Good morning my faithful fitness followers and welcome to another Monday Motivator!  Read on and remember to toss a comment below and stay engaged!

It’s time to get your mind right and stay focused on achieving your health and fitness goals.  This is extremely important because one of the primary reasons that people do not achieve resolutions or fitness goals is “negative self-talk.”

You berate yourself for eating something bad or not exercising.  You listen to the negative talk of others and it brings you down more.  You feed off of the negative energy on the news or in the paper and it brings you down further.  You tell yourself you cannot do something or that you’ll never achieve this or that.  You delude yourself into thinking that the weight you’ve gained is just “the way it is.”  That you will never change.

That is pure BS.  Say it to your freaking computer right now!  THAT IS BULLSHIT!

I want you to refuse to go down this dark path.  Check out what Hellen Keller says and follow her lead:

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.  Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.”

So if you need hope, confidence and optimism it is safe to assume that without those 3, your negative energy wins and you stay the same.

It’s all a choice that you have control of.  You can choose to make excuses for your circumstances or you can take charge!  I know I’ve said it before but it bears repeating….type of 3-5 positive affirmations for yourself and read them aloud 5x each in the morning when you wake up and the evening before you go to bed.

Slowly but surely it will influence your sub-conscious mind and without even realizing it you will become a more positive and successful person.  I still do this from time to time and went one step farther and recorded them on a mini recorder that I play to myself in the car! (don’t believe me?  Ask me and I’ll show it to you!

Stay optimistic, positive, hopeful, confident and nothing can stand in your way.  And catch yourself when you start being negative!  Don’t allow it to happen.

You are in control, you can make the necessary changes and you can have the physique and lifestyle you desire.  Just make it happen.

Have a great start to your week ladies and gents and be sure to leave a comment below!

Dedicated to your success,

John Heringer