I try to act whenever I'm feeling motivated to establish habits that hopefully will become ingrained so that I just do them when I'm not feeling the motivation. I think the more you just make yourself do something the easier it becomes. I like this quote I found on a fitness website:

"Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day and at last we cannot break it."

Also,

"The hardest step in any run is the first step out the door."

I guess the bottom line is that motivation will come and go, but whatever you've established as a habit will stick. Of course, it works both ways. So if I make it a habit to constantly skip my exercises because I'm stressed, tired, what-have-you...then that becomes my M.O. SO...make it a habit to do just FIVE minutes of exercise each day even on the days where you might say, it's not worth it, I don't feel like it, it won't make a difference, etc. Just commit to doing a measly five minutes. Chances are that once you're dressed and you do that five, that you'll probably continue for at least 20 or 30. That can make all the difference.

The same could be said for your diet. Say you wake up feeling particularly stressed or depressed one day and you just want to pig out all day. I would deal with that by telling myself...I'm going to make a super healthy breakfast and a salad for lunch, then I'll get whatever I want for dinner. If you stick to that all day, by the time dinner rolls around and you've had a day of healthy eating...you'll be less likely to want to blow out on a giant unhealthy meal. And I would say...remove temptations from around the house. Tell people you're dieting and you don't want them to offer you junk food. The more people that know you're trying to stick to a healthy eating plan, the more pressure you'll feel not to eat badly in front of them. That helps with accountability.

Also, I think having a group like this will help too.

Good afternoon ladies! I can tell you that while I have not been perfect with my calories or consistant workouts I do feel better on the inside. I know that if I keep doing what I am doing it will pay off and it won't be a quick overnight drastic change but a healthy, life changing one which is what I need.

I am sick and tired of not being able to fit into the clothes in my closet much less fit into any cute things I see out and about so this is a change I'm making in my life for me and me alone !!!!!

So let's do it !!!!!!!!!!!!