Hey all,

I've talked about how I am afraid to get on the scale, and losing a lot of motivation for weight loss lately. I am just having trouble mustering up some energy to do it, to just want to get skinnier. I start to think "well, it's not that bad, why am I trying to lose weight?" My husband's voice of "Why do you want to lose weight?" starts to disappear.

I don't know what to do! I am having trouble guaging wether or not I even want to lose weight---but I don't even know how much I weigh because I am afraid to get on the scale!

I guess I might as well just get back on the scale, and start doing the daily weigh-ins with everyone. They are the only thing that keeps me on track. I do want to stay on track, and it's going to suck to get on the scale tomorrow, it's going to REALLY suck. I really don't want to see how much weight I've gained, but I've got to do it. It's better to know what I wiegh tomorrow than to realize even further down the line how off I have been. It can turn into quite the slippery slope.

I guess to prepare myself, here are some positive motivations that have come about since I started dieting in March:

(1) I feel more in control.
(2) I've changed small habits
(3) I make better food choices.
(4) I exercise a heck of a lot more than I used to.

This year, on my birthday, I told myself the present I wanted to give myself this next year, is a body that weighs 140 pounds. That's the present I want to give myself. It's hard, but it's impossbile to know if I am getting there if I am afraid of gaining weight, and am just hiding from the truth.

When you think about the number, and realize it's just a numbers game, it's easier, I think.

Help! Need more motivation!

I am so glad you started this thread. I too have been struggeling this week. I totally went off course this past weekend and have had a hard time all week getting back on track.
I know that I need to lose weight, I know I WANT to lose the weight but man, oh man, it is tough to lose the pounds.
I am trying to recommit each morning that I will do my best to stay on plan each day. I injured my knee so exersice the past coulple of weeks has been slow but it is finally starting to feel better so eliptical here I come.
One day at a time hun, small steps will add up to major leaps!

I know how you feel. yesterday i weighed myself at 170 and today it says 173 im really frustrated at my lack of weightloss dispite going to the gym. i dont really know what to do. how do you even gain three pounds in one day....im just upset. i hope i just ate a late meal or something and its weighing me down.

i lost my motivation from thanksgiving all the way through last week! lol. I just wasn't sure where it went.

I think what helped me get back on track was when i went to the mall and saw all the cute dresses i wanted to buy for summer had I stayed on plan. and seeing my weight got be back on the wagon.
seriously, if i ever want to binge i just either go window shopping for bring up the page forever21.

all the cute clothes, and I know if i want to wear them, i need to put down the sweets! lol

I understand how you feel librarygirl111. I had to fight myself to get on the scale this time around, but I'm glad I finally did. It was the kick in the pants I needed to get back to doing what was the best for me. I completely agree that it's tough to keep going especially when the scale is just wrong. But the thing that you pointed out that I think will help you is that you want to gift yourself a healthier you and that's awesome.

One thing that has helped me continue my weight loss has been collecting images of bodies that inspire me to get into shape. I also got subscriptions to Self and Women's Health. Having the magazines out in a visible place where I will see them frequently is also a motivator.

You'll do great!

This is really good too.

I've got an entire folder on my computer for websites that I would love to shop on. When I start feeling low, I just pop it open and start adding to my wish lists.

hehe, mickeypnd, I bring up the forever21 page all the time for that same reason..

I was doing good until I got off track!!! Now I have to find my motivation if Im gonna drop 7 pounds before May ends. And 20 more before August!!! Please help!!!

Thanks everyone,

You have been so supportive.

This morning I got back on the scale, and as usual, the number wasn't what I wanted. I weighed 159. I'm devastated, but it's just a number, and it's all a numbers game.

That means I gained 7 pounds this month between my sister's wedding and "taking it easy". I don't even consider that I was "binging"---I think my body lost it after the wedding, and I took a slingshot back to old habits. I have been eating totally out of control, but the strange thing, is that I haven't felt too too full? I just eat normally, like everyone else does, and it puts me back in this spot.

I'm not going to be mean or hurtful to myself, I am just going to get back on the bandwagon, if I did it once, I can do it again.