Weight Loss/no motivation/will power

Re: Weight Loss/no motivation/will power

• saacjw member

  

  June 2012 edited June 2012

  Totally on that boat right now. I was doing really well, but when my FI's mom had a major accident and we spent the weekend eating nothing but crappy hospital food, I fell offf my good food boat (that was MONTHS ago). Then we moved and I stopped going to the gym, and then the weather got nice so I have no motivation to workout inside. There's always an excuse and I'm good at finding them. 

  
  

  I have a hard time with motivation that is sometimes depression based. Ignore your mom. Seriously. Mine says the same kind of stuff and it makes maters worse, she's been putting me on and off diets since I was in high school (and I was TINY in high school, like, a size 2, solid muscle). If you want to loose weight, don't do it because your mom thinks it's time to or that it will help with dresses. You'll find a dress that you're beautiful in, no matter what.  

  
  

  Have you tried doing weight loss things that you like? I find that it helps. I'm more likely to loose weight if I take a dance class or yoga or soemthing like that than if I go to the gym. I'm even more likely to enjoy the gym if I do something like bring a book for the eliptical (Hunger Games on the elptical= me feeling the need to work harder) I also try to make diet foods fun and try new recipes that are low calorie. I play with a lot of vegetarian dishes beccause a lot of them can be really low calorie. If you're like me and get really bad cravings for salts and sugars just cold turkey cut them out. It's obnoxious for a few days, but seriously helps.  

  
  

  Do you have a weight loss buddy or can you find one? it can help

  

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• keatingkd

  

  June 2012

  Weight watchers!  You still get to eat the things you enjoy, just smaller portions.  Between that & adding an extra day of exercising a week, I've lost nearly 30 lbs since January.

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• schneiderwife

  

  June 2012

  Yeah, I second weight watchers! I don't feel deprived, but I feel more energized and I am losing weight. I've lost 5 lbs. in three weeks and I've only changed my eating habits. I am in the midst of losing weight too and I totally feel your lack of motivation. My wedding feels so far away (and I know it isn't) that I just don't really have the getup and go to workout a lot. If you want someone to talk to or share weight loss tips with just message me and we can be weight loss buddies!

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• MissHiss2010

  

  August 2012

  My co-worker introduced me to Visalus (body by Vi).
  If you like smoothies, want to feel full, don't want to starve yourself, and want to lose weight I suggest it! Weight Watchers works and is completely awesome, but for someone like me who is always on the go I don't have time to eat all the food they recommend. I am not a rep for this smoothie stuff, but wanted to share my experience because it might be worth trying. I think you can actually add the powder to other food as you cook too. By the way it smells DELICIOUS like cake batter. I think that's why I have stuck with it so long.
  
  Hope this helps

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