How does a person keep themselves motivated

try2again

DopeItUp wrote: »

Motivation is only temporary. Relying it on it almost always results in failure. Build a routine and stick to it.

You aren't motivated to go to work every day right? Or brush your teeth, or shower, or eat meals, etc.. It's mainly just routine that gets all these monotonous things done. Build a diet and exercise routine and set yourself up for life.

+1. I am more motivated than not these days, but lots of days good old fashioned routine saves my butt.

Machka9

10 days in, I started losing at a rate of 1 kg/week. Why wouldn't I want to keep that up!?

shadowfax_c11

I'm not always motivated. I do it anyway.

Kinda like getting up in the morning and going to work. Cleaning house. Paying bills.

MeanderingMammal

mjohnson1966 wrote: »

Seems like I do good for awhile then I fall I struggle with trying to lose. Weight and exercise. What are some ideas you may have

Performance objectives. How is my Resting Heart Rate improving over time, how is my time when I run benchmarks like a Cooper test or a threshold test on the bike.

I book races to put some structure around my training, so that I end up in cycles of Half Marathon and Marathon periods.

cwolfman13

What do you do when your house is a mess but you're not necessarily motivated to clean it up? My guess is that you do it anyway because nobody wants to live in filth. Your body is your house...maintain that house.

GaleHawkins

mjohnson1966 wrote: »

Seems like I do good for awhile then I fall I struggle with trying to lose. Weight and exercise. What are some ideas you may have

Sadly in my case it took me facing my premature death at age 63 in a real way before I was motivated enough to figure out a new way of eating just for health before I made the life changing effort to stick with my new WOE.

Best of success.