Getting up to get out to the gym is pretty tough for me… or at least it used to be. I use this little trick to help me get myself going in the morning…

I used to feel a lot like this lovely little lady looks… hehe

So what is the little trick? Well prior to using the trick you have to be sure to get the proper rest the night before… that is pretty smart but that isn’t the way I fool myself into being awake.

Someone told me once to splash water on my face in the morning and honestly, it works but isn’t really pleasant. So I skip the “shock therapy” of cold water in the morning.

I do use the method of setting up my alarm really far out of reach, but that isn’t the technique I’m going to show you here… Setting your alarm out of reach so  you have to get up and move helps to get some momentum going. (I put mine near the bath room, so I can keep the momentum by moving from the alarm to the rest room.)

And of course I get my stuff ready the night before so I have my gym clothing handy and I have my shoes and iPhone (I listen to motivational music and/or speakers at the gym with my phone) ready to go.

So with all this that I do to wake up what the heck do I do to fight the morning sleepies and get going?

In order to get up in the morning *and stay up* (IE: not slip back into my nice warm bed with my beautiful wife, snoozing ever so temptingly).

I use that moment during my morning stretch. Usually I have walked to the alarm in my usually morning slumber, then I shut the alarm off, and…

I stretch and while I’m feeling the delightfulness of my morning stretch I quietly tell myself. “You have to do this… You have to get up because You have no choice”. Then I tell myself, “You can do this, you’re strong…”

This kind of positive self talk, combined with making this a “Have To” vs. a “Want To” really puts my mind in the right spot quickly. I challenge you to try it tomorrow morning to get in the right frame of mind… then do it everyday to help get up and motivated!

Get into the habit of doing this and you will see massive changes in your ability to wake up on command! This kind of self mastery is a critical key to losing weight because you can do the same anytime you are doing something that is contrary to your weight loss goals.

Start making the things  you want into the things you MUST Do and you’ll reach your energy and weight loss goals!

Have a great day!

What can you do to fit your workouts into your day?

Getting your workout in will keep you energized and alive all day long. So how do you get it into your schedule?

As a busy business owner, husband, father, enterprise engineer for a large corporation, team leader, online business educator, and fitness enthusiast I find it difficult to make time for my workouts! Do you have the same problem?

Do you catch yourself on a very inconsistent schedule for eating healthy and exercising regularly? If so then re-adjusting your thought process before you make a schedule is likely the cure for you.

If you really want to feel energized… really alive you need to put being energized and full of life into the forefront of you mind.

Find things that modivate you. Here is one thing I did to get my energy going… While this is a bit embarrassing to admit one of the things I did was join an aerobic step class. Was the class hard? You bet! But what kept me going to it… well…  um…

I’ll just have to say it, for better or worse it got me on a regular schedule. I went because it was a great chance to spend time in a room filled with lots of beautiful (sweaty) women. For me that was a motivator… I’m not single and am not looking to date or anything like that. I simply enjoyed the idea of spending an hour in a room full of beautiful women.

You of course should find your own motivation, perhaps it is people… do you like to socialize? Then find a partner who counts on you an do your best to support them… this will help you to keep your own goals while helping someone else.

Find the fire inside you and then make your workout and healthy eating schedule around that.

You can do this.