S13 EP15: Do You Keep Losing Motivation?
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Have you checked under your bed for your motivation lately?
Well, you’re looking in the wrong place.
So many of us think motivation is something you “find.”You blame the loss on your schedule, your kids, your partner, your job.
But here’s the truth:
Motivation isn’t something you find. It’s something you build.
In this episode, we break down:
Why external rewards and validation fail long-term
The psychology behind intrinsic motivation
Why hype is NOT motivation
The 3 factors that actually create sustainable drive
How to turn ANY extrinsic goal into an intrinsic one
Why Norway wins more Olympic medals (and what that teaches us)
This isn’t about yelling at yourself.
This isn’t about getting fired up.
This is about becoming the boss of you.
And building motivation that doesn’t disappear when the applause does.
We’re going to give you the formula to reveal what lies within you, empowering you to become the person you aspire to be. With this key, you can pursue and achieve any goal.
Reference: Self-Determination Theory, Developed by Edward Deci and Richard Ryan:
https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/theory/
Chapters
00:00:00 “Have You Seen My Motivation?”
00:03:00 The Lie You’ve Been Telling Yourself: “I’m just not that person” 👀
00:06:30 Why Motivation Never Shows Up00:10:30 The Motivation Mistake Everyone Makes00:18:00 This Is Why You Keep Falling Off
00:29:30 The 3 Things That Actually Motivate You (Not what you think)
00:38:00 Do This Instead (Real-Life Hacks)00:47:30 Your Goals Might Be the Problem
00:59:30 Motivation Is Supposed to Feel Like This?!
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| 0:00.0 | Intrinsic first extrinsic motivation is what we're talking about today and we're giving you a formula that is going to change your life on motivation. |
| 0:09.0 | Have you seen my motivation? |
| 0:10.0 | Is it under the bed? |
| 0:11.0 | Where's she gone? |
| 0:13.0 | If you've ever felt like you were hyped to do something and for the first two weeks, two months, six months, it was just your favorite |
| 0:24.7 | thing and then all of a sudden all the motivation failed. This podcast is for you. This is honestly |
| 0:32.0 | the number one reason why people don't change their life with health and fitness is because |
| 0:37.3 | they can't find the |
| 0:38.0 | motivation they lost the motivation and if any of those reasons are for you this podcast is |
| 0:43.4 | literally going to change that for you so if you feel like it's just low right now or if you feel |
| 0:48.2 | like you're waiting for it to show up and knock on the door and come back this podcast is for |
| 0:52.3 | you so hopefully you guys enjoy it. |
| 1:02.3 | Hi guys and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. I'm Kelsey. And I'm Rachel. |
| 1:07.4 | And if you're not ready for a quick start, what are you doing? Kelsey quick started me today. |
| 1:12.7 | She just said like, it's enough of you, bitch. |
| 1:15.4 | Like, I'm turning it on and off we go. |
| 1:16.5 | You know why? |
| 1:21.3 | Because I can't wait to talk about today's topic because you gotta need your notepad, |
| 1:21.9 | your pen. |
| 1:30.0 | Take some notes on this because this is our probably number one request for what people are looking for and they're looking for it under their bed, they're looking for it in other people, they're looking |
| 1:33.2 | for it all over the place when it comes to just life and starting your health and fitness |
| 1:37.1 | journey and anything that's going to bring you joy in this world starts with motivation. |
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