Motivation is slowly dissolving!

When I am feeling a little blah about it, I like to remind myself of the whys. Why am I doing this, what is the purpose of this journey, how will it benefit me? When I think about this instead of how hard it is, I get excited to be working on this. There is nothing wrong with baby steps and making one change at a time.

I also love looking at the success board. Lots of great stories.

Approach all of this with a realistic mindset. It doesn't have to be this awful, restrictive, killer 'diet'. Keep a moderate calorie deficit, you shouldn't be starving yourself. Don't over-restrict, eliminate entire food groups, or label certain foods as 'evil' or 'bad'. This whole process is so much easier when you realize you can still eat all the yummy things you like, just in moderation, and as part of a balanced diet. And find exercise/activities that you enjoy, so that working out doesn't become something hated and dreaded. I love dance so I do Zumba, I love the feeling I get when running so I run, I love feeling like a badass so I enjoy lifting. All the activities I do are things I actually enjoy and look forward to.

You just need to approach this with the right mindset. Have patience, you didn't gain weight overnight, it's not gonna come off overnight, and that's ok. Make it interesting, try new activities or exercises, you never know what you might end up enjoying. Years ago I would have laughed in your face if you told me I'd end up falling in love with running, lol. And just think about it like a lifestyle change, something that is sustainable and still enjoyable.

Feel free to add me if you'd like, for some extra motivation on here as well!

Motivation is an overrated emotion...take the emotion out of it. We all do things every single day for which we are not necessarily motivated to do...I'm rarely motivated to do the dishes or vacuum the floors or mow the lawn, but these things need doing and thus I do them...otherwise my house would fall apart and be a filthy sty unfit to live in. Your body is your house...take care of your house.

Beyond that, make sure you're realistic in your approach...expecting that you're going to be bang on 100% all of the time is unrealistic...eating something less than perfectly healthy doesn't magically unravel all of the other good things yet people just up and quit because they went out and ended up getting a slice of pizza...they let something that is largely irrelevant to the whole of what they are doing defeat them because of this ridiculous all or nothing mentality. You're never going to be perfect...you're going to miss workouts from time to time...you're going to go to a party and have to much to drink or eat to much, etc...just focus on what you're doing most of the time and not the irrelevant occasions that people get so wrapped up in.

I'm finding a little bit of vanity helps me. Being a little hungry is worth being thinner and healthier. Fitting into a size 7 is worth more than those 3 slices of pizza to me. It's getting *HARD* and I've slipped quite a bit but you just have to keep going! It'll happen if you really want it!