The Good things that keep you going...
 

I have see alot on what stop the wieght loss train now its time to talk about what keep you going...........the good stuff..

For me its the size 14 jeans I have on today. I have not been in a 14 sence school. And ladies that been a longggggggggg time ago. I have not loss any in awile but I keep going. I keep thinking about the swin suit that I will buy soon and the trip to Helen GA that I will take on the frist weekend in May(on the back of a motorcycle). As well as my b-day that is coming up in Aug.

So what is yours....Why do you keep going and going and going......etc

The fact that I'm now wearing a size 8 or 10 compared to a size 26!! The fact that when someone tells me how much they way, my stomach no longer sinks because I weigh SO much more than them. The fact that I'm in better shape than all of my friends! The fact that when people stare at me now, I know it's because I'm hot and not because I'm fat. The fact that I'm no longer that invisible, fat girl. The fact that food doesn't control me anymore. The fact that I ENJOY exercise. The fact that I'm not limited to the plus size section. The fact that I can wear the clothes I want to wear and not what I'm limited to wearing. The fact that my sex life is SOOO much better. The fact that I have perky breasts now! The fact that I'm now told that I'm beautiful or gorgeous or hot and not just, "You have a beautiful FACE". Oh, I could go on forever and ever! LOL

I keep going because I have more energy with my kids!

Coming to 3 fat chicks everyday!

Because I don't look like I'm bursting out of my skin anymore.

You go hottie:carrot: I am all about that.....lol

My gym, coz it's lovely and I love exercising there. The guys that ask me for help with their abs routines. The people who ask me how I'm doing and how amazing I look. My swimming. I live to swim now, rather than living to cook/eat/
My friends, 3FC and IRL who inspire me and keep me moving

Hear Hear Susan!!! ;)

This is what I needed to put a smile on my face....I am feeling good in my size 14's today.....I thought we all needed to look at the good side of this.

What keeps me going is thinking about how hot I'm going to look in that bikini this summer ;) That and my diet and exercise makes me feel so much better about myself which makes me happy.

What keeps me going is the fact that I weigh 20lbs LESS than my dh and my pants are smaller than his and the fact that he can carry me now. My Drivers license weight is off by 40lbs in the other direction. I actually am looking foward to getting it renewed. lol The fact that I'm not the fat mom anymore. The fact that I can slide down the slides at the park with my ds and go on the swings without worrying about breaking things or getting stuck. The fact that I feel good about myself and that my PCOS has pretty much disappeared. The wonderful feeling that I get to go shopping soon for summer clothes and I'm looking foward to it.

Watching my mom, who started her weight-loss program about 4 months before me, do really really well and feel good about herself again. My weekly weight-loss talks with her really help, too, as well as our numerous venting/excited e-mails to each other when we lose wight, have an NSV, etc. Seeing a picture of myself last week that I actually like - the first one I've like in years. And.... the picture of the bikini I want to buy for Christmas in Mexico in 10 months!

Let's see what keeps me going. a scale, tape measure, 3fc, how great I am going to look by christmas and how hot I am going to look by my birthday next year, and how awesomely tone, musiclular looking I am going to look for the next 30 + years after my birthday next year.

I just love long dreams

what a great feel-good thread idea! The fact that I can now walk 3.5 miles (more than half of that uphill!) without getting so darn out of breath I feel like I want to keel over and die....that's what keeps me going. Not too long ago I gave up for over a year and whatever weight loss I had just came rushing back. I lost my exercise "lungs and legs". I'm getting back on track and slowly on the downward slope going uphill :running: if that makes sense. :D

What keeps me going?

-Coming here and being able to talk to people who don't care that all I ever talk about anymore is my stupid diet! :D
-Music, singing to my cats (yesterday while making dinner it was "On Top of Spaghetti"... and I wasn't making spaghetti)
-My awesome husband who decided that since I was doing so well that he'd better keep up with me
-My spreadsheet with my food diary, exercise, and a weight chart that's sloping down, down, down
-Not having to take a nap every day 'cos I'm not exhausted any more!
-Not having a blood sugar freak out moment every afternoon that would cause me to need a nap
-I'm suddenly happy. Where'd that come from? I don't care, I don't want to go back to being the gloom queen again!


-Lala

what keeps me going???? good question. i'd say, fitting back into my clothes that i was outgrowing, losing almost 20 pounds, almost being at the weight i lied about on my drivers liscense ( i was too ashamed to put 196 on it so i lied and said 170. now i'm only 7 pounds away from that. :) ). having people tell me that they can tell i am losing weight. having so much more energy to do things. i feel like just running some days because i have so much energy. enjoying my moods. i am happy much more than i am depressed.

working towards getting into a 2 peice bathing suit, looking forward to seeing my soap stars and feeling like i look as good as them, looking forward to seeing one of my oldest friends and her not believing her eyes that i have dropped so much weight.

i think there are soooo many things i could go on with. but for now i'll stop. :)

I don't hurt anymore!! I used to get such a backache after just 10 min of shopping....Now I can shop and I don't drop :-) I have so much more energy to get the things done in life that I need to, with energy left over to do the things I want to! I don't hesitate when I see a hill or a flight of stairs. I can go forward without worrying about pain or maybe not making it! The sky is the limit now.
I totally agree with those that have documented a change in mood. I may have sad situations that happen to everyone in life, but sadness isn't my life anymore. I look for those folks who look for the joy in life so we can play!

Thanks for the wonderful reminder of gratitude for today!

Knowing that I have probably extended my life for a LONG time. Gives me many more years with hubby.

Being healthier, fitter and lighter than I have ever been in my adult life.

The great comments I get.

Being able to wear a size of clothing that I have NEVER worn before - I went from kids' sizes to an adult 16 (U.S. 12/14)

Knowing that I control the food I eat instead of the other way around.

Not being stared at or having rude comments made about me.

There's a lot more, but that'll do for the moment.

I'm glad we don't have to have our weight on our licences over here, or I would have been one very unhappy lady for a LOT of years.

Great thread.

Take care all,

Zelma

Feeling in control of all aspects of my life, and knowing that if I want something I just need to work towards it to get it.

People who've only just met me thinking that I'm sporty and fit.

Actually believing that I am sporty and fit.

Mentioning my race times to men and getting the response "that's quicker than I've ever managed".

New clothes, in different styles and colours and from different shops, and having so much choice.

Realising that this isn't a bad way to live the rest of my life, and that the small sacrifices I do make are smaller than the sacrifice of living my life in a body that doesn't work or fit into the world.

Realising that I care about what I put in my body, and that it's not just a question of cutting out foods because they make me gain weight, I cut foods out because they aren't good for me, irrespective of weight issues.

I could go on and on. I may look like I'm "there" but I still need to keep on doing this to make sure that I maintain this loss and carry on appreciating why I don't want to go back to the old me.

I have tried many times to go on a diet and for various reasons stopped. Now, I do see that the way I see it all is much different. Concern is one reason, concern for living long and well that's one thing that keeps me straight and narrow. Another is that while before I've known my size has affected the rest of my life, inside and out, I guess I didn't want to change or thought I couldn't, now I know I can, and I got full control. Call it all a sleepy person has finally awakened, now let's get to work sort of thing.

There's more little reasons too but it's also more than a want or/and need in a way...if u can understand that. I would say something deep in me that comes all the way out to the surface is causing something stronger than a feeling of, I crave to be better in this area of my life (and I know it's for the right reasons, not only so I can fit in a smaller size jean, but that is an extra to add to the fuel when I need it). I hate to sound to intense here but this driver is stronger than any other driver that has caused me to do a lot of other smart and not so smart things in my life. I am riding it and it is going very well. :D

1. my blood pressure is now controlled with very little medicine
2. I no longer have high blood sugar
3. I wear size 6 to 7 instead of 20
3. I feel better
4. I feel sexier, and sex isn't a chore anymore
5. I will have a longer and healthier life with my children

Additional reasons, I can now sit at a booth at restaurants instead of asking for a "table Please". I can walk without getting short of breath. I weigh less than husband and that was a biggie. I weigh less than most pro-football players now and that was a biggie too. I'm not such a recluse anymore, I like to get out now. I don't lay around in sweats all day, I like getting dressed. I don't cry when I look in the mirror anymore. I eat to live now, not live to eat.