what do you to jumpstart yourself?

As corny as it sounds I watch youtube videos of success stories. It makes the journey I need to take to rid myself of weight, it's pitty compared to some of these people and if they can get their butt into gear, so can I.

And one thing that might not work for every one, but I imagine myself in my wedding dress (I'm getting married May of 2014), and it makes me want to kick myself into high gear so I can be as beautiful in the dress on the outside as I know I am going to feel on the inside.

I just was on vacation for two weeks and part of that was a writers convention (we drink a lot, smoke a lot and enjoy food a lot). I totally fell off the wagon as I was in New Orleans and I don't think the wagon even goes there!

I started back slowly I guess, first with getting my eating back on track by tracking it. Not focusing on they kinds of food, but just tracking it which then pushed me towards making better choices. Then once my eating was pretty much back I started to deal with the exercise - first with every day stuff and then finally getting my actual work out in.

Looks good to see it when you track it. I find it is good motivation to get things back in alignment.

Pen and piece of paper. Make a plan for the next week and stick to it!

I've been off the wagon for MONTHS! Can't figure out my problem. Lazy I guess. Looking forward to the suggestions here... Maybe... Hopefully... I will get back to it!

is going over almost everyday a week ago and was only excersising 2-4 times a week and never on weekends
i decided to motivate myself best i can.

this is my 7th day in a row waking up and excersising.
what i did was print off a bunch of modivational fitness quotes, stuck them on my wall in a spot thats the first place i look when i wake up lol also my screen saver on my phone is full of them and yesterday i made a new alarm on repeat monday - friday @ 5:30 am, which is when my bf leaves for work so its not as hard for me, the alarm says "excuses dont burn calories" hahaha, its worked so far

I just started doing this the other day, eat in front of the mirror. I watch myself eating anything that I shouldn't.
So far I have been doing ok with this method.

Anyway I will go for a jog or pop in a Jillian Michaels dvd to redeem myself.

I've recently jumped back on the wagon. I had initially started this journey intending to get lap band surgery and then decided against it because I was doing so well.

THEN I had skin removal surgery around my belly, and had a hard time with the recovery. I've been slowly "gearing myself up" for the restart, and then set some parameters for how much weight I'd have to gain before meeting the surgeon for the lap-band discussion again.

Well, this morning, I've jumped back on full force. I'm about 5 pounds away from that mark. It's been all about convincing myself that I know what to do - I've done it before, and there's nothing that will prevent it from working again except for me not doing it. SO, need to just "adjust my attitude" and do it.

I think discovering an activity that brings you a psychological high does the trick. Running/cycling/zumba never quite did that for me. Just the thought of that one thing should start bringing out the endorphins that, in turn, get you going even more. Getting out of bed, getting dressed, the drive over to the gym or pushing play or whatever you do before you actually begin working out should get you inching more toward being fully turned on.

How much persuasion will you really need to do what rocks your boat, especially if you can get better or have the potential to perform at a higher standard?

Find what really gets your wheels spinning. Do research and find inspiration that focuses on that one thing and have fun. I've never heard of someone needing to be motivated to have fun. Mix it up. Doing one thing 5-6 days a week gets old a d boring.