Michaels is focusing on this mental aspect of getting fit even more in her new roles, as the “Chief Energy Officer” for natural energy drink purveyor EBoost and an inspirational speaker traveling the country on her “Maximize Your Life” tour, which just kicked off this month. (She also talks about it a lot in her newest book, Slim for Life.) “The fact is that I can provide all of the information in the world, but if a person isn’t motivated to use it, then none of it matters,” shes says. “Lasting motivation—the kind that makes a true and permanent difference—must come from within.” We asked Michaels to share some of the most common workout motivation pitfalls, and how to avoid them:
- You forget your “why.” “It is SO important to find and focus on the why—why getting fit and healthy is important to you. When you forget this, it’s easy to fall into old patterns and poor habits,” Michaels says. “But when you remember and focus on that specific why—’I want to get fit so I can be healthy enough to see my daughter walk down the aisle’—then you can power through every workout, make the right choices at lunch time, and so on.” Find the next two pitfalls and solutions at Well+GoodNYC’s “Jillian Michaels Names The Three Biggest Workout Pitfalls.”
