{"id":11771,"date":"2012-02-15T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/?p=11771"},"modified":"2014-10-29T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T15:10:15","slug":"secrets-to-staying-motivated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/secrets-to-staying-motivated\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets to Staying Motivated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12081\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/secrets-to-staying-motivated\/4809865133_9a2ea0a0bb_z\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12081\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12081\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12081\" title=\"4809865133_9a2ea0a0bb_z\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/4809865133_9a2ea0a0bb_z-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Lululemon Athletica on Flickr.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The key to being successful in anything that you do fitness-wise is staying motivated. You may get stuck, or hit a wall in certain situations; however, the best way to move past these short periods of what seems to be failure is to keep yourself inspired. You&#8217;re not a quitter and of course if you were, you&#8217;d regret it. So let&#8217;s keep your momentum moving and continue to near your goals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write your goals down, and read them every day<\/li>\n<li>Have a poster or picture hanging in your room or somewhere in your house that shows what you want to accomplish<\/li>\n<li>Take one goal at a time, achieve it, and move on to the next goal<\/li>\n<li>Always think about the positives, and never focus on the negatives &#8211; Be a Tigger, not an Eeyore!<\/li>\n<li>Reach out to your friends and family for support<\/li>\n<li>Make workouts as fun as possible<\/li>\n<li>If you hate workout #1, give workout #2 a shot. 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