Staying motivated

Batmanswife1 · June 2022

What keeps you motivated?[/quote]

I have to consistently check in with myself. I have a planner that I open up every single day and put motivational quotes in, stickers, goals, healthy ideas, my weight, meals for the week, my workouts, etc. I put in all exercise no matter how big or small, short or long. I look back each week and month to see my accomplishments. It's my own little pat on the back. Instead of a To Do list, I have a Ta-Dah list.

My profile pic is of me at my goal weight about 7 years ago. Every time I see that pic, I know what I am working towards. I want that again, and will have it. It's impossible to stay focused every single day but limiting social media and peoples perfect lives by replacing that time with MFP posts, comments, ideas, suggestions, real peoples challenges and successes...that keeps me focused on my goals. I've been very selective of friends (only females) on MFP. I only want MFP friends that I can encourage and MFP friends that will encourage me. I'm here on this journey to become my best me and I want to help anyone that wants that for themselves as well.

JustJ2014 · June 2022

I eat healthier to be healthier.

I get activity daily so I can stay active.

~~~~~I do this for ME~~~~~

ninerbuff · June 2022

Motivation comes and goes. What matters is CONSISTENCY with whatever program you're doing and being honest about it.
I haven't really changed anything about my program in the last 20 years and have stayed within 10lbs-20lbs of my ideal weight. I'll "cut" every now and then, but relatively stayed about 185lbs the majority of my life.

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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

mjglantz · June 2022

For me it was the realization that I wasn't getting any younger and wanted to slide in to old age (I was 61 at the time) healthier. It was also the decision to NOT diet. I committed to changing my life style one small step at a time. As I made small changes that became habits, I added another small change. Logging my food of course and started to move more. Finally it was the acceptance that what I did to lose weight was what I'd do for life so there was no hurry.

If I got off track for a while, like when my Dad was hospitalized and died

it was hard to manage everything. My weight loss stalled and that was OK. I basically kept at it and kept losing. When I hit my first goal I didn't do much differently and kept losing.

There was one big event that keeps me motivated to this day. After losing about 50 lbs I had a heart attack. Not serious but still. My doctor encouraged me to go to cardiac rehab and I decided to get my weight into the healthy BMI range and stay there. Took about another 6 months to get to my goal and I've been at or under that goal for over 8 years. Exercise is now a non negotiable (and enjoyable) part f every day.

Ended up losing between 85 -90 lbs...feel great and probably in best shape of my life. Never having another heart attack is very motivating!

You can do this!

threewins · June 2022

I've learnt that I cannot predict how consistent I will be when it comes to weight loss. I've been losing consistently for the last 12 weeks. So why where things different a year ago and I wasn't losing consistently, not much has changed in my life? Don't know. Two years ago? Don't know. The longest consistent period I had in my life was 8 months. Why was that different? Don't know. If I've lost consistently for 7 months, it's likely that I'll be consistent in the next month but it's not guaranteed.

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