Motivation is slipping...

You can do it, just hang in there. It will take time. It can get discouraging at times but the ones that dont give up are the ones that evidentially reach their goals

Go get 30 lbs of potatoes and carry them around for 30 minutes! Maybe up and down some stairs a couple of times! It's worth it but more so YOU are worth it. It takes time but you will get there ! Keep going!

My emotions are on a roller coaster. One day I'm all about dieting and exercising, then the next day I want to quit. I've been dieting and exercising in different ways, and with different fitness sites for almost a year. I have been on this site for 101 days. My goal was to lose 50lbs by May 5. I am only at 28lbs. Not going to make it. I know that my habits and eating style have changed for the better. But sometimes I wonder if it's worth it. Yes, since Jan, I have dropped a couple pants sizes, but I've only lost 8lbs. I know that I have had some "cheats", but I feel like I've worked harder than 8lbs. Can anyone tell me to keep going, and I will make it???

You are over your half way mark so yay for you!

A few things. Your goal might be too fast for your personal metabolism. We all have a unique metabolism so while some people can eat anything and lots of it and never gain an ounce some of us just look at food and seem to gain. The more sluggish your metabolism is the longer it'll take to reach your goals.

Weight loss and healthy eating is a for life thing. So I want you to ask yourself, if you could look in a crystal ball and know it would take you two years to lose all the excess weight, would you quit? If the answer is yes, my question then is this: are those two years going to pass whether or not you're working toward a healthier you?

Examine your work out, you might have fallen into maintenance mode. Our bodies get comfortable rather easy. It's why you can see the same people walking all the time and never losing any real weight. If they do the same walk every day they've fallen into maintenance mode. They are simply maintaining the muscle they have built and actually that's lazier than when they first reached that goal.

If you aren't doing strength training add it in now. It actually takes 60 minutes of straight cardio before our bodies switch into heavy fat burning mode, and it's only what we do PAST that 60 minutes. However if you do a 10 minute cardio warm up, 30 minutes of weight training, and then another 30 minutes of cardio you will hit that heavy fat burning mode much faster. Not only that but you'll be building up and supporting your lean muscle rather than burning it. That's right, cardio alone will actually burn about 25% muscle during the course of a workout.

Good luck, and a toast to your improved health.