Motivation!

Motivation is the invisible force which allows us to reach pretty much everything. Yes, it’s literally invisible thus it can only be observed in humans’ behaviour (indirectly), however, it can not be made visible in our brain. At the moment, we’re concentrating on motivation psychology and I’m totally fascinated. Anyway, motivation is individual and it’s pretty hard to find a generally valuable formula.

Basically, you differentiate between two kinds of motivation: the extrinsic and the intrinsic motivation. The terms say it all, the extrinsic motivation is the one that comes from the (e.g. the doctor says I needed to start exercising because of my health) and the intrinsic motivation comes from the inside(e.g. I love exercising, let’s do some push-ups). Obviously the intrinsic motivation is much more effective than the extrinsic one. So it’s necessary to find a way of exercising that you like. Okay... I admit this is not that easy. So, maybe I should say, find the best of all the bad exercises ;) Try to see the positive things about  this kind of exercise. For example jogging (which is my obsession): it activates seventy percent of your muscles and is one of the best calorie burning exercise. It’s very important to never lose sight of your goal. I know this sounds very “cliché”-like but it’s very effective! For example take a picture of you and photoshop it until you look the way you want to. Or cut out your head and stick it to a nice body. Write down some goals like “I want my legs not to touch anymore” or something like that. The best would be to make a little booklet. I promise you it’ll keep you motivated! Now the last important point to me is the feeling that you have after your work-out. I love how it feels get your pyjama on after a shower. I like to think of that to motivate myself for working out.

So, let’s recapitulate:

-find the sport you like the most

-always keep your goal in mind and imagine what it’s going to feel like

-think of the amazing feeling after having worked out

And one of my favourites (unfortunately it only works for people who have reached their ideal weight):

-look at yourself in the mirror; tell yourself how pretty you are and that you now are going to work out to stay like this

I’m sure this tips are going to help you to kick you’re a*** and start working out! ;)

XX Bee