What motivates me is to see a loss, however small. Meeting some new goal, like walking more minutes or miles helps as does seeing or feeling a new muscle somewhere on my body.
Of course, the hardest thing is to stay motivated when nothing is happening. These are the times when solid commitment is called for.
Right now I have two upcoming events that have me motivated...
1) I'm the MOH in my best friend's wedding in 6 weeks and I want to look great in the dress and not dread seeing the wedding photos that I'm in.
2) My husband and I are taking our first real vacation together in over 6 years! In two months we'll be taking a week-long cruise with my BIL and SIL who are both naturally thin (as is my husband) and I want to be comfortable and confident wearing bathing suits and beach clothes.
I"m motivated by the energy boost that I've been feeling since I cleaned up my eating, and by how badly the words of a particularly ugly person stung when she told me she 'didn't want to have to look at a morbidly obese person'. I can't stop people from being mean, but I don't want to feel ashamed because part of me believes they are right. Also because I want my hubby to be a little jealous of the attention I'll get when I'm rocking a new dress at a party
I think songs are perfect to help give me that push. I really love firework by Katy Perry. I have it twice on my play list to help give me that little extra motivation.
I also am super motivated to get under 200lbs and wear something nice at christmas when visiting family.
I have a little black dress hanging in my closet right now that I ordered from Express to wear for my husband's work Christmas party in less than 2 weeks... Seeing it hanging there makes me want to work extra hard at the gym and sticking to my eating plan so that I can rock it.
I have a little black dress hanging in my closet right now that I ordered from Express to wear for my husband's work Christmas party in less than 2 weeks... Seeing it hanging there makes me want to work extra hard at the gym and sticking to my eating plan so that I can rock it.
This too! I want to actually have pictures of my husband and I at Christmas dinner this year as opposed to last year when I was on my third day of overeating and was super tired and bloated in the one picture they caught me in.