What keeps YOU on track?

My goal jeans hanging on the back of my door

I lost 60lbs prior to getting pregnant. I know what I looked like before, but most importantly I know how I felt. THAT is what I have to remember when I start falling off the wagon. I did it once, I can do it again! I want to feel like I used to.

every time i drop another pound, i am motivated.

Personally it's my health...

I was diagnosed with hypertension at age 21 and that's just NOT okay with me... I was also at risk of having my heart fail and having high cholesterol... both of those are NOT okay with me. After toying with the idea of dying young I decided to live my life how I wanted. I had lost weight for my wedding before and I loved it because I had an end date, a time to stop and reassess. Any of the other times I tried I always failed to lose the weight because I claimed I didn't have an end date. So I stopped making that LAME excuse, came up with an end date, joined a gym and now any time I have a bad day I think "Do you wanna die before seeing your grandkids? How about your great grandkids?" and that, as unusual as it is, pushes me through my bad moments/days

When I start feeling like that, I try to think of a low-fat/calorie option that would taste just as good, satisfy my craving, but still provide the results I need. If I'm craving the kit kat bar, I might opt for a sugar free chocolate pudding (60 calories vs. 250+)

If I'm tired of the "blah" and "bland" foods, I start using natural herbs and spices to liven it up! It can make a bowl of brown rice MUCH more appealing!

I just keep thinking about
1. The creepy guy from Silence of the Lambs who collected the skin of girls who were my size (14) and turned them into a skin suit so he could be a woman.
2. I have to get in shape in case Supernatural is more than a TV show and I have to keep up with the Winchester brothers
3. The Doctor runs, a lot, when he comes to the states I want to be a companion and I will have to be able to run....(assume of course David Tennant would once again be the Doctor and that Dr. Who is real and not TV....)

and I do have one reason that isn't totally superficial

4. My best friend is getting married in March, I don't want to be the fat girl in the pictures.

Haha. The Doctor is one of my motivations too!

I keep thinking about the time I lost weight before, then gained it back. And how awful I felt, how disappointed in myself I was. I do NOT want to go through that again. So even though plateaus are mega annoying, I remind myself that at least I'm not gaining the weight back.

Or I just look at my gorgeous wedding ring. Which fits again. That always makes me smile. :-D

This was an awesome topic to read this morning! I am having a bad day! Gained 1.6 pounds this week and just feel like running to the candy bowl. (Does it count as running if your end goal is the candy bowl???)
Things that should be focusing on instead of the candy bowl:

1) Our trip to Boston next year. I'm not going to spend THAT much money on a vacation where I constantly get winded from walking and hate the way I look in pics.

2) Christmas is coming and my sister in law (love her dearly, but I want to shank her with a cheeseburger) will look fab and I hate standing next to her in pics. My turn to look fab again!!

3) The shopping trip the hubbs promised when I git my goal weight. (hello new outlet mall!!!0

and probably the most important!!!

4) I have been trying to do this for 4 years and when I succeed I will know that I SUCCEEDED!! I did it! I will know all the struggles and hearache and I will know that I overcame it!

Ok Let's go and attack this Monday!!!!

I keep telling myself nothing tastes as good as being skinny feels.

You should go get some Nutella, that sh1t is amaze-balls.

I get why this would help, but this is the ultimate Pro-Ana slogan, I'd suggest "Nothing feels as good as health does."

I keep telling myself nothing tastes as good as being skinny feels.

I hate that quote. I see it on all the unhealthy thinspo tumblr pages. Not a healthy thought.

I keep telling myself nothing tastes as good as being skinny feels.

You should go get some Nutella, that sh1t is amaze-balls.

We think alike...the first thing I thought of was "b*tch please, have you tasted nutella?!"

BAHAHAHAHA!!!! My thoughts exactly! I hate even buying it cause I have little to NO self control when it comes to that *kitten*
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Well I made a pldge to a friend to give up chocolate, sweets and biscuits for a few weeks until our friend's wedding and thats what got keeping a food diary and then searchin online for calorie counters led me to MFP.

So far it's MFP that sort of keeps me on track becasue I know I can log my foods and see how much I've eaten every day. It keeps me focussed as do my MFP-buddies and the encouragement we give each other.

I've also finally convinced myself that I can do what I want to and am not a slave to my cravings.

I have a few dresses in my closet that I have never worn because I was just so self conscious of my rolls. I dream of wearing them and going out with friends looking just as fabulous as everyone else.

But I also have this dream dress in mind that needs a killer toned body to pull off. I've wanted to wear it for years and years and its what I think of when my motivation gets low. As soon as I reach my goal, I'm gonna buy it and rock it every chance I get

The "rolls" that's my motivation too. I HATE THE rolls....

THIS:


"A year from now you will wish you had started today"

I have a closet full of clothes I can't wear anymore. And when I look at old photos of myself when I was much thinner.