Get your motor runnin'.

Like everything else, it starts with getting started. Or, as they say in the song that used to roll through my head as I roared out on my motorcycle, “Get your motor runnin’.”

I am not sure where the motivation comes from, but it’s motivation that gets us started and keeps us going. It’s the “light bulb moment” or the “aha moment” or just the fleeting thought of what could happen that gives us the push, the power, and the motivation. In one given moment, we have decided to rise to the challenge and make changes in our lifestyle. We are off… with our motor runnin’, heading down the weight loss highway!

But THEN, after what could be hours, days, weeks, even months of feeling motivated, we run out of gas. We putt putt to a stop. Or come to a screeching halt. Or take a wrong turn… or the wheel falls off entirely.

I have spoken with about 200 people this week regarding the things that motivate them and what KEEPS them motivated. The number one thing that rang out overwhelmingly was the BELIEF that this is really possible. It is the inner strength to believe that even if we have small ‘failures’ (as we tend to think about them), we can really and truly pick ourselves up and go on.

SO it’s time to fill up the tank, get your motor runnin’ and accomplish what you believe you can do! (If you don’t do it, who is gonna?)