Motivate Yourself Into shape

Name your personal favourite kick up the backside trigger for wanting to lose weight. Is it an impending wedding? Perhaps a fear of baring all in a bikini on the beach or the prospect of a school reunion? Most of us have one and they are often the catalyst for a realisation that things have gone too far coupled with a desire to do something. There is nothing like a looming date to focus the mind on calorie-counting and the body on sweating more than it has been used to. But will it work? Psychologists have their doubts, claiming that body-shape anxiety is often an ineffective motivational tool and that some women become so fixated on their appearance that it ultimately limits their ability to get in shape. Read more at The Times

My Books
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'An Official 2012 Fitness Guide for Women.'
Wild Gym
'50 ways to get fit outdoors.'