Here is a question that I've been wondering about as I am about start my diet. I want to have photographs up somewhere to spur me on and keep me motivated. Would you suggest using pictures of me overweight as I am now, pictures of the slim me from years ago or pictures of a clebrity I admire for their fitness? Which have you found to be most effective in keeping you on the right path?
I use a celebrity picture in addition to my own, but NOT one out of a magazine, which is always airbrushed and unrealistic. Most celebrities are not very healthy at all, underweight, no muscle, etc!
Here's my inspiration, Melanie Roach. Olympic weight lifter, wife, mother (including an autistic boy), teaches children at a gymnasium. To me, that's motivation.
No photos of myself, because they remind me of the health problems I've had -- long story told elsewhere on the boards.
I do keep a small photo book with me at all times that holds my inspirational/motivational items: photo of my son playing soccer; photo of my husband; photos of things I look forward to doing or wearing, or or places I want to see; sayings that I find inspirational or motivational. This reminds me of why I want to stay on track regarding food, and also why I want to spend less money (because I'm saving money to do those things, to buy those clothes and to travel)! I look through it when I have a few minutes (waiting for an appointment, etc.) or when I've lost sight of why I'm doing this. I change things around in it, removing and adding as things get stale.
Photographs as Motivation
