I've been
thinking a lot about motivation - internal and external drivers. Tom Venuto
does a great job covering this in his book Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle - I
wanted to dig a little deeper for my personal motivation.
When I was
single, a strong external motivator was looking healthy for the ladies (shy
smile). Looking good at the beach etc... these were external motivators. I
think they are good, by they are not intrinsic.
Challenges
are external as well. They work, but unless we transition to an intrinsic,
deeply routed motivator we most likely will not sustain our results - which is
definitely my case.
Some foods
bring us pleasure - it is that perfect chemical composition that is like a drug
driving us to eat them - we get addicted and find a very difficult to break
away. They are our escape.
I've been
thinking that an intrinsic driver has to be love for myself. That I love myself
so much, I will not allow myself be hurt by this drug - food
I am still
working on this.... but I think I am on to something.
I love
myself and therefor I will love eating clean and healthy, and I will enjoy
exercising because it give me energy and fills me with life.
Have a great
day!
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