I have days where I am less strict and days when I make sure my proteins/carbs and fats are exactly where they should be and then there are those days, i just kinda wing it.
Looking at my ticker....I am only 23 pounds away from my main goal....I feel so much anticipation and excitement...I want to try to stay on plan as much as I can. I just want to work out, work out, work out. Does anyone else feel this way the closer they get to goal????
I do!!! I'm not far from my goal (considering how far I've already come) and it makes me want to work out harder and just get there already!
As far as my food intake I eat pretty much the same way as when I started, which is mostly on-plan with 1 or 2 splurges each week. Of course some weeks I do better than others but in general it's still the same
I feel that way, too! The closer I get to goal, I realize that it is within reach and I want to be stricter! Part of it is that I'm seeing some real results - thinner waist, able to wear smaller sizes, compliments - and I like it! I want more!
Me too! I don't like to blow it when I'm so close. Plus I feel so much better and want to keep going. It' s like the hard work is finally paying off.
Pam
I'm almost to my first mini goal and I can definetly feel myself buckling down on myself. I'm much more conciencious of everything I do because I know that if I keep up the good work, I could achieve it by next week.
I'm nowhere near my final goal but I am starting to see my initial 10% goal creeping up. It's amazing how good it feels to know that you've worked for something and now it's almost here. I'm trying not to change anything because it seems to be working and after this goal I want things to keep happening.
That is so true .... but it is also kind of what happens when you are first starting out on a diet. Like me I was kind of leinant at first but now that I lost 5 pounds I am getting a little more strict with my diet, and exersise...I find that it is so true from the begining of ones goal and right close to the end ... hehehehehehe
I got more lenient. Now I worked hard when I was a LITTLE from goal, but when I got REAL close, I slacked up...because I was happy enough with my shape and size that seeing the goal number didn't become such a big deal to me. I still want to reach it eventually. I'm just not real concerned with it right now. Lots of other things going on.
The closer and closer I get to my goal, the more motivated I get. I feel like I should be at the gym 24/7, however that's impossible. Its nice to be able to see the light
I've gotten more lenient as well -- I can come up with a bevy of excuses (new job, new city, new stress, etc), but I think it really comes down to my comfort level in my new body. In the beginning, I was VERY dedicated to lose the weight. Now, I'm still not overjoyed at my current weight, but it's not hindering my life at all. I've achieved all of my weight loss related goals -- being healthy and fit, buying cute clothes, dating (too much actually), not being painfully shy, and actually having something that resembles a LIFE. So the 19 pounds I need to lose to get to my goal have fallen by the wayside. But I'm not complaining -- I've maintained a 135 pounds weight loss for over a year. And in no way has that been easy.
I'm actually finding myself more and more impatient as I get closer to goal. Where before, a 0.5 lb weight loss would have me cheering, now I'm just like, "oh, hurry up, already!" Trying to ignore that impatience, though, and just get 'er done.
I tend to slack off. Perhaps because I like myself the way I am, even if I know I'm still 'round all around' in many ways. But I'm aware of that tendency of mine now, so I'm doing what it takes to at least NOT gain weight, and I go on no matter what, even if it means losing very slowly. (Well, or maybe it also has to do this past month with my hectic life, the stress of which I can maintain through, but is still too much to allow me to do what it takes to lose efficiently?)
The closer to goal you get.....
That is so true .... but it is also kind of what happens when you are first starting out on a diet. Like me I was kind of leinant at first but now that I lost 5 pounds I am getting a little more strict with my diet, and exersise...I find that it is so true from the begining of ones goal and right close to the end ... hehehehehehe 
Perhaps because I like myself the way I am, even if I know I'm still 'round all around' in many ways. But I'm aware of that tendency of mine now, so I'm doing what it takes to at least NOT gain weight, and I go on no matter what, even if it means losing very slowly. (Well, or maybe it also has to do this past month with my hectic life, the stress of which I can maintain through, but is still too much to allow me to do what it takes to lose efficiently?)
