M stands for MOTIVATE

I'm feeling the same way.
put up pictures of how you want to look. keep a personal journal and have motivational quotes on your scale, bathroom, bedroom, and/or fridge. it'll take time but the outcome is worth it! have pictures of what you DON'T want to look like.

Hey there! I've been on again off again for 11 years - am I proud of that? Nope, but it is what it is.
So onto the motivation. Why do you want this?
You mention in your profile that you want to keep up with your kids. You spend a lot of time taking care of others - this is the BEST thing you can do for yourself, and will also affect them.

For me, I'm sick of the 'off' again. I'm done with having another potential year of lamenting how I was 'off' again. I would rather be on here being a hot momma and actually enjoying my life. For you, it might be a few months - but the concept is the same. Those few months will be here (God willing) anyhow, so how do YOU want to greet them? Out of shape, tired? Or alive and vibrant? They WILL be here, regardless, and what you do at this moment matters.

I know motivation is a big factor. What I have done is broken my journey into days, weeks, months and year...
Activity (shake what ya got) for at least 30 mins a day!
Log everyday (If you bite it write it!)
Try to lose a pound a week!
Hope to lose 5 lbs a month... and don't beat yourself up if you don't!
A year has 52 weeks... at the end I should hopefully be about 52 lbs lighter (or if you start now you could be 47 lbs lighter)

Good luck, I know it is a mental game. You have support here, check in often. Make friends.

Christina

"Those few months will be here (God willing) anyhow, so how do YOU want to greet them? Out of shape, tired? Or alive and vibrant? They WILL be here, regardless, and what you do at this moment matters. "

I keep telling myself something similar to this. The time will pass anyway, so what am I going to do with it? What I find is that I need a day every other week or so where I don't log calories, and just relax and live a little. (Last weekend it was going to be Friday, but ended up being Saturday too). But then it's Monday again and work time. Know that this needs to be something you can handle all year- we're not just doing this for the next month or so. So work hard for a week, then take a day to yourself where you can have a few cocktails AND seconds on dessert, and not sit there counting the calories the whole night. But make sure after that "free night", you're back to work!