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Now that the second month of 2010 has come to a close, where do you stand with your New Year resolutions?

Have you made progress or did your motivation sizzle out?

Most people wait around for the motivation needed to get in shape to strike them like a lightning bolt. Well, I’ve got news for you: motivation isn’t something that just happens to you – it’s something that you create for yourself.

You have to SEE it…
You have to FEEL it…
You have to THINK it…
You have to WANT it…

SO bad… that the desire to be healthy, fit, in great shape and peak physical condition becomes so powerful that it TAKES OVER your actions.  Namely, the food and activity choices you make on a daily basis.

Yes.  If there is ONE single “secret” to attaining the health, fitness and performance you desire, it’s THIS:

You HAVE TO WANT IT so bad, that it changes the way you THINK.

Let me repeat that so it sinks in.

You HAVE TO WANT IT so bad, that it changes the way you THINK.

If you don’t, you will find yourself constantly floundering to find your way… and your body will be too.

If you don’t feel motivated to achieve your goals, it is likely due to mental roadblocks that hold you hostage.

Read the following 21 Mindset Tips and prepare your mind for success.

1. Success comes first in the mind, so visualize yourself accomplishing your goals.
2. Remember, you are the only person who can hold you back.
3. Forgive yourself and love yourself despite past failures.
4. Decide what is important in your life, and focus on that.
5. Conquer each negative thought the moment it enters your mind, when it is weakest.
6. Give up the idea that things won’t go right unless you worry about them.
7. If you bring the body of your dreams to the point of resolve, then you’ll soon be living in it.
8. Look towards your future, if you believe the best is yet to come then it will be.
9. You become what you think about most.
10. The margin between success and failure is very small and easily bridged by determination.
11. Start your day by accomplishing your hardest task first.
12. Set small attainable goals, rather than one monumental goal.
13. Convince yourself that exercise is fun, and it will be.
14. Know your big reason ‘why’.
15. Create a motivating play list of songs to use as the sound track to your workout sessions.
16. Every decision you make leads you either closer toward achieving your goal, or farther from it.
17. If you think you’re a fat person, then you’ll stay fat. If you think you’re fit, then you soon will be.
18. Once you’ve set your goal, your attitude either pushes you toward accomplishment or failure.
19. If you don’t know exactly where you want to go, you will likely end up someplace else.
20. You can have the body of your dreams, but first you must give up the belief that you can’t.
21. You can only have two things in life: excuses or results – choose the latter.

Read these 21 Tips over again, identify were YOU need more help and work at it. Believe me when I say that for the majority of people, mental fitness is the game-changer in success or failure.

No exercise routine or nutrition plan will be able to REALLY help you until you get your MIND focused on the right things and thinking the right way. 

And if you’re sick and tired of making excuses and having mental roadblocks constantly getting in your way, get started on a roadblock-busting results-driven fitness program!

You may respond to Fernando below or email him at fparedes@boomer-living.com

Tags: accomplishing your goals, activity choices, health fitness, mindset, success and failure

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