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Needing some motivation...
DKaye09
Posts: 109
HELP! :sad:
Hey guys. I know I've been pretty MIA since this group came together, and I am sorry. I started my weight loss journey at the beginning of this year, and while I was doing REALLY well and totally motivated, somewhere in there my train derailed a bit and I'd like nothing more than to get it back on track.
I havent gone totally off the deep end or anything (no McD's binging or other craziness), but I haven't been exercising. I havent been drinking my water (or anything for that matter). And I haven't been eating "correctly" at all... I have reminders in my phone to prompt me to eat breakfast/lunch/dinner/snacks throughout the day, but havent been sticking to them lately, so rather than grazing every 2 hours or so I've been eating larger meals fewer times a day.
I really want to get back on track and get back to making progress -I've just been so blah lately- so I was wondering, what keeps YOU motivated?
Hey guys. I know I've been pretty MIA since this group came together, and I am sorry. I started my weight loss journey at the beginning of this year, and while I was doing REALLY well and totally motivated, somewhere in there my train derailed a bit and I'd like nothing more than to get it back on track.
I havent gone totally off the deep end or anything (no McD's binging or other craziness), but I haven't been exercising. I havent been drinking my water (or anything for that matter). And I haven't been eating "correctly" at all... I have reminders in my phone to prompt me to eat breakfast/lunch/dinner/snacks throughout the day, but havent been sticking to them lately, so rather than grazing every 2 hours or so I've been eating larger meals fewer times a day.
I really want to get back on track and get back to making progress -I've just been so blah lately- so I was wondering, what keeps YOU motivated?
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I'm a big guy, so the thing that keeps me motivated is the NSV. The number is important to, but when I find that one thing different excites me more. Such as squatting down to pet my dog and not sounding like I was giving birth when I was getting back up. Or the other day I noticed that my "moobs" were getting smaller. I was sitting at my desk at work groping myself. (I realized that I should probably stop doing that!) It's these things that keep me going.0
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It's so easy to go off-track. Life happens and you start skipping the gym and get lax about keeping your diet under control. I get those vibes every few weeks, and these are some of my motivators:
1. The sense of accomplishment I feel after each workout, knowing that I can eat a nice filling dinner because I earned it.
2. Pictures from 5-6 years ago, when I was at my goal weight.
3. Skinnier clothes. I recently went shopping and purposefully bought a couple of shirts that were a bit tight. It's going to feel really good when they start fitting.
4. Being able to up my net calorie allowance once I reach my goal weight and switch to maintaining.0 -
What keeps me motivated?
1.I have found that I really love to go work out now!
2.Buying new clothes!
3. My friends wives commenting on how good I look now, and then looking at their husbands with shame/scorn in their eyes!0 -
1 thing. diabetes. I had type II. Finding out I had it back in Dec. 2009 was the final straw to change my life around. On top of that I also had high bp, high cholesterol, was even on a beta blocker for my heart too for a few months when I first started. After I lost 100 I got rid of it all. I no longer take meds or anything else. I can easily get it again if I slack off and go back to my old habits so it's my motivation.0
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Thanks guys!
It really is so easy to let things start slipping, but I really want to stick to it and see my progress. I was doing so well and I just need to buckle down and get my *kitten* in gear and just DO IT.
ETA: I really appreciate your honest answers, and commend you all on a job well done in your own journeys. You guys rock
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