RIGHT HERE&NOW: Top 8 Ways To Stay Motivated

1. SET A CLEAR GOAL: This is super important. Say it out loud, write it down and have a clear idea of what your goal is. Loose ten pounds...go to the gym 3 times a week...meal prep for work. For me having more short term goals works the best. I like feeling that I can accomplish something and it gives me more drive to keep going.
2. FIND A PARTNER: Whether it's a gym buddy or just someone you check in with, it is good to have someone to hold yourself accountable to. Try to find someone that you can check in with once a week if you are finding you need extra support.
3.MAKE TIME: There is someone that is busier than you are, that is meal prepping and getting those workouts in. Basically if you want it you need to make it work. So set that alarm for a half hour or hour earlier. There is sooo many great workout videos that we have access to for free via youtube that make it easier to squeeze it in when you have an extra fifteen or twenty minutes. Taking a few hours on a sunday night to prep your meals for the week will actually save you so much time and money. You make one mess and then its done for the week and your not quickly running to the nearest fast food place to pick up lunch. When you plan and prep ahead you don't have to think about what are you going to have for lunch every day, just grab and go!!

4.STAY CONSISTENT: This might be the number one rule for seeing that progress that we all want to see. I am sure I am not the only one that wishes they would have started yesterday so that I could be seeing the results I want to see today. I have had such great ambition at the start, go hard for a few weeks but then I just fall off (revert to #2)!! Make it a lifestyle, and stay with it. I promise it doesn't take as long as you think it does before you start seeing those changes.
5. ENJOY IT: It's so easy to complain about well...everything. We need to be more positive. Instead of focusing on the bad focus on the good. That great feeling you have after you had a kickass workout, that awesome feeling of fitting back into those old jeans or having great energy all day long from eating properly. I love my hour at the gym every morning. Starts my day off right and lets me take a little time for myself :)
6. PREPARE: Make a plan. Whether it's a meal plan or a workout plan if it is laid out you are more likely to stick with it. Have your workout clothes ready for the morning, gym bag prepped and plan what your going to have for breakfast!! The easier it is the better!
7. FIND INSPIRATION: Instagram and Pinterest are my main go-to's. I love Instagram because it's so awesome to be able to find normal everyday people that can help and inspire!
Check out some of my favorites!

http://instagram.com/breanne_fit# http://instagram.com/leahpetersfitness# http://instagram.com/stephbefit44# http://instagram.com/jenna_fail#

http://instagram.com/j9_fit#

8. REWARD: Whether it's little or big, it's always nice to have a little extra something to keep you on track. New workout outfit or supplies or holiday :) or maybe it's something small like a date night.