There was a time before I hit a good healthy weight and size that I thought it was easy for all those people who were already there to stay there. I couldn’t have been more wrong about anything in my life! I am not saying that it’s not work and not challenging to get to that goal, but once you are there, what keeps you going? There is something exciting and motivating about seeing your weight go down on the scale each week, or inches melting off your body, or clothes fitting different. But, what happens when you don’t have those things motivating you. What keeps you going? I struggled with this and this very reason is part of the reason I found myself yo-yoing so much. Although, I did want to be healthy, it was hard for me to maintain without that external motivation. As an athlete I am hard wired and driven to set goals and smash them, so I needed to find new ways of measuring progress to stay motivated and engaged. 3 Ways To Stay motivated after Hitting that Goal
This is very important to me. I don’t want to go backwards. Remembering what I looked and felt like before reaching a goal provides some motivation to keep working. This concept is similar to remembering the sting of a bad loss. I know that I would work extra hard to not have to feel that hurt and disappointment again, so I use this idea with my personal fitness and nutrition. 2. Set a new goal! Set a goal that gets you excited. Make sure it is a goal you can measure with a number or a visual so you can see the progress. You may look to increase your reps by a percentage or increase flexibility, or be able to do a movement longer or faster. Whatever it is that makes sense for you, do it! Make sure it is something that is challenging and that you will be able to track progress along the way. 3. Find a Team Find a team of people that you can share with and who will push you. You want people who will help keep you accountable. You want the kind of people who will call you out when you need it but who will cheer you on and celebrate with you. As former athletes, we have a drive to always do better and do more. It is important we are continually looking to set new goals that will stretch us, challenge us and most importantly, change us!
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I have created a Facebook community for those looking to bring out the athlete within them. I have discovered that you can take the girl out of competitive sports but you can’t take the Athlete out of the Girl! I wanted to design a community where former athletes can go to in order to feel part of a team again. Where they can be around other like minded individuals and have a community where others “get” them. I want a community where we can look for ways to become healthier physically, emotionally and spiritually. I would love to have you join us at Finding My Fierce
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