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Showstopper asked:


A year ago, I started a diet consisting of protein, fruits, and veggies, and exercise. During this diet I lost a total of 25 pounds and started feeling great about myself. The reason that I went on the diet in the first place was because of rejection from a boy that I had a crush because of my weight. After that day I promised myself that I would take better care of myself and prove him wrong. After losing the weight I took a break and gained back a few pounds. I also met the love of my life who supports me and loves the way I look no matter what. This is all great, but it gives me no motivation to start my diet again because I have no one to prove wrong. Can anyone tell me what are some new ways to get motivated and start losing weight again?

sophierhymes asked:


I’m 26-years-old and during the past year I have really slacked off on my dieting and exercise. It used to be that I was in the gym at least 3 days a week and really watched what I ate. Lately, I just can’t find the motivation to exercise. I canceled my gym membership to save money after taking a cut in pay, but I just can’t seem to exercise at home. Also, my diet has been suffering. I pretty much just eat whatever. Basically, I just want my old self back. Can anyone relate?

What is inspired action? Inspired action is that wonderful phenomenon that we experience when we suddenly find ourselves taking efficient action that produces results beyond our expectations. And we enjoy it.

Inspired action is a quantum leap in productivity and true self-expression. It occurs when we’re aligned with our higher purpose and we’ve cleared out blocks to taking actions. Most of us have experienced this on occasion. When we do, we improve our living situation, whether in the area of personal organization, improved diet, or cleaning up dysfunctional relationships. In addition, taking inspired action creates a sense of joy and power in our lives. It’s just plain fun.

While studying the principles of inspired action, I’ve found that there are incredible resources available on the internet. I literally learned from the Maters about this subject in the comfort of my own home. Their insight has helped me to gain wisdom quickly and easily.

The basics of what I’ve learned can be summed up in three simple steps for how to use inspired action:

Step #1. Stay Focused – This is the simplest advice, but the actual process of staying focused takes discipline. So many wonderful plans have not been seen to their end because we simply get off track. Following our plan and focusing upon it day by day does create results. Usually, it is not the plan that is to blame, it is our follow through. The good news, however, it that the more we practice focusing, the more rewards we reap.

Here is some of the most valuable advice that I’ve ever gotten. At the beginning of each new undertaking, we can have many emotions about our project. Most of all, we can feel fear and doubt. This is where most people stop. There is always a point at which we must break through the emotional energy of previous beliefs. At that time, we can feel anxious and antsy. When that is the case, it is imperitive to go on. That anxious and antsy feeling that we experience when putting our plan into daily action is not bad. It is the emotional increase in ourselves that is necessary to break free of old patterns. Just several times of continuing with our plans through this anxiety will usually provide us with a breakthrough.

Then, inspired action is much easier. When we’ve broken through our blockages, inspired action is the rule rather than the exception.

Step #2. Practice Being Present – The art of being present, which is simply being fully engaged with where you are and what you are doing, is our constant access to inspired action. When we’re thinking of other things, or worrying about what might happen, or when we’re giving time and energy to thinking about our troubles, we’re too busy to notice our ideas of inspired action.

Practice the discipline of being present. Do one thing at a time. Practice this for 3 minutes at a time and then add more time. This will provide you with inspired action every day.

Step #3. Take On What You Worry About – This is a wonderful way to practice inspired action. When I was first working on learning about inspired action, I had a difficult time keeping my house clean every day. So I really took it on. At first, it was daunting. But I kept taking one action after another. I eventually gave myself three months to totally clean out my house and I took action every single day. Some days were easier than others. Sometimes, I found myself really frustrated, wanting the project to be done already. This was a huge distraction. But I continued on, taking one action followed by another. Soon, I got through the period where I was working and working and not seeing many results. After that, I saw progress on a daily basis. Then, it was easier to take more actions.

After I’d clean out my house, which took only several weeks, not three months, I enjoyed having a house that stayed clean all day long (and I have a young child). That was wonderful, but the most valuable experience of taking on that project was that I learned how to see things through, realizing that there are tough times to all projects. When I kept taking one action after the other and not giving in to frustration and impatience, I saw results much more quickly than I’d imagined.

Simply put, when I faced up to my fears, inspired action was then available all of the time.



By: Dr. Isabella Santorini

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