losing motivation.......

personalllly. what helped me is to completely stop obsessing. i've been on here for 4 months now, and I don't count calories anymore or even care about my weight. Give yourself a break! Do what makes you happy

Then you are really not ready and willing to make this a lifestyle change. Check back when you are.

Well looking at pictrures like Barbie's signature above is great motivation, reminds you that there is tons of other people doing it with you.

Make tomorrow the day you start again, we all get to a point where we get burned out ad need to take a break, well break time is over ladies, so tomorrow go out and do one exercise for 20 minutes, walk, run, use a treadmill, elliptical, bike, get a fitness DVD, whatever you need to get 20 minutes of exercise. Don't worry about what others are or aren't doing. I'll be at the gym tomorrow and so will lots of others, I'll post my workout tomorrow and I hope to see you do the same. Nobody can make you go to the gym or workout except you, so don't worry about everything else, just start with some regular exercise and then worry about meals, calories, etc. Feel free to send me a friend request if you want.

I was the typical I'll start tomorrow person and it is still early days for me, however I have found that after taking that initial step of waking up one morning and saying ok that's enough and off to eat a banana instead of a rather unhealthy breakfast from then on its all begun to fall into place somehow. After 2 weeks, I did start to get bored then I came across a 3 day set meal plan with foods I 'thought' I hated but I dug my heels in and surprised myself at how much I enjoyed them. I have now found it less monotonous by experimenting with food and also only have 6 strict diet days out of 7 and having the 7th day as my freedom of choice day. Now when that 7th day comes along I am finding I'm still going for the healthier option as I enjoy them anyway but I won't beat myself up about what I choose to eat because as soon as I say I can't have it, I want it, but if I know I can and its in my lunch box I will happily not touch it without thinking about it. I hope that helps in some way. Try not to get disheartened, its never easy to make a lifestyle change, its certainly challenging but its rewarding and I am still learning to say no myself as I'm sure all of us on here have to learn at some stage.

I say do what Barbie advises. I recently went away for the weekend and ate LOADS and drank even more. I came back and just could not be bothered and didn't care. 2 nights later I went out for an all you can eat Chinese and ended up losing a pound, after a 1 month plateau! This is not to say eat what you want, but just relax a little, your body holds onto weight when it is stressed. So I am told anyway.

Something that works for me are "motivational posters" (found them @ pinterest) that I've hung up just in front of my treadmill, with statements like: "It's actually pretty simple: either you do it or you don't" or "Just run", they have some kind of "brainwash-effect" and keep pushing me.
Good luck!

I have been stuck for the last 6 months going up and down 3 lbs, some days I think I can't do it anymore, but then I miss my work outs and the great way I feel when I am healthy. I have to remind myself that its not just about being thin, its about loving myself, feeling good inside and out, energy and good health. I have tried every diet almosf and nothing feels as good as eating a healthy balanced diet. I had a little too much cake this weekend and I woke up with a cakeover, a cake hang over!

Everybody has that "hit a brick wall" moment. I did recently. What helped me was to back up a few steps, take a break (this weekend was my break-no working out, no counting calories, no reading nutrition labels), and i can't wait until tomorrow so i can get back into my "typical" day.

I also have a Wall of Motivation; images of women whose physique i admire and aspire to become, people doing crazy yoga poses that i hope one day to achieve, clothes that i want to look good on me, and how much i have to lose before i'm back in my favorite jeans.

Don't get me wrong, i've been doing this for over a year and some days i want to scream and rip that board off my wall because it feels like i should be done by now, but then i remember that none of the people on that wall got to where they are and the level they compete at overnight, and if i eat like crap it will just take longer.

Some times you just have to take a deep breath and say, "i am unclenching my buttcheeks and chilling out about this today. i can't be anal my entire life."

After you take a break for a little while, you'll be amazed how much you miss the challenge.