If you're not motivated to work out, what should you do? Motivation is wonderful, and powerful. When you have it, everything is easier. (Go to the gym today? Oh hell yes, I'm ready! Make good food choices? Please, that's no problem with motivation firmly by my side.) When you don't have motivation, you desperately want to get it back. (Go to the gym to work out? But I don't feel like it; I …
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Another Woman’s Body is Not Your Measuring Stick
My body is not your measuring stick. My body shouldn’t make you feel worse about yourself. My body shouldn’t make you feel better about yourself. Your body is not my measuring stick. Your body shouldn’t make me feel worse, or better, about myself. The same can be said for any woman’s body -- no body should be your measuring stick. …
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9 Ways for Women to Be More, Not Less (Infographic)
There's no shortage of information trying to convince you that your sole purpose as a woman is to value yourself based on how you look. ("Hey, woman! Do you hate how you look? Of course you do -- every woman hates something about herself and won't be happy until it's fixed. Here's a solution for your flaws.") Media and magazines prey on our insecurities, and create ones we didn't have in the …
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Shut Up and Do Something
A gentle nudge doesn't always get you moving in the right direction. Sometimes what you really need, is a swift kick in the ass. And you're in luck! Today I'm handing out mint chocolate chip ice cream cones and booty-kicks, and, as the saying goes, I'm all out of ice cream cones ... because I ate them all. Normally I’m well mannered and delicately put you on the path of least resistance to …
Perfection Is Possible (But Not The Way You Think)
Being a perfectionist is exhausting. If you too are a self-proclaimed perfectionist, you know exactly what I mean. Laboring for perfection feels like going toe-to-toe in a bare-knuckle brawl with a larger, more experienced opponent. At the end you’re left badly beaten, bruised, eyes swollen shut, kidneys aching. The trophy - perfection - you so desperately wanted is within your field of blurry …
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The Dirty Little Secret about Motivation
Allow me to end the suspense. Motivation? It can be utterly worthless. Unlike love, it is not all you need. That’s the dirty little secret. I’m ready to take on the world! Nothing is going to stop me! (Cue aggressive fist-pumping.) This time is different. I’m really going to lose weight and improve my health. How many times have you read an article or heard a motivational speech that …
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You Don’t Have Enough Self Compassion
When I paid attention to what I said to myself I was shocked, and dismal. “Whoa. Did I really just say that?” I wondered after berating myself for a silly, insignificant mistake. If I heard a fellow human brusquely shout to someone else the statements I make toward myself when I make a petty error, I would no doubt think that person was a bully, and an asshole. I’m my own worst critic and …
Is Motivational Stuff Stupid?
“Nia, why are you constantly telling women to ‘be the strongest, most awesome version of themselves’ and write motivation type-stuff? Why don’t you just post more workouts and training-specific things? After all, your website is called Lift Like a Girl.” There was a time I strongly disliked self-help and motivational "You can do it!" type stuff. I didn't like to read it and certainly never …