Introduction - The INSIDE OUT approach!

If you guys wonder how some people can stay motivated enough to keep exercising throughout their lives and how some of us have tried a dozen times and quit a dozen times, let me tell you something you have probably heard before too – it is all in the mind! I am among the luckier ones who hit this idea unknowingly and all by themselves – so I have kept on exercising till date. And all of us need to learn this approach, but most of us would need some help. What follows is what I found somewhere and found it to be so true, that I decided to share it all with you!


WHAT DOES BEING FIT REALLY MEAN?

It is not just the calorie counting or calorie burning that keeps you fit. It is the desire to remain fit from within that works wonders! The "INSIDE-OUT" approach to fitness differs from that of conventional wisdom. Most programs work on diet and exercise alone. While this way may work in the short run, eventually your motivation and desire to get in better shape disappears. This remains the largest cause for people quitting their exercise programs midway. In order to kick off your attitude and the unwanted behaviors that make you keep falling back into your earlier non-exercise status, there are three things to learn about yourself:

How and what motivates you?

What are the reasons behind your unwanted behaviors?

What kind of support system is good for you?

The "INSIDE-OUT" approach is a simple common sense idea. In practice, it will take some hope, a little faith in yourself, and patience.


The goal is for you to develop a lifestyle that reflects this way of thinking.

You cannot sustain motivation to be active without pure motives.

You cannot change unwanted behaviors without knowing the reasons behind them.

You cannot stay focused without outside support.

You cannot eat smarter without a proper attitude toward food.

You cannot continue to be active without deep desires.


In a Nut Shell:

The "INSIDE-OUT" concept takes a look at your exercise and eating behaviors by dealing with your motives, desires, and beliefs toward exercise and food. If you want to change attitudes and habits toward exercise and eating for the long haul, you are going to have to dig deep into WHY you feel the way you do about them. This will not be easy and it will take some hard work! And I assure you the effort will be more than worth it in the end!

I commend you for reading this; however, the reason you are is because you are not happy with who you are right now and how you feel. Those thousands of others who have changed their attitudes towards exercise have done so by applying this approach, knowingly or unknowingly. But not all are lucky enough to hit the revelation themselves. Let me help!