Blah! I'm in a slump :(

I am sure we all go through this at one time or another. When I start to get into a slump, I start seeing myself at my goal weight and dress size. I think about all the cute clothes and shoes I will be able t wear. Just take one day at a time. Don't focus on the total weight and inches you want to lose Remember the promises you made to yourself. We can do this. You are not in this alone. So come on snap out of it. Get back on board. We are all going to do this. Think about the day you wake up and see your new self and how awesome that will be. You are only improving on your current beauty. Hope this helps.

Lady, I had a ROUGH week last week, I'll tell you that. I was feeling really down on myself about not seeing ANY progress for me while everyone else seems to be doing so great. (So thrilled for everyone else though, that's not what I mean!) I was real close to just saying the heck with it, why bother for nothing. But I kept with it. I took it one day at a time. I didn't want to, but I made myself. I just kept thinking about getting through this ONE day while sticking to my calorie goals and fitting in just ONE small workout whenever I could.

It didn't help that since I like to do my belly dance workouts in the bedroom so I can check my form in the full length mirror, that while the instructor is a beautiful, sensuous, curvy woman - what I try to picture myself being - my belly is too thick to see the muscle movement and my butt looks like two giant tomatoes. :embarassed: But I powered through it, just thinking about where I want to be and trying NOT to think about where I still am. Because even though I'm not where I want to be, where I AM isn't where I WAS.

I'm now starting to come out of my slump - I'm feeling good about the future again.

I probably didn't answer your question very well ... I guess I'm just saying that since I started thinking about it as a commitment to myself and not so much about being hinged on motivation - somehow that helps me. One day at a time. All I need to do is do it today, and worry about tomorrow, tomorrow.

*hugs*

Just start again. Nothing is lost. To master anything you need practice. Keep at it until you can do it without thinking, and it becomes a permanent lifestyle change. You'll get there, sooner or later, just keep at it!

I'm in the same boat. May 13 I started a hard-core cardio/yoga routine (DVDs) which had me working out for an hour and a half a day. I did that for a full month straight and saw great progress with my sides slimming down and almost going down a cup size...

but

A man at my church stopped me and told me I had a "noticable amount of weight gain" and that it was probably my new marriage "taking its toll" on me. Can you believe that???? I wanted to smack that old man. Here I was feeling great about myself and he seriously ruined it.

That was June 13 (exactly a month into it) and I lost motivation and havent worked out since I do not know why it affected me that bad but it did.

I came here looking for people in the same struggle as me because I think it helps to share stories with each other and motivate each other.

Here's what we are going to do. We are starting TODAY. No more excuses. No matter what has happened and who knocked us down or what work has changed...we will fight through it and be better people for it.

Do not "accept failure when success is an option"! -Jillian Michaels

Sometimes when the motivation is gone, we just have to give ourselves no option but to succeed. If you're worried about hitting drive-thrus don't take money or a debit card to work with you - you don't need it, fuel up your car and do your grocery shopping then put the card at home. If you can't get in the mood to go for a walk schedule a meeting time with someone to go for a walk with you - then you have to keep that appointment. Sometimes we have to force ourselves - until it becomes second nature