i know in order to lose the weight i must step things up. Today i started lifting heavier weights for some exercises. y muscle memory is coming back and my wife is taking notice but i don't see it. Crazy huh!
I stay motivated but i wanted to know why i stayed motivated and others didn't... so i checked out this website and this is what i learned...
Why People Stop Working Out
The problem with working out for most people is that after some time, the motivation to workout dries out. The following are the most common reasons:
Wrong strategy
With so much information out there, this really shouldn’t be a problem. The basic formula to lose weight is to eat less calories than you burn or burn more calories than you eat. To gain weight, it’s the opposite. If you the motivation to workout everyday but eat more calories than you're burning, you're going to be disappointed.
As long as you don’t buy into those quick-results-with-no-work-and-eat-anything-you-want schemes, you should be fine.
Lack of results
Too many people start working out with the expectation of some amazing result in too short of a time span. So when results don’t meet up to their expectations, they get discouraged and quit.
Slowed progress
Thinking that your results will stay consistent will just end up disappointing you. In the beginning, you may have some great results. You may lose 5-10 pounds your very first week. But as the weeks go by, you will find yourself losing less and less. Not knowing this in advance can be very discouraging when it happens.
Hitting a plateau
When you start working out, your results will be very encouraging. Your motivation to workout will increase as you see these amazing results. However, sooner or later, you will hit what’s known as a plateau. Athletes experience this all the time. You get to the point where results not only slow down, it actually stops. This can definitely be pretty frustrating.
Satisfaction
This is when you get to the point where you’ve loss enough weight to where you feel satisfied. You’re not where you want to be at but it’s not bad enough for you to want to do much about it. At this point, your motivation to workout may drop since your reason for working out is no longer strong enough. You may stop working out all together until your body gets to a point where it causes your motivation to workout to increase again and you start to workout again.
All of the above reasons that cause most people to quit working out happened to me over the years and have caused my motivation to workout deteriorate, but I’ve figured out how to overcome all of them. So let me share those strategies with you now.
Read more: http://www.motivational-well-being.com/motivation-to-workout.html#ixzz0PyZ0oAQG
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment