What motivates me NOW
Thank you everyone for your kind comments on my last post. It really does make me feel great that people are out there who really care for each other and not just themself. I have been doing well here although tonight, almost spaced out on snacks but I did not let myself go. This week has been a bit stressful with the baby still sick and not really sleeping at night and also this week, taking all my classes out to the park for a picnic. I am showing them how to make different sandwiches and also to make Easter Eggs. It has been a challange but fun. I have also been able to get my exercise with them becuase of the way they group off and get on the hill in dfferent places for to visit each group, I have to climb a bit and loved it!
On my other forum, some of the ladies there are feeling the pressure to give up, feeling no motivation and such. I wish I could just yell out to them and say, look, you always say you want to lose such and such an amount but you keep coming up with excuses of why you can’t and then you fall so much you don’t get back on. But I can’t do that. I can be straight on some things but with that, I have to keep to my business. But it made me focus a bit inward to myself. What motivates me to continue to lose wieght. I am not talking about getting to goal motivation. IT will be great to get to all my wants on the list but those will not come till 130 or more pounds. What is more immediate that motivates me now? What makes me feel, yes, I am doing it? Or, this is so worth it?
1. When I look in the mirror and I see my butt going down and not look like a counter that would support a bowel
2. Having all my shirts and skirts growing too big on me
3. My husband looking at me with desire in his eyes now and not disgust
4. For each comment about how fat I am, it motivates me to keep going
5. wearing size 8 underwear
6. to actually see under 100 on the scale (kgs)
7. weighing less then I was at nine months preg. with both of my girls
8. Control
9. having proof that my mother was wrong, I did start and I am doing it
10. my kids complimenting me
11. liking myself a little better now
I am sure there will be more as I keep going down but I feel these are sufficient enough to keep me going now.
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I love your list of reasons why to keep getting healthy
Sounds like you are on the right track..Good for you!! I know you can accomplish your goals. Together we all can…one step at a time
That is a great idea. I need to do that as well.
Way to go Rachel! You are on the road to success. You have a good idea listing current motivations. It makes us look inside….and that can be so helpful. Thanks.
Thanks for the commnets. I think if you haven’t done this yoruself, do it. Sometimes it does seem it will take forever to get to our goals so to see what is great now is a real motivator!
You are on the right track when I have those weak moments, I remind myself why I started trying to eat healthier and what will happen if I stop. -Dee
I love that you’re always checking in…to see where you are in terms of your WL and where you want to go….this makes good sense and we all need to practice this!! Thanks for reminding us to check-in every so often!