lol y'all make this whole process looks so easy

augustremulous

And I admit there are days I'm like " what the hell? This is so easy! It's all just melting off! I feel amazing! Why did I have trouble losing weight all these years?? I've finally figured it out! Things are really turning around this time!"

Then I lose motivation a few days later.

Seriously though, kudos to those of you that stuck with it through all the challenges and hardship. I'm trying to learn from you.

And it definitely waaay bigger than the weight. It's about experiencing hardship and blazing through. Accepting the parts that come easy and pushing through the parts that are hard. These are lessons for life. I wish I had learned them earlier but I'm trying now.

lorrpb

I don't think about how "motivated' I feel. I think about my plan and goals, and follow my habits. It's much easier to establish good habits and follow them, than make myself nuts trying to figure out if I feel motivated enough to work out or stay within my calories.

birgitkwood

I've been at this for 11 1/2 mos, and have lost 109#s in that time. Today I'm only 1# away from the goal I set a year ago (altho I'll probably revise that when that last pounds is lost). I'm 62 years old and have been overweight all Mr adult life. I'm AMAZED that I'm now at this weight and only slightly overweight (according to the BMI charts)! What finally clicked for me is the realization that folks who are healthy work at it! In other words, I finally understood, in my core, that very few humans in their sixties are blessed with slim builds and also general good health. To be healthy at this age we MUST work at it. And I'm no different in that regard from every other human. I can't expect to live a healthy active life if I'm eating nothing but cake and Dorito chips while exercising only the TV clicker fingers. So I stopped feeling resentful about it, and started eating better. And moving my body. Tracking calories on MFP really brought it all home for me - I truly do not think I'd have been as successful as I have been if it hadn't been for MFP. Life is good!