What motivates you? Clothes recycling!

I have been stepping it up in my workouts and following a new diet plan (that helps me be less of a carb-a-holic) and have been finding it a bit tough to stick with it. I tend to keep thinking is this sustainable? Even though I know that when I get to my goal weight I will be able to decrease my workouts and have some cheats in my diet and that right now its about being committed to achieving my goals. I am encouraged by the fact that I finally busted through a plateu that I have been at for months, and I feel way better now that I am balancing my carbs out and eating some more fat (horray for peanut butter). But that alone hasn't been enough to keep me out of the kitchen and off to the gym.

What has helped is I go through my closet and separate out the things that don't fit me anymore. I sometimes try on my new clothes in a smaller size too! I find that visually looking at how my old clothes now look on my body has been what really makes me appreciate all of the work that I have done and gives me the lift I need to keep up the battle one day at a time. On some weekends I go to a second hand store and refresh my clothes with some 'new to me' items. I consider it like renting a wardrobe as I progress, its cheap so I don't worry that I am still losing weight, and seeing my body in form fitting clothes feels great. Soon some of the clothes that I 'rent' which were tight to begin with will start to get looser. I am a couple pounds away from these items going full circle back to value village!

I thought I would post this as it has really helped me, and I thought that maybe there are some other tips that work for you, that you may want to share. Eventually I will run out of clothes to get rid of (though hopefully not for a bit as I continue to loose!) I would love to hear what personally keeps you going!!!!