This post is sponsored by Under Armour through FitFluential
I’m part of the What’s Beautiful campaign sponsored through Under Armour and Flifluential. As part of the campaign, UA sent all of the ambassadors some fun goodies in the mail along with a thumb drive full of motivational posters and images. I was flipping through the images, looking for some inspiration and I think this one applies best to me right now.
My biggest obstacle right now is myself. I am the only thing standing between me and my goals. I’m finding it so hard to get out of my own way. Why is it so hard to do that? I think this is the reason we are all looking for “motivation”. Basically, we are looking for a way to push our negative attitudes out of the way. That can only happen internally. You are the only person who can make you move over.
It has been so hard for me to do this lately though. Yesterday, I procrastinated all day on a 10 minute run. Luckily, it worked out and I ended up going to Body Pump with a friend at the gym instead. It is so much easier to motivate when you have a friend to meet up with or a gym to go to! Right now, I’m depending solely on myself for motivation and that can be tough.
I decided since I’m not finding my internal motivation, I would try to find some external motivation. A lot of the women working on the What’s Beautiful campaign have posted inspiring photos so I thought I would gather a bunch and put them here for reference. Whenever I am feeling unmotivated or thinking about skipping workouts, I can just come here and be inspired by these great women!
If you click on any of the photos, it will take you to a pin which links to their site. I hope you can also find some inspiration from these amazing women! Now, off to find my own motivation!
How do you get out of your own way?
Woo Hoo! You go, girl…get out there and kick some butt!
My favorite (because it’s what I need to tell myself, daily) is the one that says “The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” I get so caught up in keeping up with others…I just need to be better than myself last time!!!
I like that one too! I just have to remember, be better than yesterday and not last year! I hate remembering that I’m not where I was a year or two ago. But at least I’m not starting completely over!
~Ang
You go girl! You’re right that we’re the only one who can internally motivate. External motivation can start up habits that fire up internal motivation – so way to rock it. You got this girl, we’re all here to support you! Thank you for sharing my pic!! 😀 XO
Thanks for sharing my photos! These are some great ones by others!
I feel like we follow on the same road with this weight lose/healthy lifestyle. I need to get it together. I might print some of these off and put them on the frig!
I noticed that too! Your blog post the other day was very similar to this one. We can get back into this together!