Sunday, 25 January 2009

Well done 'Team Lose weight' - you're finally comotivating

Not for being the team with the most buddies, but for getting going at last. I think a few determined people have joined recently and got chatting so the TAB score has begun to shift. If the team owner logs in and benches a few inactive buddies, your TAB score will sky-rocket!

Good luck with your weight loss journey.

Posted by comotivate at 10:01 PM in Lose Weight Goal
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Wednesday, 3 December 2008

facebook fans

I've set up a facebook page for comotivate and become it's first and only fan! I've also set up some ads as a test so we'll see what happens there over the next few days. I am amazed you can't pay with paypal. Very dull observation - sorry!

Facebook isn't really the ideal source of traffic for comotivate because I think you have to have a certain level of commitment to register a goal here, but I'm targeting brides-to-be so at least they have a deadline for 'losing weight'; 'preparing for an event'; 'finding happiness' or 'breaking a habit'.

Posted by comotivate at 6:11 AM in Lose Weight Goal
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008

3 motivation tips

I just read this at www.turbulencetraining.blogspot.com and thought it was probably the best/most original posting I've read in a while.

Motivation Secret #1 - Focus on Avoiding Pain


Humans are always most motivated by avoiding physical and emotional pain.

That being said, to create the greatest level of motivation, you need to master the use of pain.
For example, take a few moments and answer the following questions sincerely, and really connect into your answers.
1) What would your body look like and how would you feel in 5 years if you stopped working out and eating well?
2) Would you feel more frustration, depression and regret?
3) How would that lifestyle affect the relationships in your life?
4) What will you miss out on if you choose to live that way?
5) What would it be like in 10 years, 20 years?
You're not working out and eating well to lose weight and have a nice body, you're doing it because the entire quality of your life literally depends on it.
Take 3 minutes to really think about those questions. They will help you identify the deep motivating factors to help you lose weight.
Motivation Secret #2 - Focus on Achieving Pleasure
Why do you want this new body?
Are you going to be more confident, outgoing, passionate?
Do you think the success with your body will help you in other areas of your life? Think about these things.
Changing your body has to be about more than just pounds, inches, and percentages. You need to think about how much better every area of your life becomes when you live this way.
When you realize how much better it feels, you'll start to become addicted to the energy, success, and accomplishment.

Motivation Secret #3 - Ask Yourself Better Questions
Often when people "fall off the wagon" they start asking themselves questions like "why can't I stick to a plan?" or "why don't I have any willpower?" or some version of why they're a bad person.
Ask more helpful questions like...
- "how can I get back on track quickly and easily?"
- "how can I make my workouts more fun and interesting?"
- "how can I make eating well easier and more natural?"
When you ask questions like this, you can begin to think about the solutions rather than the problem, and your success will come quicker.
Posted by comotivate at 10:05 AM in Lose Weight Goal
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Thursday, 13 November 2008

Rewards

Breaking your goal down into mini goals is a good way of getting through the first few weeks until the routines are established. Rewards are a good way of keeping up the incentive, but beware of using food to say 'well done' to yourself.

I think for many people adjusting their diet and lifestyle should also include a change to the way they view food. It might be a good idea to break the association of ‘naughty’ food being the chosen reward. There isn’t much difference between using and abusing (two letters!)

Instead of a food ‘treat’ go for rewards that enforce the fact there’s more to life than food:

a lie-in (this can be super-rewarding if you're a new parent)

cinema/DVD

flowers

massage

Posted by comotivate at 10:38 AM in Lose Weight Goal
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Saturday, 27 September 2008

20 pound challenge

I wanted to say a big thanks to Rachel - check out her great blog

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=149141467

She's started a comotivate team after being contacted by me and I think she's going to run her challenge on comotivate.

I hope lots of people sign up for the challenge - it'll be a great test for the site too!

Good luck you guys.

Posted by comotivate at 8:40 AM in Lose Weight Goal
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