Is this a helpful method to get back on track or stay on track when your motivation is wavering? Of course, positive visualizations are always motivational - fitting into that smaller size dress or pair of jeans, wearing a bathing suit on a sunny beach, looking like a princess in a wedding gown, picturing people pleasantly surprised at your slimmer figure, etc. However, what about when those positive images don't seem to get your rear in gear anymore? Does imagining the worst provide motivation for you?
Imagine seeing friends and family who last saw you when you had dropped a significant amount of weight. Now you have put the pounds back on plus some additional "friends." How will people react? I have a wedding to go to next year, and I imagine how I will feel if I have to shop for a dress as a plus size gal again. I have been there done that before, and it was horrible.
The bride has a specific color and dress length she wants everyone to wear, and I picture having to look for a needle in a haystack for a dress that fits the requirements in a size 18/20. I picture how it will feel to be the fattest member of the bridal party. I picture not wanting to be in any photos and feeling mortified that my heavy image will be forever recorded for posterity. I picture the looks on everyone's faces when they see that I have piled the pounds back on, shortly after they were just getting used to the thin me revealed over the summer. I picture being in the background listening to all of the other thin bridesmaids getting compliments while no one says anything to me. I picture feeling uncomfortable during the long hours of the wedding and pictures, tied up in a girdle/SPANX, that don't even hide my large stomach and hips. I picture having to use the jaws of life to undo myself to go to the bathroom during the wedding because of the dress and all the foundation undergarments I will have to wear. I picture sweating my makeup off and being unable to dance for very long due to being short of breath and my feet/ankles swelling. I have experienced every single one of these things at past events when I was obese, and I NEVER want to have to experience them again!! I hope these memories and foreshadowings are enough to keep me on track.
Sorry to be depressing, but I am just trying to play around with various methods of motivation to stay on plan and never give up.