Looking for a motivator to help me keep my head in the right place!

Hey

The most important thing I believe to losing weight is to do it for yourself. Give up all the other reasons and just think to yourself "this is what I want to do" and do it!

Motivational factors could include a list of accomplishments you wish to attain by a certain stage, or that special someone that you're trying to impress.

As for me, I have done this journey twice. Been a member on MFP for a number of years and have a blog post here that may help you(http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Chadwick891/view/motivation-to-your-new-body-180907)

And I am currently doing it again; having another competition to lose weight in I am down 11.7KG and we are at the end of week 4. I have 6 weeks left and I'm hoping to lose another 20kg by the end of it (not sure what this works out to in lb)

But what I am trying to say is that YOU will be the biggest factor in determining whether or not you'll be successful.

What I can say from experience is don't listen to people who are avid that there are "clean foods" and "unclean foods". Check my diary history, I've been lavashing ice cream, pizzas and other products and have still lost 12kg in 4 weeks. I just meet certain goals that I set out for myself (macronutritional goals) and at the end of the week I am lighter.

You don't need to exercise to lose weight, but it does help. You can lose weight by simply eating less calories than your body needs to maintain weight.

The biggest thing that gets people though is simply being unmotivated in a moment of weakness (i.e. you have a piece of chocolate, feel guilty, then figure "screw it, I'm doomed anyway" and eat the rest of the block, then you'll stop tracking food and just eat whatever) and honestly, it's OK to eat chocolate. Weight loss is not a daily thing, it's a lifestyle. Everyone has moments of weakness, it really doesn't make THAT big of a difference in the grand scheme of things.

Think of it this way. You eat really good all week. Then you eat 4-5 pieces of chocolate in one sitting. Do you really think that a week worth of hard work is suddenly going to fail because you ate some chocolate one time? Think of this over a year. 52 weeks * 7 days of eating well.. You had 52 days of the entire year where you had chocolate. You obviously will lose weight because you've spent the majority of your time eating less.



Hope I didn't bore you to death! haha

Chad

Chadwick891 wrote: »

Hey

The most important thing I believe to losing weight is to do it for yourself. Give up all the other reasons and just think to yourself "this is what I want to do" and do it!

Motivational factors could include a list of accomplishments you wish to attain by a certain stage, or that special someone that you're trying to impress.

As for me, I have done this journey twice. Been a member on MFP for a number of years and have a blog post here that may help you(http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Chadwick891/view/motivation-to-your-new-body-180907)

And I am currently doing it again; having another competition to lose weight in I am down 11.7KG and we are at the end of week 4. I have 6 weeks left and I'm hoping to lose another 20kg by the end of it (not sure what this works out to in lb)

But what I am trying to say is that YOU will be the biggest factor in determining whether or not you'll be successful.

What I can say from experience is don't listen to people who are avid that there are "clean foods" and "unclean foods". Check my diary history, I've been lavashing ice cream, pizzas and other products and have still lost 12kg in 4 weeks. I just meet certain goals that I set out for myself (macronutritional goals) and at the end of the week I am lighter.

You don't need to exercise to lose weight, but it does help. You can lose weight by simply eating less calories than your body needs to maintain weight.

The biggest thing that gets people though is simply being unmotivated in a moment of weakness (i.e. you have a piece of chocolate, feel guilty, then figure "screw it, I'm doomed anyway" and eat the rest of the block, then you'll stop tracking food and just eat whatever) and honestly, it's OK to eat chocolate. Weight loss is not a daily thing, it's a lifestyle. Everyone has moments of weakness, it really doesn't make THAT big of a difference in the grand scheme of things.

Think of it this way. You eat really good all week. Then you eat 4-5 pieces of chocolate in one sitting. Do you really think that a week worth of hard work is suddenly going to fail because you ate some chocolate one time? Think of this over a year. 52 weeks * 7 days of eating well.. You had 52 days of the entire year where you had chocolate. You obviously will lose weight because you've spent the majority of your time eating less.



Hope I didn't bore you to death! haha

Chad

Great advice! Everyone should read this!