I want it NOW!

BecomingElle

I'm incredibly impatient, and sometimes I just get really fed up and want all this weight off me NOW. I want to literally just cut it off. And when I get upset about my current state? All I want to do is eat junk to make me feel better! And I get this stupid mentality "well, I'm already like this."

I know it's a long road and it's possible and in 6 months time, I will look back to today and wish I'd stuck with it. I'll look back like a look at me six months ago. Where I wish I could have forced myself into being healthy and exercising.


But how do you keep motivated and patient at the same time? My goal seems forever away.

ninerbuff

Patience is learned. You can't force you body to lose in a short time. If you try, then you'll only cause more issues for yourself in the future.

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KingDutchess1

I agree. I also know from experience... that WE are our worst critics... Give yourself the time that is required to sculpture the body that you really want... anything that is worth having is worth working for...

Also listen to what you just said... after you get "emotional"" you eat... so just change what you do when you get "emotional" instead of eating... get pissed and exercise... Keeping a daily journal has really helped me see that most of the time that I'm eating... I'm not even hungry....

chin up. stay motivated... but most importantly... staying MOVING

Pimpmonkey

I like the ticker tool. It helps that I just started so to have any results makes me feel good, but looking at other peoples tickers and knowing that I can do that too, makes me keep at it!

Qatsi

Some of our worst obstacles in this journey are mental rather than physical. We get impatient because we aren't losing fast enough, or frustrated because we hit a plateau despite doing all the right things, or we get bored once the novelty wears off.

It's during those times that I would get that little voice inside my head that would tell me to quit. Fortunately, I've had a louder voice telling me NO. NOT THIS TIME.

I keep myself motivated by celebrating lots of victories, and constantly challenging myself to do a little better. Give yourself a pat on the back every day you come in under your calories or hit your exercise goals. Keep a streak going for 5 days straight, then go for 10. Walk 5000 steps every day for a week, then try for 6000 the next week.

If there was a magical shortcut to get us to our goals without any negative ramifications, we'd all be taking it. The reality is, they don't exist, and we're just going to have to EARN our victories. But think how sweet that victory is going to be when you finally get there!

Stick with it! Six months from now you'll be glad you did!

Pebble321

Think about it as growing your hair - if you have short hair, no matter how much you wish it would grow, even if you do all the "right" things - it just isn't going to grow into long hair overnight. I suspect that almost all of us have tried before and given up because it just seems too hard.

Try setting yourself some smaller goals - and not just about the number on the scales.
Set weekly exercise or eating goals (exercise x many cals this week or eat 2 fruits every day for example). These goals are somthing you can actually DO something about, and you can see and celebrate the achivement.

And don't set goals for yourself that are just too hard to maintain. You might be able to maintain eating 1000 cals a day for 1 week - but can you do it for months on end? I doubt it! I started out with a very moderate calorie deficit that gave me 1660 cals (plus exercise cals) to eat each day. I didn't feel deprived (actually i was surprised that I could eat so much!) and I could stick to it. And I lost weight even faster than i though - but it still took nearly 9 months to lose 22kg (almost 50 pounds). But I did it - and I'm still doing it (I did lose focus for a few months a put a few kg back on- but I'm getting rid of those now).

Hang in there, good luck!

auroranflash

I'll look back like a look at me six months ago. Where I wish I could have forced myself into being healthy and exercising.

And if you don't start now, in six months, you'll look back and think the same.

But if you do start now, with small things, integrating exercise and creating healthy habits like meal planning, logging, and eating more vegetables and less junk, ... you will look back in six months and think, "Wow, look how far I've come - I am a Rock Star."

Spiritwarrior3000

The way i motivate myself is to think of my girlfriend snogging another guy. I know this sounds stupid but it makes me focus extremely hard on my food habits and when i workout cause i have anger in me it pumps my adrenaline so i can workout longer and harder. And at the end you feel great! But this may not work for everyone lol But i visualise myself being the best that i can be, so i believe this is the only way for me to stay focused.