What motivates you?

7rainbow
7rainbow Posts: 161 Member
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
I feel stuck...
Deep down I want to get healthy and fit so badly. But something in me just doesn't want to even bother trying. I feel so sad and hopeless about it all. What makes you motivated to count calories and exercise?

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  • santini1975
    santini1975 Posts: 175 Member
    Honestly, wanting something has never been enough to get me started. I will want the end result, set a goal, and know exactly what I need to do to get it, but then procrastinate. I’ll make excuses, put it off, not feel like doing it today, blah blah blah. Then the date comes when I was supposed to be near my goal and I’m still at square one. What I found worked is to motivate myself AWAY from what I don’t want. Yes I want that cute small swimsuit, but if I use it as my reward, it will sit in the closet for another day. But if I remind myself of what I want to be free of, I get up. Take those before pics. Think about your reasons to change your lifestyle. Create a fitness board on Pinterest. I made a collage of horrible pics that I absolutely hated and taped it to my treadmill- oh yeah, hard to stop the workout early when that’s in front of your face!
  • harri1790
    harri1790 Posts: 30 Member
    edited December 2020
    santini1975 wrote: »
    Honestly, wanting something has never been enough to get me started. I will want the end result, set a goal, and know exactly what I need to do to get it, but then procrastinate. I’ll make excuses, put it off, not feel like doing it today, blah blah blah. Then the date comes when I was supposed to be near my goal and I’m still at square one. What I found worked is to motivate myself AWAY from what I don’t want. Yes I want that cute small swimsuit, but if I use it as my reward, it will sit in the closet for another day. But if I remind myself of what I want to be free of, I get up. Take those before pics. Think about your reasons to change your lifestyle. Create a fitness board on Pinterest. I made a collage of horrible pics that I absolutely hated and taped it to my treadmill- oh yeah, hard to stop the workout early when that’s in front of your face!

    Very similar here. I once hung a pair of pants I was supposed to fit into as my goal...a year later and I hadn’t lost any weight. Seeing a recent picture of myself, however, was horrifying. So I put up those terrible pictures, ones that other people had taken and sent to me because they were “so pretty” and all I can see is how out of control my weight has truly become. I’m also going easy on restriction this time around and not setting a goal based on dates - I ate and logged Cheetos puffs yesterday (and they were goooood). So, less to dread because I can still eat some junk food.

    In my case it also helps that I have a new gastroenterologist who is really pushing me to lose weight and I have to see him every 6 months now due to an unrelated issue.

  • 7rainbow
    7rainbow Posts: 161 Member
    Thanks for the insight guys, I've been doing the opposite, which is why it probably isn't working! I'll try to motivate myself in that way. Thank you! :)
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