Motivation along the Way!

I know for myself that there are days that I just need a "booster shot" to my motivation.
I may fall off the exercise wagon or have a blackout and not make healthy food choices and will have to get my focus back into view! Just so you know, it is OK to treat yourself every once and awhile---it keeps you from having an uncontrollable binge!

For instance, my daughter had a free coupon for one of our local ice cream places for reading so many books during the school year....so off we went after dinner and I enjoyed a wonderful scoop of Snickerdoodle ice cream! Did I feel guilty? No...why? Because I had planned for that in my day! I knew we were planning to go get ice cream after dinner so I planned throughout the day to make better choices so that I wouldn't feel guilty about having ice cream with my family.

How'w the working out going? Make sure you are doing some type of movement each day! It can be a walk outside around the block or at a park, a bike ride, a swim or any type of activity that gets your heart rate up.

Weight Watchers is doing a Life Life Active Challenge for the next 6 weeks and each week if you have logged activity they will send you different things to help motivate you to keep going! Week 2 has been my favorite so far!!! Lots of great information in there! So I thought I would share it with you....just in case your desire to exercise was lacking some umph!

Top 10 Reasons to Work Out Today!:
Today's workout can:
1. Make me feel great, and leave me feeling more energized and happier than the recliner ever does.
2. Earn Activity Points (Weight Watcher term for more points) -Basically saying-Good Bye too tight pants!
3. Reduce the risk of major diseases. That includes diabetes, heart disease, colon cancer and breast cancer.
4. Makes me smarter! Cardio boosts memory and the ability to focus. Plus at the office, fit people do more work with less effort than their peers!
5. Help me feel more confident! Workouts boost self-esteem and so do their results!
6. Make me strong, and keep my bones in good shape.
7. Help me fall asleep faster.
8. Stop ______________________ (fill in name or thing) from getting under my skin. Workouts relieve stress fast.
9. Prevent "What Fits Today?" stress. When my clothes fit better, my day starts better.
10. Get me what I want. Working out is worth it to me because I want my mind/body/energy to be ________________ (fill in the blank)

EXERCISE BUSTERS!!!! The Next time your inner couch potato is telling you to take a load off, silence that slacker with these simple truths:
1. By the time I get through complaining about my workout, I could be done and showered!
2. I don't have to run a marathon in sub-arctic temperatures. I just have to do a short workout!
3. I don't have to love brushing my teeth in order to do it. Same with exercise! I just need to get it done!
4. If I have time to post facebook updates and add to my "Vacation Ideas" Pintrest board, I have time to do my workout!
I hope these help you! They really have encouraged me this week!!!

Keep on keeping on and stay hydrated!!!