John Murphy argues that dwelling on your current state kills motivation. Instead, build a specific five-year vision: target weight, belt size, how you want to look. During workouts, stop the negative self-talk and frame each rep as moving toward that future self.
What do you see? Not right now, but 5 years out physically for yourself? What do you see? Make it very clear. Pick a target weight, a target belt size, a target look about you. Visualize that and make it as specific and clear as possible that that's the direction you're going. Doesn't matter what you look like now, where you're starting from. If your vision is on the current state, then you're unlikely to change. You've got to have a clear picture of the direction you're going. So now you get on a treadmill, you take a walk, you go swimming in a pool, whatever it is you're doing, you're not telling yourself, I'm fat. I'm, you know, I'm getting old. I'm losing, I'm losing it. No, you're on your way to the picture you've painted. You're on your way to that picture.
