One Week In...

Quit making excuses and own yourself. If you want to look and feel better, follow the plan. If you don't, don't.

When I lost nearly 50 lbs two years ago, what worked for me was to set a bunch of short term, attainable goals. I never thought about losing 50 pounds; instead I focused about losing a pound each week. Sounds minor, but in a month it was 4 pounds; in three months it was 12 pounds; in six months it was 24 pounds. I printed a generic calendar and put down my anticipated weight loss & anticipated weight each week. Every week that I hit my goal, I was motivated to hit the next one. Some weeks I hit my goal, some weeks I was under/over. But over time it evened out. Each short term success kept me motivated.

Not sure what your goal is, but you don't want to look back a year from now and be asking yourself the same question. As I read somewhere -- "if you're tired of starting over, stop quitting."

Good luck -- you can do it!!

Is the problem with the food or the exercise, or both? For exercise, I will be frank; until I figured out that I enjoyed Hothouse Yoga, I really, REALLY hated working out. However, I found ways around that:

Listening to audiobooks while exercising was a nice change from music, and kept me more distracted. Also, radioshows like Welcome to Nightvale (I suggest Podbay for more audio suggestions).
For food, I started distracting myself while I ate; I'd have a plate of healthy food that I'd rather not eat, so I'd put on a show and eat it all while watching it. I got this from the "don't eat junkfood in front of the tv, you wont notice how much you eat!". Turns out the same is true for raw spinach and bananas

I also started collecting a board of motivational phrases; those were more to get me pumped up, but when it comes down to it, getting started is the hardest. Once I'm walking or exercising, I'm into it; it's the action of getting started that's the hardest.

If you haven't tried this already, find a mentor or someone who can call you out on it. You don't want someone who's so tightknit that you can't trust them to be a harda**; if it's firm, obvious truths that get you going ,find someone who is incredibly frank and check in with them. Motivate each other; send each other messages. Sometimes you just can't muster up the motivation solo, but the idea of letting someone down can be what gives you a final push.

Last suggestion! Join a class; when you're dropping cash and scheduled time on something, it's easier to have an incentive to go. Just don't choose something you find distasteful; I find spinclasses to be a good, safe bet, but I have a bunch of friends who swear by zumba.