[aml]

i've fallen off so bad and i plan to get back up and keep going, but after christmas...after all my family christmases are over.

it's just lately i've been neglecting this website (which frequently keeps me going) and it's just been helping me get way off track.

post something inspirational/motivational. anything that keeps you going, or gets you going again after you've gotten stuck in a rut. i just need some help, dblplz.

[joyra]

aml, I wish I had some good advice but I'm afraid I don't.

But I can relate! I've been totally off the wagon for about 3-4 weeks now. I can't bring myself to log onto my calorie counter, I eat 2-3 bars or cookies a day instead of like half of one when I'm OP. I exercise like every 2-3 days instead of an hour everyday. I haven't really gained weight but I have gained inches and my previously loosening clothing is feeling oh-so-snug again. :

I've always found it helps to go read the goal and mini-goal sections. Also, go to the NBC Biggest Loser page and look at the submitted photos of viewers who've been successful at weight loss.

My biggest motivator right now is I am 1.5 lbs away from getting out of the obese BMI category. The past two days there's been THREE people who've posted that they are no longer obese and I'm so jealous! I'm so close, yet that's 5,250 calories I need to avoid/burn. I also thought it would be the most wonderful thing to say 2008 was the last time I was obese, so I've got less than a week.

Also, there's some Biggest Loser Challenges starting, the 20-something one and the main Biggest Loser Challenge, that's in the Exercise forum. I'm doing the second one and again, I want to start it out at 158 lbs. Those challenges helped me a lot, I never wanted to let the other people on my team down by eating too much/not exercising and consequently gaining.

My motivation is back like... 50%. I feel like I'm just going through the motions but hey.. I'm doing something!

Sorry I can't help you more.

[figureskater546]

whenever I feel myself slip or start to feel unmotivated I sit down, pull up youtube and watch music videos. i find them very insirational as far as weight loss goes. plus they can be emotionally charged which can change my state of mind from lazy and slovenly to active and energized. mabey you could give that a try?

good luck!

[stellart]

oh aml. i feel your pain woman. it's a struggle everyday for me. i've been feeling out of it for some time now. especially since i came home to see my very unhealthy family who snacks and binges constantly. but i'm using it as motivation to act otherwise instead of getting sucked into it.

i binged the first night i was here on various snacks and i felt like pewps afterwards. i just keep telling myself that i dont want to be that. i've been going out for runs and doing my workouts. i've been trying so hard to eat clean.

here's a motivational song... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlbFJANujaU

feel good about yourself. feel good about how far you've come, even if its just in your way of thinking and not even the numbers.

believe in yourself, aml, even when you think you can't do it. bc no one else can change your way of life for you. only you can. only you can make yourself feel good about what you are doing.