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I'm motivated now!

totallytasha
totallytasha Posts: 134 Member
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
So I've been on this site for a while now, and I'd certainly like to lose weight, but at the same time I'm comfortable with myself. This has resulted in some losing, and then losing interest and eating whatever I want, and therefore staying about the same weight the whole time. I know what to choose when it comes to healthy options, and I'm aware of how I feel when I eat. I'm okay with not losing, because I'm not gaining and I'm comfortable. A large part of this confidence I already have about myself comes from my wonderful boyfriend, who tells me I'm beautiful daily.

However, before we were dating I remember him mentioning his Spanish teacher and how she dances Latin style regularly. I found that totally awesome, as I LOVE my Zumba & Swing (sadly can't do it anymore due to class schedule :cry: ), and then never thought much of it. Now a year or so later, I walk into my Economics classroom to see the teacher from the previous class cleaning up to go. I kind of glance at the spanish words on the board, then the teacher - and she has those hips that I'm horribly jealous of. The kind that you only get after dancing for years. It clicked and I knew instantly she was the teacher my boyfriend had talked about a while ago.

Oh, I think not! She will not look better than me! All of the motivation that I've ever felt from wanting to be better, feel better, or been inspired by the success stories and pictures on this website, this is them all wrapped into one. I turned down cheese today. Cheese!!! Because I knew my calorie limit and what my meals are for the day. I now have live motivation, and it's working!

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  • 8turboturtle8
    8turboturtle8 Posts: 239 Member
    Wow! Turning down cheese is huge in my book!!! You are a woman on a mission! You go girl!
  • debnu1
    debnu1 Posts: 1,568 Member
    Sometimes the motivation comes from the place you wouldn't have thought. Keep up the momentum! I am finally planning ahead and getting the results I wanted. You can do this!!
  • totallytasha
    totallytasha Posts: 134 Member
    Thanks guys. I don't have internet at home, and I'm not much of a online social, so I don't take advantage of the great support going around here as much as I should. Thank you for the help!
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