Need help with motivation

princeofmind

I've gone from 34 inch waist to being able to (just) get into 28 inch and while there is still fat to lose (you can really see it when I sit down) I no longer hate my reflection.
Problem is now that I no longer hate the way I look and feel a lot more confident in myself I am finding it so much easier to ignore my diet.
I really want to shift the last 12 lbs but when I get hungry it is so much easier to justify to myself why a snack is okay.
What would you suggest?

kommodevaran

I did that rationalizing last time I lost weight - "I'm thin, I can eat whatever I want!". Of course I didn't stay thin for long. But I wanted to eat whatever I wanted more than I wanted to stay thin. This time I have a diet that I want to stick to regardless of what it makes me weigh, it just happens to also be a diet that makes me stay at a normal, healthy weight.

Oh, but I have never had trouble with hunger. I get cravings, which is a completely different animal, but also just the other side of the coin. Good nutrition, a regular meal schedule and removing temptations as much as possible, calms them down. I often read that hunger is a problem for well fed Westernes, and sometimes it makes me forget that it's not a problem for me - I have to remind myself that I'm being manipulated. I'm fine as long as I eat enough, but not too much.

4legsRbetterthan2

princeofmind wrote: »

I really want to shift the last 12 lbs but when I get hungry it is so much easier to justify to myself why a snack is okay.

Why do you really want to shift the last 12 lbs? I think that is where you motivation will come from.