In all honesty...Lazy

Treadmill can be boring. Why not try outdoors? You could try an app like Couch 2 5K (or even more fun: Zombies, Run! 5K) that will help motivate you.

I suggest getting yourself a brand new cookbook that features interesting foods for a reasonable calorie count. I found one I like and I do a new one everyday. I think that adding in variety really helps you stay motivated. You're right, when you get stuck in the same routine everyday you lose motivation really fast.

when this happens to me, it means I've lost my motivation so to bring it back I need to find something that triggers it such as looking at pics of me when I was really happy with my weight or reading Oxygen magazine - for some reason that magazine motivates me - I also grab a bunch of motivating pics off the internet and make them my screensavers

For motivation, I have a Pinterest page. I save photos of fantastically fit women and motivational sayings, and when I just don't feel like hitting the gym, I pull up that Pinterest page and look through and SO MUCH WANT that I get pumped up to go do it already.

Look for new recipes for things you like. Example - I like zucchini, but eating raw zucchini every day gets old. So...zucchini fries, parmesan zucchini, zucchini chips, zucchini tots, and on and on and on. Same with salads. Vary what you are putting on them to vary the flavors. I do copycats of Panera Bread salads. Greens with sliced almonds, sesame seeds, an Asian vinaigrette dressing, maybe some wonton strips. Sandwiches - switch up the bread, meat, types of lettuce, cucumbers or tomatoes, condiments - mustard, vinegars, or even switching up toasting or grilling the bread changes flavor and texture. For dinner - chicken or shrimp, but flavored differently with different spices and cooked different ways. I do not do labor intensive meals, because like you, I won't do them at the end of the day and the food will rot. Everything I do is quick and easy. I use a lot of recipes from SkinnyTaste.com.

i feel compelled to post because my middle name is Lazy and my first name is Extremely. we are brethren! but i find losing the "all or nothing" mentality has worked wonders.

i used to resolve every single night to get up early to do the 30 Day Shred... i think i probably did 3 sessions in a month max. now instead of hauling my sleep-loving *kitten* off the bed at 5.30am for a super! powered! morning! workout! i leave the house a bit earlier for a leisurely walk to the train station. to my surprise a 20-minute walk (and that's with me walking at the pace of a crippled snail) covers 2km - that's 4km in a day. you might not have the luxury of time unlike me, but you get what i mean - your workout doesn't have to be super-punishing and you can incorporate it in your daily routine.

re: food - forget cooking or even macros, just do pure calorie counting. i've swung from a "clean food" to "paleo" to "keto" to "whole food" (we've come full circle!) obsession, but ironically now that my eating philosophy has evolved (devolved?) to "eat whatever the heck i want under my calorie limit, even if it's 20 cookies a day" i eat the most balanced diet. weirdly enough i find myself attracted to good wholesome foods, and i no longer self-sabotage myself on the basis that i begin "tomorrow, i swear". i don't eat the cake i don't want just because it is there and think ha-in-your-face-diet-which-i-begin-tomorrow-oh-and-hello-temporary-self-loathing!

i know it doesn't sound radical enough to be effective, but the kilograms have been dropping off at a rate i've never seen before. i really do hope my suggestions, cliche as they are, have been practical for you!