Uh Oh..

I understand what you are going through...I lose motivation faily fast! Losin half a pound a day is more than good...you should not be losing more than 2 lbs a week the most.

I am also full of excuses not to work out but here is a video that someone posted yesterday...it will help you with the motivation!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myDYE49KPlQ

Hello the thing that helped me out with cravings and being able to stay under calories is to cut out High fructose Corn Syrup (kind of hard, lots of label reading because it is in everything), also I cut out artificial sweeteners (they made extremely hungry). Hope this helps

Definitely exercise. It will make you feel better. I think you meant 1/2 pound a week, not day. My mother's death and my ensuing grief is what motivated me to start going to the gym again last January. I wanted to feel better. Exercise really does make changes in your head. I hope you feel better soon. :flowerforyou:

I'm with you...i keep telling everyone to fake it until they believe it, but i can't bring myself to fake the excitement of getting off the couch to do Insanity. I gave myself an ultimatum yesterday, either I did insanity or i scrubbed my floor within an inch of it's life...i scrubbed the floor...still burned 400 calories though...I want to throw in the towel too and say screw it..it's winter, it's cold and miserable and i just want to eat and curl up on the couch with a warm blanket. But we all know that's not a good choice. So after work i'm going to buy a skipping rope and an exercise ball...hopefully changing up my routine will give me some ooomff back...I'm still eating well, i just don't want flappy skin...i also have printed off some pictures of hot women with tons of tattoos lol...i've posted them on the wall next to my dresser and mirror...that way when ever I'm getting ready in the morning or changing into my gym strip at night, i look at those pictures and think "i'm going to be a hot woman with tattoos one day"...sounds dumb, but my fiance doesn't mind lol

hang in there....it gets tuff but dont stop moving on...don't dwell on you mishaps or so called failures...just grow from them..hold ur head up..u can make it!

How about turning up some really good songs and you'll start moving to it, first only with your fingers or toes, then with your knee, and eventually it'll be the whole body dancing ;-)
Latin music does it for me, or something with good percussion

Gives you exercise, and usually the mood changes with good music!

MM

I'm lucky if I get 1/2 lbs a month! But then again, I exercise at least 6x p/wk for at least 55 mins each, with weights, so I'm gaining more muscle as I'm losing fat which is totally fine by me :happy:

I'll be honest: I have manic depression: I really do not like it, but that's my life. I know this was said by numerous people, and it's true; I am conquering it with exercise & healthy eating. I don't use fake sugars anymore: if I want something sweet, damnit I have it! I don't beat myself up either for it: I'll just add a little something xtra to my next workout In the last year, anytime I felt myself slipping or on the proverbial down-ward spiral, I took myself out & bought myself a "treat". No food - that's my rule (unless I'm really craving it, but that's not often anymore). My "treats" are new workout pants, DVD or equipment. Once a month I buy a new article of clothing (go to outlet/discount stores, spend less than $15), and it makes me feel good when I realize that a size M is almost too big and I can fit in almost all size 9's again (a size I NEVER thought my *kitten* would see again ). It is a HUGE motivation booster. Even though we're a little tite on money, if my fiance can eat out every day at lunch, I think I can buy myself a little "treat" every now & then.

It's the little things that make the biggest difference. PS-you mentioned a sensitivity to aspartame: I almost guarantee if you cut it out, you'll notice a HUGE difference! When I cut out Coke Zero & Crystal Lite & anything else with that stuff in it, I dropped 3 lbs in 1 week, the bloating and yucky feelings went away: I wasn't so irritable, & I FELT healthy again (plus you have to up you water intake).

I wish you best of luck: find your "niche", whether it's getting something new once a week, once a month or even re-arranging your living room - find what works for you, what makes you happy & feel really good about yourself, & the payoff can be HUGE!!!

PPSS-if you have a pet, they are great for their antics to bring you up on even your most down days: if you don't have a pet, something as simple as a Beta Fish to take care of can bring you joy, which motivates you, which means you'll want to move more & you'll start to see results :flowerforyou:

Thanks for the help everyone! I did mean 1/2 a pound a day.. I used to lose weight so much faster than that!

That would mean 3.5 pounds a week. You usually can only have that pace in the beginning for a week or so, or for a while if you have a LOT to lose. Don't let yourself get down just because it slows down. It's natural!
A healthy pace is about 1 pound a week. 1.5 is a pretty fast pace but often tolerable. If you go faster that that, you'll start losing way too much muscle tissue. You always do anyway while eating less than what you burn but doing a healthy pace and exercising minimizes it.

When I've been down, it has actually been easier to count the calories. I just make a plan a week ahead and then only see in my diary what I'm supposed to eat and when. Just let the site do it's job and you'll get over this.
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