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Finding Motivation When You Have None

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I generally like working out, but working out when I’m not motivated makes me resent it. I had to pull out the big guns to motivate myself to do these things without hating my life. I always get an extra kick of motivation to get something done if somebody with whom I’m particularly competitive is doing well at it.

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Eat to Lose Weight

Saving Cents With Sense

If you watch The Biggest Loser or any of those other TV shows, you’ll find that people are working out 8 hours a day and dropping weight like crazy. So the idea of starting to work out to lose weight did not motivate me, but after the initial cleanse helped me lose some weight, I was motivated to change the way I eat to lose weight.