166-Strategies to Maintain Motivation and Consistency

Maintaining Motivation “I get off track very easily and difficult to get back on track. Finding a way to be motivated every day is hard. What should I do? That’s one of the top 3 questions I get on open forums. Along with how to be consistent and how can I lose weight (I never answer this one anymore!). The truth is maintaining motivation is a struggle for many as it was for me and is still when it comes to exercise. Here’s the secret... Motivation is not something you have or don’t have. It’s something you cultivate via your intention. Research and science are clear: Willpower doesn’t work. So, what then? Your big why, your intention, your higher purpose is what works to sustain motivation day in and day out. Your 'why' is what we call an internal motivator and the key to maintain motivation is to be clear on your 'why'. To set the intention based on internal motivators that will activate the right part of your brain and create the magic of motivation without having to resort to willpower and self-punishment as a force to make you do things. And that, ladies, is in every part of your life... personal / career/ family... and yes your health. Motivation works the same way for everything. Everything! Let’s dive into the 5 strategies to maintaining motivation... this podcast will rock your world! In this episode I discuss Internal motivator versus external motivators 4 strategies for maintaining motivations  Changing relationship to food and body: what you need to do Last episode, I talked about the must-have to make peace with food... Body Acceptance. More than a must-have, it’s essential. We think that we can delay accepting our body until we get our relationship to food OK. Most of us are ready to do the work with our emotions but when it comes to doing the work with our body image... we resist. And we resist hard! The truth is.... you can’t make peace with food without making peace with your body right now as is! Yet we think that we can avoid accepting our body. The pain and suffering associated with non-body acceptance is the cause of many emotional eating roller coaster, binges and diet cycle... Click here to learn the 3 things you can do now to start accepting... yep, no-cost involved. Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say!  Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review.      Links mentioned in the episode Register to the Academy waitlist Get your Academy Gift Card  Get your Food Freedom Score Check out podcast episode 162: All or Nothing Mindset Trap Podcast Episode 70: The Illusion of Perfection Podcast Episode 157: The Secret Fear of Success   Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community.   Reach Stephanie  Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***