Lost 25+ pounds, now I've lost the motivation to continue

moonagedaydream72

I lost almost 30 pounds in the past 6 months following a routine of weighing/logging my food, eating more healthily, and daily incidental exercise that I get from work and walking everywhere. (I know my profile says I've lost 26 pounds but my starting weight wasn't accurate.)

I've lost a few sizes, I can see a difference, and I'm starting to feel good about myself again. I could stop where I am, and I'd be at a pretty average size. I don't want to be average though, I want to be HOT.

But I find myself getting too satisfied with where I am right now, sometimes eating over my calorie limit, or sometimes not bothering to log. How do I get past my "average" stage and push myself to get my dream body?

haychc87

I'm in the same boat. I've lost 10lbs over the past 3mths and started to feel good but still have another 15lbs to go for me to get to my goal. This week I realised what I was doing and decided I need to stop. I dug out my original motivation pic (pic of my at my heaviest) and reminded myself that I do not want to go back to that again. I know it's going to be so much harder to motivate to go to the gym in the winter but we can do this!!!

moonagedaydream72

Congrats on your loss! I may have to dig out some of my old photos too, or some of my cute clothes in size small.

middlehaitch

Maybe you need to take a couple of weeks maintenance break and assess where you want to go next.
Lose a few more pounds, or maybe start a progressive compound lifting programme to resculpt your body.

Cheers, h.

marval2106

Once you overcome this average satisfaction you can be a motivation to us all that are too lazy to even get started in our weight goal. You can share how you were able to overcome it.