The fight within

[rmorris1]

Hello dear friends, yeah as my title suggests its been a fight with myself when I decided to have something done to commence my weight loss program. Each year my New Year resolution has been to shed before the next year and soon it gets forgotten. Wont blame anyone or my work for this as I have known busier people than me who are doing their bit towards their effort of maintaining the right weight.
The thing has got to my mind now, perhaps the lack of motivation is one reason but why cant I overcome that? Am here with the expectation that others would be of some inspiration to me so that I can manage to shift my gears in the affirmative before things get too late. A lot said and little done.... Looking for your replies mates.

 

[rivardk]

I can definitely relate. The lack of motivation is always hard to overcome. The forum has helped me a lot. There are so many inspirational stories and lots of good advice. Take a look around and you'll see what you can achieve with some hard work and dedication. Ultimately you have to look within yourself. Think about where you are right now and where you'd like to be. The future has always been my motivation. I have tried diet after diet and failed several times because I couldn't stay motivated. This time I feel different and I think I can do anything. Just find that motivation within you and you can do anything. Best of luck to you.

 

[Brenda's Ready]

Yes, I agree, motivation is hard to come by, especially with a hectic, stressful schedule.
It's not like I don't care about myself, it's just that so many things seem to get in the way that are "more important" than me!
You just have to stick to that routine of caring for yourself until it becomes a habit-I'm sure you've done it many times and can do it again!
Remember that you are only given one body-we must take care of it and treasure it. Not trash it.
Good luck to you. Now get started

 

[felici]

Reading stories about other people overcoming challenges and succeeding with their weight loss is motivating and this is a good place for that. It can help in other ways too.

Good luck to you.

 

[comet]

Wow, sounds a lot like me. I wake up every morning and dread mirrors, I have the idea to lose the weight but never follow through. I have no idea where the motivation that I had went, it's just gone. I have it one minute but when it comes time to move, it can wait until tomorrow. I hate this. I hate feeling like this. I eat for fun...i'm not hungry but man I love the chocolate. I need support, help, whatever but it is sooo hard, mentally also. I am not a busy woman but its busy in my mind enough for me to make excuses. I have a plan in mind for Jan 1st, man I hope this works, its got to.

 

[Judyb]

I can totally understand the fight within! I argue with myself a lot!! I frequently don't want to exercise and thinking of doing the whole workout just seems too much, so I make a deal with myself...I just put my shoes on and go outside or take the first few steps. I can quit if I want to as long as I make the effort and start. Once I start going it's frequently a barter of well, I can go for 5 more minutes and then I can quit if I want to. More often than not I complete my full workout...it's just argued in my brain through the whole thing.

Same thing with food. I tell myself if I'm still wanting that food after eating my sensible portion, I can have it. But I try to do the sensible portion first. More often than not, I'm okay with the sensible portion and can turn down the extra or the treat because I am satisfied.

But it is an internal argument through the day.