Help!

Then lets go girl! Do something!!!! Get your mojo back!!!!!

I've been there! Most recently, this past summer - fell off the workout and healthy eating wagon and didn't even look back as it rolled away without me! Finally got motivated again three weeks ago after stepping on the scale and seeing that I've gained 6lbs over the summer (after losing 12lbs over a year ago, and I had been keeping it off). :noway:

I workout in the morning before my kid goes to school (was doing it after drop off, but before is even better for me), so it helps me a TON if I get my workout clothes out the night before. I put them on the seat of my computer chair, so I can't avoid them in the morning! LOL I make coffee, let the dogs in, start drinking water, and put the DVD into the tv so it's loaded. And I set a time of when I must start working out so I'll be done in time to take the kiddo to school, and JUST DO IT! :bigsmile: Having the time limit of school drop off does help. I know that if I wait until I get back, hubby might be up (huge distraction), or I'll go back to the computer, etc. etc.

You can do it! And by watching my foods, tracking diet and exercise here, I've stayed on track for 3 weeks, and I'm down 5lbs, and not sure how many inches. Yay!

Keep track of your progress on the site and think how good you feel when you are working out. Keep this post to remind yourself why you are doing this. So you fell off the wagon, it happens, just don't be that person that watches the wagon go off into the sunset, tomorrow is a new week, hope back on the wagon and reach your goals.

You need to find something to motivate you and keep you motivated. It's really really hard and honestly I thought I had found motivation plenty of times just to have it fade away rather quickly.

Maybe try finding goals only a month or two apart? For instance, Thanksgiving is a month and a half away. Use that as a goal and don't even think about how much weight you have to lose in the long run. Instead, just focus on the weight you want to lose before Thanksgiving. Then, use Christmas or New Years. Then Valentine's Day. Then your birthday/anniversary/whatever special events are happening in your life.

Mini goals break it down a bit and make it a little less overwhelming. For me anyway.

Try to get involved in your local weight loss group. Even if you just join a group exercise once a week, that's one day a week you know you'll be exercising, plus you'll meet other people with the same goals. Having online friends that motivate you is really nice, but having someone right there in person doing it along with you definitely helps.

Other than that, you've just got to remind yourself why you're doing this.