Calories Are Part Of The Equation

Your weight is a balancing act, and calories are part of that equation. Fad diets may promise you that counting carbs or eating a mountain of grapefruit will make the pounds drop off. But when it comes to weight loss, it's calories that count. But don't forget the bottom line: The key to successful weight loss is a commitment to making permanent changes in your diet and exercise habits.–Mayo Clinic

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Permanently Change Your Eating Habits

You should think of weight loss in terms of permanently changing your eating habits. While weight-loss goals are usually set in terms of weeks, the end game is to sustain these changes over months and years, ie lifestyle change for life. -Dr John E T Pillinger

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What You Don't Use You Lose

Why do most people lose muscle as they age? Because they don’t use it. When it comes to the human body, what you don’t use, you lose, and muscle is no exception.  –John Berardi Ph.D., author of The Metabolism Advantage

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Stay Focused On Your Goal

If something's worth doing, it's worth doing properly.

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You've Never Regretted A Workout

Remember this...you've never regretted a workout. 

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It's A Lifestyle, Not A Diet

It's a lifestyle, not a diet.

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Don't Wish For It, Sweat For It

Don't wish for it, sweat for it.

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The Fight Is Won Or Lost Far Away From Witnesses

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. -Muhammad Ali

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Yes You Can!!!

YES YOU CAN!!!

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When You Try Hard You Achieve More

By trying hard we often achieve more than we dare hope - when you try hard you achieve more.

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Don't Give Up

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. -Unknown

Never give up...success could be just around the corner!

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Pin Down At Least 30 Minutes For Exercise

If you haven't yet pinned down at least 30 minutes of your day and devoted it to exercise, don't say you're serious about health, fitness, and weight loss.

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Make A List Of Reasons Why You Want To Lose Weight

I started another new blog today that is aimed mainly at my younger followers. The name of this new blog is 'My Reasons To Lose Weight' and you can access it by clicking HERE or on the link in the side bar of this blog.

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Never Give Up On A Dream

Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take.

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Keep Calm and Focus on Your Goal

Keep calm and focus on your goal.

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Greasy Fries or Skinny Thighs

Greasy Fries or Skinny Thighs?

Your Choices Have Consequences

Your choices have consequences....So eat for the body you want.

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100 Day Challenge Count-up Card

100 Day Challenge Count-Up Card

Directions: Print out on white cardstock and stick on refrigerator. Color in a block for each day that you move for 30 minutes that day. When completely filled in, cut out along the black square and insert into a 5x7 frame and display proudly.

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Think Differently About Weight Loss Plateaus

When you get to a plateau, think of it as a landing on the stairway to your goal. And maintenance is a lifelong plateau, so a bit of "rehearsal" for maintenance isn't the worst thing in the world.

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Don't Aim To Be Perfect, Just Aim To Be Better

Rather than aiming to be 'perfect', just aim to be a little bit better today than you were yesterday.

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Get Started And You're Half Way There

You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great. - Les Brown

Treadmill Inspiration

"If you're on the treadmill next to me, the answer is yes...we are racing."...lol

I made this gif for my other blog FitnessGifs4U.Tumblr.com using a royalty free video clip I found on BottleVideo.com...hope you like it.

Get Back On Track As Soon As Possible

Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get
back on track as soon as possible. -Jimmy Connors

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You Can Change

"What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now". -Buddha

I love this quote because it reminds me that no matter how many times I've failed in the past, no matter how many plateaus I've been on or wagons I've fallen off, I CAN CHANGE MY LIFE by changing what I do NOW - My past does not determine my future...my NOW does.

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Take It 1lb At A Time

The person who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. -Confucius

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Your Body Is A Temple

Your body is a temple...exercise is your prayer.

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Give It A Try

“It’s impossible” said pride. “It’s risky” said experience. “It’s pointless” said reason. “Give it a try” whispered the heart  -Anonymous

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Eat Fruit Every Day

Eat Fruit Every Day!

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Build Exercise Into Your Day

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Endocrinologist James Levine gets a little exercise while working at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Jan. 19. Levine says many people are victims of electronic living…to get himself moving, he built his desk around a treadmill and conducts all his meetings while going for a walk. Read More HERE

Plan Your Meals Ahead

Plan your meals ahead - When you fail to plan you plan to fail

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If You Bring It Home You'll Eat It

If you bring it home you'll eat it, so don't bring it home.

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The more you move the more calories you burn. Write the word ‘move’ on post-it notes and put them where you’ll notice them throughout the day.

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New body under construction

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Small changes can make a big difference. Every extra step you take helps. Always use the stairs or walk up the escalator.

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I Want To Learn To Train Insane

I want to learn to train insane, because if I don't I'll remain the same.

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You Can Lose Weight

No matter how much weight you’ve got to lose,

No matter how many times you’ve tried in the past and failed,

You absolutely, definitely can lose all the extra weight…and keep it off!

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Ambition Is The Road To Successful Weight Loss

Ambition is the road to successful weight loss. Persistence is the vehicle you'll arrive in.

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Do Exercise That Gives You Great Pleasure

Only those people who do physical exercise that gives them great pleasure will continue with that exercise.

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