I lose interest!Help me keep it!

sophia_del wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I'm new at this and my problem is that if I don't immediately see results I lose interest and then quit. But of course this is the type of thing that takes time so I need people to tell me that it is worth it!That the results will come!In return I will motivate you because that I am really good at

It took me 2 years to go from fat to fit, and YES...it is worth it!

You know what, this is the problem I used to always have. I'd have motivation, and then it would wane and I'd quit. This year I decided to do something crazy different. Instead of trying to muster up motivation, I'd just act. This means, I'd workout, eat a deficit whether or not I felt motivated.

After a few months, the REAL motivation kicked in... because I was slimmer, fitter, and happier than I'd ever been. Too often we wait around until we feel something to act. Work with the end in mind -focus on making small, healthier decisions that you can sustain for the long haul without feeling like you're totally depriving yourself. I hope this helps... it's really the mindset shift I've had this year that has helped me be hugely successful. (I've been at this for 6 months now.)

Maybe join challenges? Keeps me motivated and interested.

Motivations comes from within - as craptacular as that may sound - what we see with our eyes is temporary what I mean is we can see someone else's results or a magazine cover - or whatever and aspire to want that... but what it comes down to is it's mind over matter, how bad is bad, and how much is your why worth for you, define who you are and why you want what you want and go after it like nothing else matters, embrace that victory as if you already achieved it. I am on a 250 lb PLUS loss journey and nothing has ever felt this exhilarating as having control over my own body what I put into it, and every milestone is my reward ... is it hard some days... do i stumble of course... do I give up - no I already know what giving up holds for me... I know what being fat and unhealthy feels like - I don't want to go there again - You can do this - believe it - achieve it

oh trust me it is worth it. you need to have faith in the process and remember that EVERY LITTLE THING adds up to increase your progress. i've had so many days where i was afraid of silly ridiculous things like thinking my weight would go down but i'd look the same. or i'd do everything right but my body would just be an anomaly and decide it didn't want to lose any more weight, because the changes don't come right away.

but by taking it day-by-day, focusing as hard as i can on the NOW (which believe me is hard to do especially when you're impatient!), has helped me get through it for over a year now and i'm 47 lbs down, at the lowest weight i've ever been in my adult life. i still can't believe it sometimes!

just know it will work! it comes in incremental shifts that definitely add up. wait at least a few weeks in between weighing or taking pictures or measuring and that's when you will notice the changes happening.

arussell134 wrote: »

You know what, this is the problem I used to always have. I'd have motivation, and then it would wane and I'd quit. This year I decided to do something crazy different. Instead of trying to muster up motivation, I'd just act. This means, I'd workout, eat a deficit whether or not I felt motivated.

After a few months, the REAL motivation kicked in... because I was slimmer, fitter, and happier than I'd ever been. Too often we wait around until we feel something to act. Work with the end in mind -focus on making small, healthier decisions that you can sustain for the long haul without feeling like you're totally depriving yourself. I hope this helps... it's really the mindset shift I've had this year that has helped me be hugely successful. (I've been at this for 6 months now.)

This^ I hate to sound like a commercial, but it REALLY comes down to just doing it. When I wake up in the morning and I feel like crap I get up on that treadmill, anyway. Because I know that if I don't I will STILL feel rotten and also will have accomplished NOTHING towards feeling better. This sounds trite but you will never know unless you try. When I started I weighed 206. Now I weigh 147. I had the exact same attitude you do but I also had extra incentive because my doc told me if I didn't lose weight I'd be dead in 5 years. Please. Don't wait for that kind of incentive. Just do it!

Weight, if you're not in the obese category, will come off slowly, and that's the way you want it to come off. Typically weight lost fast comes back twice as fast as you lost it.

Lorri229 wrote: »

I also have a hard time with not getting bored with something or with giving up. I think it is because I am usually trying to do a "diet" that is too strict. this does not seem strict at all, so I am hoping I can follow it. Is 8 pounds by Thanksgiving unrealistic?

If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal

So yopu have about 3 weeks to go an want to lose 2 2/3 pounds a week.

Uoi may be able to do it but it would exceed the guidleines above. Also no idea of your deficit or how much exercise.

Have you asked yourself why you lose interest? I know some of its dull, but is it so dull that you dont wnat to reach target enough and all the benefits that entails?