Where There Is A WillPOWER There Is A Way
Hey busy fit Moms! If you haven’t been serious about losing weight, getting fit, and living healthy NOW is the time to turn it around! You have what it takes within you to lose weight, eat healthy, exercise, AND maintain it.
It’s called WILLPOWER.
Dictionary. com defines willpower as the control of one’s impulses and actions; self-control. This let’s us know that we can have control over our impulses and actions!
It is a powerful thing when we know that we control how much we eat, what we eat, and how much we exercise. Willpower is very much tied into being disciplined. Discipline is defined as an activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill. It is something that is practiced and with time if you continue doing what you are practicing you will become skilled.
We need to GET TOUGH with ourselves! Don’t be a wimp!
Once we decide that we want to get fit all we have to do is lay out a plan and STICK to it. If we use our willpower to practice a discipline we will soon master it.
Action Item:
Identify one area on your weight-loss journey that you need more discipline in and use your willpower to master that area!
What area do you need more discipline in? Share your struggle area in the comment section below. Let us know what you will do this week to master that area!
photo credit: Novecentino
BookieBoo: The Fitness Hangout For Moms
I just came across a great social site thanks to Fitness For Mommies called BookieBoo.
“Bookieboo is a place where moms who are into fitness, weight loss, and healthy living get together to share. Our members consist of all kinds of moms: stay-at-home moms, working moms, Managing-Moms , moms with babies or toddlers, and pregnant moms.”
Sounds like a great place and I’m heading over there now…see ya there!
10 Fat Burning Foods To Help You Lose Weight Fast
If I am going to lose weight and keep it off one thing I know I must do is change my eating habits. This was proven to me when I started the South Beach Diet last fall. I lost 10 pounds in two weeks just by changing what I ate – sweeet!
After doing a little bit of research I found some natural fat burning foods. These foods are said to contain special properties that give you energy and help your body melt away unhealthy pounds – AND they give your body the extra metabolic kick that it needs to shave off weight quickly. Now who doesn’t like the sound of that?
If you eat the right foods you can consume 1,500-1,800 calories per day and still lose weight without endangering your health. Read more
Healthy Snack Ideas: 100 Calorie Right Bites
One of my Get Fit Goals is to start counting my calories. So my husband, being the sweety that he is 
, brought home 100 Calorie Packs. I thought they were a super convenient, semi-healthy snack that I could take to work.
Well, that was until I realized how expensive they are! They can go for $2-5, depending on where you live and if they are on sale. The worst part is that they only contain SIX TINY packs in each box. Totally not worth it!
I can go to the bulk food store and buy a HUGE box of healthy whole wheat crackers and 100 baggies and get triple the amount for same or less. Can you say rip off? Yeah, I’m not falling for this marketing gimmick any more!
~Fitmama
Eating healthy snacks on the cheap!
Get Fit Goals
Since I’m feeling really out of shape and unhealthy (and I NEED to do something about it) the first thing I have to do is develop a game plan – something that is realistic and that I can stick to.
Last fall, I started the South Beach Diet and I lost 10 pounds in two weeks just by changing what I ate and walking three times a week. Then in came the cold and snowy Michigan winter and out went my eating habits and exercise routine. Ugh!
I know, poor excuse! Read more