how did you get started? I would love to hear your story.

MorganYoung92

I really need to loose weight but I am having a really hard time being motivated. So I would love to hear everyones success stories. I have struggled with being over weight most of my life. I was a really bad emotional eater and it started from a young age after my dad left. At 16 I got into great shape and lost a lot of weight (about 30lbs) I was only 15 lbs away from my goal weight. I ended had to be put on birth controle because of a hormone imbalance. The birth controle made me gain over 100lbs in less than 6 months (while eating healthy and working out daily) and I have not lost the weight yet. I am now 22 and just had my first baby in november. My pregnancy went well and I have a beautiful baby boy. I would really like to loose some weight and get in better shape before I get pregnant again though. My ultimate goal is to loose about 130lbs but I want to loose at least 50lbs before I get pregnant again. I know if I can get myself started and stick to it for a month i'll see the results and it'll give me motivation to stick with it. Just getting started is the hard part. So I would love to hear your stories:)

dangerousdumpling

Try checking out Success Stories. There are tons of great stories and great successes there with before and after pics which are very motivating.

Lizzy622

Motivation comes and goes and I try not to rely on it too much. I does give me an occasional boost in spirit but I tend to rely on routine and habit. Turn the good things into habits you don't even give much thought to doing. I started small by just logging what I ate without paying too much attention to the calories at first (just getting it all down). Then after about a week I was able to look back and see what I was doing right and wrong and starting making the small changes and making them stick.

TeaBea

Baby steps.......I made a new year's resolution to eat more vegetables. Even though I like vegetables, I would go a day or 2 without eating any. Veggies low calorie & high fiber....perfect for calorie reduction.

Next, I focused on moving more. I had a small weekly exercise goal. I would log minutes in a spreadsheet.

Eventually I broke down & started logging. Get a couple of good habits started and you're on your way. What Lizzy said......motivation comes & goes. Try not to beat yourself up every time you slip up.....we all slip up. You just need to get back up & continue the fight.