Or rather a lack of. How do you all keep motivated? I can get a streak going but I can't keep motivated. I just... I don't know. I get started but there is really nothing I do or say that can KEEP me motivated and I find myself just.... bleh-ing off and not getting anywhere. And that just makes me hate myself, which in turn depresses me. You would think THAT would be enough to keep me motivated, but nooooo, I am just terrible!!
I am running out of ideas! I even tried the s"Give myself star stickers!" approach. AND I LOVE STICKERS! I collect them!! Well I don't collect star stickers, but all stickers are awesome!
I notice about a week before Tom and about a week into I lose all motivation which can be hard when I am getting it around the 23-24 day mark. That only leaves me about 10 days of motivation. I keep saying in my head I don't want to do exersize and I want junk food. But I just keep on going I too know I will hate myself in the morning, like yesterday I made my kids chili cheese nachos, they were joansing for junk, since they eat what I eat. I had to scoop like 6 chips with cheese. Ok so I didnt have too, but could not resist. I was mad at myself this morning, but moved on. I am so leaning towards some potato salad and bread my fil brought home. I think it's Tom causing me to lose focus. Maybe promise yourself something bigger, like a new dress or shoes. Keep reminding yourself of the finish line and how good u r gonna look and feel after. I wish I could say something to spark your motivation, sorry.
Last edited by chubbiegurl; 01-16-2013 at 06:19 PM.
Motivation will help you to achieve your goals.I think it is normal that sometimes you can't find it anywhere and your ready to give up but you must think what will happen to you if you just give up easily??
This might sound kind of lame, but it helped me to download a phone application that has little "healthy suggestions" to do every day. The last two were: "choose a healthier fast-food option" and "pack a healthy lunch" ... when I got motivated to make an unhealthy dinner choice, I heard a voice in my head (kind of a Carol Brady voice) repeating that day's healthy suggestion.
Someone said this journey isn't about motivation, it's about commitment. I'm starting to believe that. My motivation has been waning lately, but I'm committed to staying on plan!
My plan is intuitive eating only, but I've been in a munchy mood for the past two or three days because it's been cold and raining all week. I hope the sun will come out tomorrow and I'll get over this feeling of needing to eat constantly.
Chrys, A friend and I are saving .50 cents per day for each good day we have with eating. Our goal is for each of us to buy a balance beam scale by the end of the year. This has been motivating, but all this cold rain is kind of depleting me this week. No excuses, right?
I used to reward myself with stickers, too. Love them, myself. Maybe I'll go back to doing that again.
I've been trying to think of ways to get motivated, so will be looking for ideas here, too. Thank you for getting this thread started.
What motivates me is to make a laser focused goal that I can achieve daily. So, not stop bingeing, or exercise more, etc. Something like: go for a walk, or have vegetables at every meal.
I don't do a bunch of them at once, only one or two. And I keep doing them, until they get very easy. I just recently finished posting in a "21 days to make a habit" thread here, and that motivated me SO much. Even when I had very crappy days and didn't want to stick with it, I still made an effort everyday.
So I guess my advice would be to break it down in to very specific chunks. If sticking to calories is too much, then try something like eat a healthy lunch everyday. The idea is to come up with things you can do even when you are bingeing, or feeling blah. Having the small successes is a real mental boost.
Motivation....
