http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/04/moving-away-from-guilt-after-a-mistake/ Never take orders from a cookie! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/04/moving-away-from-guilt-after-a-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-3603 Finding Weight Loss Motivation | Small Steps to Health Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:28:49 +0000 http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/04/moving-away-from-guilt-after-a-mistake/#comment-3603 [...] Guilt is self defeating and counterproductive to your weight loss motivation. Instead of giving yourself a hard time, do the best you with the time that you have. Stop dragging around this sense of failure because you cannot devote 60 minutes to exercise today. If you can only spend 10 minutes lifting weights, then make sure those weights are heavy enough that you only need 1 set for each exercise. If you can only spend 10 minutes doing cardio, then make sure to have big motions that include both your legs and arms to push your heart rate within 70% – 80% of your max heart rate. Do what you can and stop feeling guilt for not being able to do more. [...] [...] Guilt is self defeating and counterproductive to your weight loss motivation. Instead of giving yourself a hard time, do the best you with the time that you have. Stop dragging around this sense of failure because you cannot devote 60 minutes to exercise today. If you can only spend 10 minutes lifting weights, then make sure those weights are heavy enough that you only need 1 set for each exercise. If you can only spend 10 minutes doing cardio, then make sure to have big motions that include both your legs and arms to push your heart rate within 70% – 80% of your max heart rate. Do what you can and stop feeling guilt for not being able to do more. [...]

]]> http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/04/moving-away-from-guilt-after-a-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-76 carrnival of eating disorders #17 Sat, 31 May 2008 02:51:14 +0000 http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/04/moving-away-from-guilt-after-a-mistake/#comment-76 [...] the great tag line, “we do not take orders from a cookie!”), asithi has some good ideas about moving away from guilt after a mistake: there is no need to feel guilt for a mistake. we do not need to double our workout time today [...] [...] the great tag line, “we do not take orders from a cookie!”), asithi has some good ideas about moving away from guilt after a mistake: there is no need to feel guilt for a mistake. we do not need to double our workout time today [...]

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