What's your motivation secret?

I just tell myself "If you give up, you are only going to get bigger and bigger. If you keep trying - regardless of the numbers, you will EVENTUALLY get to your goal".

Find a non-weight loss related goal so you have something to motivate you when the weight isn't coming off. Fitness related goals are great for this. Things like running a certain distance without stopping or in a particular time. Even better sign up for an event that challanges you. You could also set goals like doing a pull-up (or 10), being able to squat your body weight or do 50 pushups etc etc.

I just tell myself that how can this NOT work? As long as I am eating at a deficit, lifting heavy, and plowing through my cardio.. somethings GOT to give..

Not to troll or flame bait, but I completely understand where you're coming from. All this sweat and hard frickin work, I would like to see SOME kind of positive reinforcement from the scale and the tape measure.

I'm impatient. Tons of people don't agree with me, but I employ a significant calorie cut, the dreaded, maligned, hugely debated 1200. *dun dun dun*

It works. I take a multivitamin and eat healthy. I see the fat melt off, and I keep gaining with my weight lifting. When the weight loss slows, I refeed, and then start the cut again.

If what you're doing isn't working for you, try and find a strategy that fits your personality and what you like, there are TONS of different ways to rearrange your cut, and different levels to cut at, pick one that makes you happy (just, don't use any VLCD's, eating less than 1200 on a consistent basis is a terrible, terrible thing)

My biggest motivation is future scenarios, like next year im going to study abroad so i want to be extremely fit and look great so when i look at a food, i ask myself if i put this in my body will it help me achieve my goals? and i do that with pretty much anything, i just ask myself if what i am about to do going to help me be at optimal health for next year.and i do love imagining and visualising peoples faces when they see the drastic change ive made. that always excites me.

My Motivation is the fact that as a male in america I have to deal with enevitable violence. So i must protec myself. Also I have been gifted with good genetics so I might as well use my gifts. as should you all.

My Motivation is the fact that as a male in america I have to deal with enevitable violence. So i must protec myself. Also I have been gifted with good genetics so I might as well use my gifts. as should you all.

Bear attack mode: On.

My Motivation is the fact that as a male in america I have to deal with enevitable violence. So i must protec myself. Also I have been gifted with good genetics so I might as well use my gifts. as should you all.

Yes, be careful. Those grammar Nazis can be a brutal bunch.

I usually find mine inside girls pants.

There is no secret to motivation... In fact motivation gets you started, it's discipline and patience that will get you to keep going.

Also figure out WHY you are doing this..in fact ask yourself that question and then ask it again. when you figure it out keep it in mind when the going gets tough. So you can keep going.

Also, this is about changing habits. So keep in mind (says the author of The Power of Less) following:
- Adopting one new habit at a time results in an 85% chance of success
- Adopting two new habits at once: a 35% chance of success
- Adopting three or more new habits at once: less than 10% chance of success

Now think of how many habits are required to do what we do to lose weight, get fit - eat right and exercise regularly, Grocery shopping, cooking, joining a gym, learning new exercises, drinking more water, getting to bed earlier… it’s literally a billion new habits! Change slowly!!! I don't totally agree with only changing one, but there is something to be said about not making all the changes in one day. More chance of permanent change rather than 5 Weeks and you are done!

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"If you did have a million-dollar racehorse, would you let him stay up half the night drinking coffee and booze, smoking cigarettes and eating junk food?" "Would you treat your 10-dollar dog or your 5-dollar cat that way? What about your billion-dollar body?"





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l heard the phrase somewhere: "suck it up so you don't have to suck it in". also, i always listen to music. For some reason it motivates me to not eat junk food and such. Especially songs from Les Miserables, because they are so sad XD

Looking in the mirror! I lost 6 pounds in my first week and have stayed that weight for about 3 weeks now. The scales may not be moving but my body still looks different. My stomach is flatter, and love handles are disappearing and I have lost 2 inches off my waist. The scales are only half the battle. As long as I am happy with how my body is progressing I try not to get too hung up on weight. Keep going, you'll do fine! Remind yourself of why you started eating well, that motivation will stay with you!