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Weight Loss Journals: Hands-On Inspiration

A Creative Way to Stay Motivated

155 Comments

NANA_CINDY42

2/22/2008 12:06:29 PM

Wonderful idea!! Thank you for sharing this! I am going to follow your lead and inspiration!!

JANELLE93444

2/22/2008 11:50:54 AM

How creative! What an AWESOME idea!!!

LAURANA1

2/22/2008 11:10:51 AM

What a great idea. I have tons of scrapbooking stuff and this would be alot of fun and also a learning experience. I will definitely give it a try.

PRPLTRTL

2/22/2008 11:04:59 AM

What a great idea! I try to journal myself but it gets boring at times and I tend to walk by it without picking it up. I love to scrapbook so what a great way to keep interest in updating it and actually use it to keep me on track, Thanks

HAPPYUS4

2/22/2008 10:59:24 AM

I love this idea!!!!!!!!!!!!Thank you for sharing it. When I finsih reading this morning thats exactly what I will start doing. Nothing like seeing progress at work. I have all the pictures I need and boy what a reality check. There will be no doubting what I will see. Thanks a lot, Ill get right to this.

TXLADYJAN

2/22/2008 10:50:33 AM

Thanks for the article and thanks, Emmy, for sharing. My daughter and I started a private blog on blogspot.com last March when we started a weight loss journey together. We use it to share our nutrition track and exercise and to set short term and long term goals, as well as our personal thoughts, feelings, and emotions. I haven't posted many pictures on it but that is a great idea! I'm more in to computer journaling than I am into scrapbooking so this is what works best for me.

We just discovered Spark People in January of 2008 and have been using it faithfully. It is a wonderful tool.

If you don't journal somewhere, somehow, I highly recommend it.

FIDDLER4JESUS

2/13/2008 9:54:14 AM

Hello,Iam SallyJS I just wanted to comment on the journal plan, which I have undertaken myself. When I saw this lady's idea,I decided to add pictures too,but I will look through the magazines I own to fill in whatever idea pops in my mind. Thanks.

HENRYSMOM0215

1/29/2008 6:48:45 AM

I needed this this morning, I was actually thinking of leaving Sparkpeople as i'm so unhappy with myself just now. I started at 234 and have been "stuck" between 146-153 for months. I seem to have lost my motivation. I'm going to try this and see if i can re-capture what i'm missing. Thanks for the idea....di

BEADMARIE

1/28/2008 11:44:35 PM

This is a fabulous idea! Thanks for the inspiration. I have the first few pages of my journal started now.

CREOLEGAL

1/26/2008 12:42:48 PM

I saw a woman on Oprah who also did this. I've always wanted to create my own but then I feel guilty that I should be spending my time doing something else.

FROSTY88

1/8/2008 8:11:23 AM

This is such a great idea.....I am going to start working on this right away....thanks for sharing :-)

SLW1955

12/30/2007 5:08:20 PM

Maybe this is what I need to do to make myself commit to sticking to the diet. Jan 1 is a new start for me anyway; I'll start my journal then too. Thanks for the inspiration!

WINNIE855

12/30/2007 4:52:38 PM

Great article, great motivation!! I love to scrapbook and this was all the motivation I needed to start a weight loss scrapbook/journal! Thanks for sharing!!

JULIETGOAT

12/30/2007 1:15:17 PM

What a great idea! Thanks for sharing. This is something that I definitely want to start. I think the page where you had a sticker for each pound lost would really be a motivator for me. Thanks again!