what's helping you stick with your new healthy lifestyle

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  • AggieCass09
    AggieCass09 Posts: 1,867 Member
    post it notes...i put them on my fridge/pantry/computer screen/steering wheel/etc to remind me of my goals.
  • SweetStrawberry
    SweetStrawberry Posts: 72
    Seeing my Stomach in plank position! :sad:
  • Masterofarts
    Masterofarts Posts: 4
    If I do not lose weight, I will die. I am too young to die. My daughter needs me. My husband needs me. My mother needs me. I need me. So it is not an option. I can never quit.
  • Bluejay789
    Bluejay789 Posts: 176
    Looking at my son's high school graduation picture with me in it! Also reading the posts on MFP and see the success stories and pictures!

    Like someone else said, logging into MFP and adding my food really makes a difference in what I stick in my mouth.

    The scales moving weekly really motivate me for the next weigh in the following week!
  • Buddhaboy
    Buddhaboy Posts: 60 Member
    There's a particulate weight lifting exercise that I do where I set the weight, to the weight that I've lost
    Every time I start one of the reps, and feel how heavy it is, it reminds me how far I've come
    I got to smile...it's actually getting too heavy for me to lift
  • daneslord
    daneslord Posts: 31
    I've lost 42 pounds. Guys that never would have gone for me give me a second look now. There's no way in hell I'm going back.
  • Broken_
    Broken_ Posts: 172 Member
    Until I lost her, my motivation used to be the woman in my life.

    I have no solid motivation now... I guess that's why I'm having so much trouble sticking with things.
  • ambermichon
    ambermichon Posts: 404 Member
    Everytime I get in a bikini I look a little better! Plus I am going on a cruise soon
  • Matiara
    Matiara Posts: 377 Member
    On the vanity side, the physical progress that I'm seeing, along with my clothes fitting better. It's nice to get dressed for work and have my clothes feel comfortable rather than feeling like a stuffed sausage in a skirt.

    On the health side, just feeling better. When I don't work out for a long time, I have tons of trouble sleeping, I wake up feeling incredibly sick every morning, my lower back pain is unbearable, and my 15 minute walking commute feels like an hour. Also, I don't want to get my family's hereditary diseases like diabetes and hypertension.
  • demonsoul
    demonsoul Posts: 16 Member
    i do all of this for my kids. so i can be around for them
  • PlumLovin
    PlumLovin Posts: 42
    Making myself look at a picture of me & my sister, my thigh looks bigger than her waist.....Lord Have Mercy, how did that happen???!!! My hubby started calling me "Big C" when we were dating b/c he thought I needed to gain a little, he got that wish & then some!!! I want to feel like the old cute Big C and not the one that is actually BIG!!
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