Positive Affirmations for Fitness

by Heather Long | More from this Blogger

20 Apr 2006 12:00 PM

For those of you doing the Spring Forward to Action 30 Day Challenge, your journaling should contain some positive affirmations for your fitness experience. For those of you doing your own workout, positive affirmations can help you to maintain your focus and maintain your workout program.

Positive affirmations are the mind's way of redirecting the body's energy and keeping you motivated. Negative affirmations like: I am always tired or what is wrong with me only reinforce negative energy and hinder your progress. If you have trouble coming up with your own positive affirmations, use some of the following.

• I feel healthier when I work out.
• Exercise is good for my heart, my lungs and my health.
• I look better when I exercise and it shows.
• I have more energy when I exercise.
• My family and I are both happier when I exercise.
• I get more done when I exercise.
• I enjoy looking better in my clothes when I exercise.
• I sleep much better when I exercise.
• My skin looks good when I exercise.
• I can handle life's challenges when I exercise.
• My diet is easier to maintain when I exercise.

Use your positive affirmations every day. Write them down where you can see them. Repeat them to yourself in the morning before your workout and remind yourself of them before you go to sleep.

Build a more positive you with positive affirmations.

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Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago.

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