It’s 2016. If you’re into fitness and you’re not competing in a Fitness Competition are you really into fitness? In the Health and Fitness world Fitness Competitions are the triathlons of 2010. Let’s get one thing straight, this post isn't an objective personal account of my own experience of competing. Absolutely not. This is pure judgement. This is biased, one-sided and completely my own opinion.

You don’t talk about it. You might not know you’re going through it. You might have never heard about it. And yet, 12 million people in the UK are suffering from it. Binge Eating Disorder (BED). The least discussed and yet most common eating disorder. 

How do you stay motivated? How do you keep going when you’re tired, fed up, feeling lazy, uninspired, ready to end it? I want to change my lifestyle, where do I begin? How do you get yourself back on track? 

Because people assume I wake up every single day raring to pump some iron, sweat it out in spin, or do single-leg burpees. Hell no. Here's 8 top tips on how to stay motivated when you'd just rather not.