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What are Your Healthkickers?

sourceThere are days when I would much rather hit snooze than hit the gym, or pretend that cookies are in their own, very important food group and eat them all day. Yet there are other times when the thought of working…
Tips For Staying Motivated During the Last Stretch of Winter

image source Do you have trouble keeping up your fitness routine in the Winter or anything else for that matter? Many people do. I mean who wants to get up out of their warm comfy beds in the morning and trek to the…
I Want to be Healthy and Fit

I want to be healthy. Not sickly. Not gross looking. Why do girls want to be this way? I don't understand it.The picture of the girl... that is what I want. That is what motivates me.I want to be healthy. I want a nice,…
Does Competing with Other Gym Goers Motivate You To Work Out Harder?

(Video from Only in A Woman's World) Have you ever competed against other gym goers when you were working out? For instance, trying to run faster or longer on a treadmill than the person next to you, or trying to lift…
I Want to Be Healthy... But for the Right Reasons.

source It's a given: our culture is becoming more health obsessed. As the U.S. population becomes more obese, new diets are popping up everywhere. There are more health blogs, sections for health in the news, and health…
What's YOUR "Fitness" Mantra(s)?

I personally like “No pain, No gain” and Nike’s “Just do it.” What are yours? Do you have a "fitness" mantra(s) that helps you get through your workouts?
Which Athletic Brands Are Worth Buying?

Whether you’re a newbie to an exercise or have been working out for years, I’m sure a lot of you have days when you just don’t feel like going to the gym and are in desperate need of some motivation to pump you up agai…
Letting Yourself Go - A good way to motivate yourself?

(mmmm...) Ok, sometimes after a long time of living like a monk you feel like you owe it to yourself to just let yourself go for a while. We all do it, so there's no use in hiding it. You tell yourself its a guilt fre…
Needed: Motivation

I used to be on a really good eating plan. It wasn't a diet, but a 'lifestyle.' I stuck with it for about seven months, lost over sixty pounds, and now I have gained some [more than 20] of that back. I've tried gettin…
What Motivates You?

(What moves you?) One of my biggest motivators was kickboxing. Besides being one of the best workouts available, there is literally an endless plethora of fighter videos, most of which have some kind of Rocky-esc tr…