Friday Fitness Motivators – Five Ways to Motivate Your Success

Do you need some motivation in your fitness goals? Do you need some ways to get you going? Are you looking for a way to keep you from skipping your workout? Are you looking for a way to not only get you to your workout, but also to make you grin as you eagerly look forward to it? Here are five ways to motivate your success: Buy New Fitness Gear – Seriously, buying new fitness gear can inspire you to enjoy your workout whether it’s a jazzy colored top or more comfortable workout pants or even fun workout shoes! Hire … Continue reading

Want a Chance to Win a Weight Loss DVD? Click Here!

As part of my Sizzling Summer Slim Down challenge, I have a challenge for my readers. If you would like to win a free copy of the DVD The Abs Diet Workout, then this might be the challenge for you! This challenge is pretty straightforward. The challenge opens today and will close on midnight central time, Friday, May 12th. All you need to do is to write an essay (minimum 300 words) and tell me about what inspires you to lose weight. I shared with you my Top Five Weight Loss Motivators earlier today. You can use that as a … Continue reading

Top Five Reasons to Walk More

As with the Weight Loss blog, today I am taking advantage of Cinco de Mayo to indulge in one of my favorite things – list making. Today’s list is the top five reasons to get walking more and I think you will agree with some of them, if not all. The Prices at the Pumps With gas prices hovering around the $3 mark and not likely to drop any time soon, if you can walk to a corner store, grocery store or even just down the street rather than driving – now would be the time to do it. Not … Continue reading

Top Five Weight Loss Motivators

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, I’m trotting out my favorite thing – yes – you know it: lists! Today’s list is my top five weight loss motivators. These are pretty personal motivators for me and they may work for you or they may not. It’s important to recognize that and in fact, not only do I recognize it, I would love to hear from those of you who read my posts what are your top motivators, you can post them here in the comments or drop me a private note. If I can get enough of them, I’ll publish … Continue reading

7 Ways to Break out of a Rut

The way we exercise goes in cycles. The average cycle is about 12 weeks, but of course it varies for different individuals. The 12-week cycle begins whenever you start a new exercise regimen or routine. You’ll get going. You’ll exercise daily, you’ll start burning calories and you’ll start feeling your muscles pumping. You’ll likely feel some euphoria and higher energy on a daily basis as you get going and maintain it. Life will be great. Sometime around week 12 though, something will come up and you may cut your work out short. The next day, something comes up and you … Continue reading

The Week in Review: September 9 –15

Welcome to our week in review. This week saw the fifth anniversary of September 11th and all the memorials, sadness and tales of heroism that entails. While it’s important to remember, it’s also equally important that we continue forward, making our world a better place so that hopefully none that come after us have to experience a similar tragedy. Here is your Week in Review for Fitness: September 9 We talked about Walking – is it better to do it incrementally or all in one go. There are multiple schools of thought on this, but as with all forms of … Continue reading