How To Stay Motivated To Achieve Your Dream Transformation

The question I’ve been asked the most over the last few years while going through my own transformation journey has been, ‘’How did you manage to remain focused and keep going?’’

I have to be honest and say that some days it was hard but there were a few factors that helped keep me driven. Paramount among these was the fact that I learnt to turn negatives into positives.

When I made the decision to lose weight it was in part due to the fact I didn't want to feel unfit any longer or continue to struggle to do normal day to day tasks, but it was mainly because I didn't like the person I’d become.  I had always worked on my upper body with weights but when it came to my general fitness it was a different story.  I found I was out of breath just running up the stairs at home and also struggled to keep up during any sort of cardio programmes with my gym buddies.

Me In My Ehhh....XXL Garments!

The Last Straw!!!

Clothes shopping was a particularly unpleasant experience for me with one afternoon sticking in my mind more than others. I was in a store in Croydon looking for a pair of trousers but couldn’t find my size on the rail, the sales assistant serving me radioed through to the stockroom to ask ‘’Have we got these in a 42 waist regular?’’  All the customers within earshot looked round to see who wanted trousers in THAT size and gave me a look somewhere between sympathy and disgust…..that was definitely a low point for me!

I decided after that day that I wasn’t going to go through that again, and would be able to walk into a store and pick up clothes in regular/smaller sizes off the rack (my shirt sizes at the time were 19 inch neck for casual or XXL for T-shirts!)

From that point on, my main driver was to use every single negative I came across along my journey as a spur to help reach my goal.  So in essence – Turn every negative into a positive!

It got worse before it got better!

For instance, when I mentioned to one of my gym buddies that I was going to drop from 19 stone to 13, he laughed so hard it made me doubt I could do it, but I filed that memory away in the back of my mind and used it as a driver to help motivate me towards the goal! I eventually lost 7 stone (I now weigh between 12 stone and 11 ½), and my friend was one of the first people to congratulate me and say he had underestimated my determination.

I had a similar experience when I bought the ‘’Insanity’’ workout programme. Again I generated a few laughs, and a few comments like ‘’that’s not for big-boned fellas like you!’’ or ‘’Good luck with that mate, ha, ha, ha!’’ Well again, I completed the programme 3 times, also completed later variations of the programme (Focus T25 & Insanity Max30).

I could go on and on with instances of friends and family being unsupportive, but I’m sure you’ve got my point!

Never let negative comments/people get you down during your transformation journey. You will get these along the way; the best thing to do is use them as motivation to achieve your goals! 

Remember, the first 3-4 weeks will be tough, so persevere, the next 3-4 weeks will be even more important as these are the weeks that will help you turn your routine into a habit, and then finally by the time you start week 9, you’ll have turned the whole process into an automated system, and there’ll be no looking back!!

So drop me a line and we can start some serious planning for YOUR week one of that 12 week transformation programme! 

Stay tuned for more from me on this and many other topics!

Needless to say these big boy jogging bottoms have moved on to pastures new!