Motivation is a liar. 🤥

Let’s face it: some days you wake up ready to conquer the world. You feel unstoppable. Other days? You can barely find the energy to put on socks. 🧦

In my own journey losing 13 stone and reversing my diabetes people often ask me how I stayed motivated for so long.

The truth? I didn’t.

If I only moved when I “felt like it,” I would have quit in the first week. I would have stayed stuck in the same loop. 🛑 Reliability isn’t about how you feel; it’s about what you do when the feeling is gone. Motivation is just a spark, but sparks die out. To survive the long game, you need fuel.

This is why you need a “WHY.” ⚓️

Your “Why” is your anchor. It’s the deep, sometimes messy reason you started this journey in the first place. It cannot be superficial. Wanting to look good for a holiday photo might get you to the gym once, but it won’t get you out of bed on a freezing cold morning when your brain is screaming at you to sleep in.

How to Weaponize Your Why

To keep fighting when things get tough, you need to turn your reason into a weapon. Here is how you identify a “Why” that actually works:

• Make it About Others (The Protector Arc) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
  For many of us, doing it for ourselves isn’t enough yet. That’s okay.
  Are you doing this to be active for your kids? To ensure you are around to see them grow up? That is a reason that screams louder than your excuses.

• Prove Your Own Worth 💪
  This is about proving to yourself that you are worth the effort. It’s about keeping a promise to the person in the mirror. You are building the evidence that you are a person who shows up.

• The “Anti-Goal” (The Dark Place) 🌑
  Sometimes, your strongest weapon is fear of the past.
  My biggest driver wasn’t a six-pack; it was never going back to that “dark place” again. It was the fear of being trapped in a body that didn’t work. Use that. Run away from the old version of you just as hard as you run toward the new one.

When the motivation runs out (and it will!), your “Why” is what keeps you moving. It is the hard truth that keeps you resilient. 🦁

You don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to be a guru. You just have to remember why you started.

Find your anchor. Weaponise it. Keep fighting. 👊

Resources:

My Why – ‘My Origin Story’

Until the next blog,

Dan

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