What I have found to be useful is to have small, non-food or drink, type of rewards. For example, my first goal is to lose ten pounds and if I do then I will buy myself a book from the list I have on B&N which have been waiting on that list for 2 years for me to eventually buy. So that is my first goal and reward. Also, if you want to fit in a smaller size have an outfit or even just one item hanging somewhere you can see it everyday. Mine is where I keep my scale and it's a pair of jeans and a dress size 16. Just the little things will help motivate and try to remind yourself there is no time like the present. Good luck!
STARDUST_361 5/22/06 3:26 P
Another motivator is to put on some old "non stretchy" blue jeans. When I start to feel my jeans getting snugger, I do something about it! Who wants to go up another size?
You can also take some pictures of youself. Sometimes seeing yourself at a heavier weight helps, but in my case seeing a photo of myself at my all-time thinnest is what got me motivated!
Posting here may help you too.
stardust
SUB_KISKE 5/22/06 2:46 P
One that sometimes helps me is telling myself I just have to do the first step towards working out. Like I'll just have to get the workout gear on. Once I have my sweats and shirt and shoes on I feel like I might as well use them. Or I'll tell myself I have to walk just one block and since I've gone around the block and am warmed up now, I might as well walk down to the youth center or around Pelican Street or over to the end of Burningtree, any of which takes my walk up to at least a mile and usually more depending on my route. I think varying the places I go and the exercises I do helps me, too. HTH you with getting motivated.
CLUONGO 5/22/06 2:36 P
I used to run almost everyday and I was eating right, but I have fallen into a pattern of eating crappy and not working out at all, and shockingly, I have gained weight! i would like to be about 10-15 lbs lighter than I am now, I just can't seem to get myself started. Everynight, I tell myself, tomorrow I am going to run and eat right all day...but I never do it. How did you get yourself motivated to start? I know once I am back into the routine of running and eating right, I will be fine, but just getting started has gotten me stumped. Any motivational tips that you can share? Thanks!
