Lost Motivation

bethfartman

Spend time each day just pseudo meditating. 10 minutes visualising what you will look like when you have reached target. Viualise yourself in all the great clothes you can't wear at present. And out of that, try and develop a positive mental attitude to all aspects of life. When you do that, suddenly the Biblical quote that starts "I can do all things" comes alive. If you have a faith just add the extra bit "through God".
it's quite remarkable what happens with that attitude. But you have to work at it.

That's actually something that would be interesting to try- I love to meditate, but I've never done it with a goal to visualize other then relaxation.

bethfartman

Thanks for all the great advice everyone!

tuck1jl

i have a bunch of friends on here... BUT the motivation has to come from within. You can't depend on anyone else to motivate you. Either you're comitted or you aren't. Plain and simple.

THAT IS SO TRUE!!

I would just remember why you started this weightloss journey to begin with. And think 6 months from now how bad you will feel because you didn't push through. My motivation comes and goes on a daily basis but I know that if I don't keep going the only person I'm letting down is myself. I know I can't go back to how I was before so the only direction to go is forward.

Keep pushing. you will get there

47Jacqueline

Something else, do friends on here really help keep you on track? I always deny friend requests just because I don't know why I'd need friends on here, but I guess if people are actually looking at what's going on with me and giving me crap when I'm doing poorly, that might help...

Friends work if it goes both ways. You have to be a friend and the other person needs to be also. Sometimes you my find that someone isn't helpful so you can unfriend them, but friends on MFP can be very helpful.