keep hunger in check so [...]

Weight Loss & Sleep – The Connection

Who would have thought that weight loss & sleep could be connected?  With so much to do and so little time to do it in, it can be easy to begin to see sleep as a forced pause between periods of productivity. But, if fitness is on your list of priorities, then it’s time to [...]

Losing Weight: Spot Reducing Problem Areas

Losing weight by spot reducing is one of the long enduring myths about weight loss, exercise, and muscle building. Many companies declare their machine or gadget is able to whittle your waist, eliminate your butt, or trim your hips by focusing on that area of your body.
Unfortunately, this is unrealistic. (Sorry) Your body stores [...]

Trim Your Waste to Trim Your Waist!

I have always been a multitasker; I read my mail during television commercials, I listen to audiobooks during my commute, I catch up on my favorite recorded shows while I do the dishes. Until recently it hadn’t occurred to me that I could multitask more than just my smaller chores, but that I could also [...]

Are You Setting Reasonable Goals?

As Laura Kneedler discusses in her post How to Make Your Fitness Goals Stick, successful goals often share certain attributes. Perhaps the most important characteristic of a goal is that it needs to be realistic. If your goal is not reasonable, you will be setting yourself up to fail. Part of you always knows when [...]

Developing Self-Discipline the Easy Way – Part 2

In my last post, I discussed an easy way to develop self-discipline in the face of an impulse. Today, let’s look at the second piece of self discipline: doing what you feel you should be doing (even when you don’t necessarily feel like it).
When we’re talking about fitness, this is most obviously applicable to getting [...]

5 More Reasons to Exercise

We know that exercise helps shed unwanted pounds, maintain a healthy weight, and help our hearts and lungs work more efficiently. Sometimes we get such tunnel vision about these ends that we forget all the other benefits we can get from regular exercise.
If weight maintenance and cardiovascular endurance aren’t motivating you enough to get up [...]

Secrets to Weight Loss & Fitness Success: Visualizing Your Fat Loss or Fitness Goals

When it comes to weight loss or fitness in general, creating new habits requires motivation, and motivation requires a clear vision of what you’re trying to achieve. If you can’t see the desired end-goal clearly, how will you sustain the efforts it will take to get you to that end? Sure it’s possible through sheer [...]

Reshape Your Butt Using the Stages of Butting Out – Part 2

In my previous post in thgis series (Reshape Your Butt Using the Stages of Butting Out – Part 1), we looked at the first two stages of quitting smoking and how they could be altered and applied to getting fit. In this installment, we will look at the next three stages: Preparation, Action, and Maintenance.
Preparation
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