I am asked so many times about how to keep motivation high. The pool of inner motivation needs nurturing and replenishing every day. Just as we brush our teeth and take a shower daily, we need to provide ourselves with a shot of motivation every day too. Motivation isn’t a bottomless source.
We nurture the children in our lives, relationships with family and friends, even our gardens by watering. Include nurturing your internal motivation daily too. Whether it is reading my website daily (highly recommended - LOL), being involved on an online support group, take a walk in nature, read a motivational book, motivating quotes or listen to CDs, etc., whatever recharges and nurtures your motivation, do it daily. You deserve nothing less!
What is your daily motivation?
Believe In Yourself,
Cathy, Certified Life Coach
Weight Loss Surgery Coach
Choose once and for all to get past all of the former excuses that stopped you from achieving your goal or dream and step into your power by saying: “This is my time, my life, my promise to myself. I will not stop until I achieve my goal!” 
Do you associate food with having fun? For many of us, we do. If you want to have fun with a friend or your family, what do you do? You eat! Many times, we make the connection that in order to have fun - we need food!! Food is fun, it fills our time from being bored, the fix all. 
I must admit, if I didn’t have to exercise to maintain my weight, keep healthy, and continue the habits of my lifestyle, I would not exercise. Nope, I don’t particularly love it. I didn’t carry around 147 pounds of excess weight for the majority of my life by enjoying exercise. However, what I do love is my life that I have due to exercise being an important component of my life I enjoy today. If it requires an investment of 30-45 minutes per day a few days a week to keep all the benefits of weight loss and health, it’s worth it. Actually, it is a minimal investment for a huge payoff. When I don’t want to exercise (and believe me, there are many times that kicks in!), I remember that it’s a minimal investment for a giant payoff. For me, that’s my motivation. Through coaching, we can find what motivation kicks in healthy habits for you.
It is hard to make a decision. I’m fearful of making the wrong decision. Do I have all the information I need? The fears go on and on. Do you have struggles with making decisions? If so, I’ll share something that has helped me. 
With courage, be honest with yourself. What are you willing to do to have what you say you want to have. What is REALLY important to you? We say that we want to lose weight, get back on track, or another goal. Yet, talk is just that - talk. We need to be honest with ourselves. What is stopping you? It is you! What are you willing to do to obtain your weight loss? Don’t be afraid if you’re honesty reveals you are unmotivated and uncommitted.
When we take charge of our lives and our habits of turning to food, we become victims to food, emotional eating, emotions, and external circumstances. You have all the power inside of you to go from a victim of whatever comes our way, turning to food to living out personal strength and control to a life of victories. Enjoy your daily victories!
We have a bad storm with lightning, thunder and lots of rain. Soon, it will be over and the bright sunshine will come through. The bright sunshine with the beautiful blooming flowers, fresh air, and budding trees were all made possible and more brilliant because of the rain.
When a person falls off a bike, what do they do? They get up and get back on moving forward. As the person gets better in riding a bike, the falls are less frequent. 
All of us have troubles, problems, and challenges. When we use those adversities as lessons, we develop the art of truly living fully. 
