How to keep yourself motivated?

[WeAreGiants]

Well I'm on the road to lose weight! I've cut out all fast food and all soda's, I'm working out all week and rest Saturday and Sunday. But I'm scared that the motivation will disappear. My weight lose goal is high and I need to keep myself going, but what are some ways to keep myself motivated?

[Anonymous]

I have my goals in mind, I even draw my idea of a perfect body and I set a time for my workouts each week (of course if I've still got DOMS it's pointless working out so it can move but generally Monday and Friday). When it's close to my workout time I'll motivate myself through abuse (eg. "You're f-cking pathetic! It's only one damn hour and you can't do it? Think of your perfect body! You're not going to get it sitting on your as-!), imagining and also looking at the drawing of my perfect body. I have a hard time to stay motivated to eat more-so than workout and I do punish myself by staying up later at night and making up for the lack of calories lol this sounds like an eating disorder :P.

I did this for a while, but I'm not allowed to put blu-tac on my dads freshly painted walls lol, and that was have the drawing up on my wall where I'd see it most. So it was never in the back of my mind. You could have some clothing you want to fit into, a celebrity that you want to look like etc etc

[Opinion Owner]

Actually prescribed_by_me made a good point of measuring your progress. I found that to be very helpful as well.

[DebiPie]

Beats me, I've always thought the motivation would be to lose the weight. So put up 2 big photos of yourself everywhere. 1 of the slim you & 1 of the you at your starting weight. I should think that would do it. Yep! I would me. Good luck!

[WeAreGiants]

that's true but that can only take me so far ya know.

[DebiPie]

ask a friend to be your coach

[WoIIie]

You don't have to stay motivated if you embrace this change in lifestyle.

Choose healthy foods that you actually like. Invent flavor combinations using healthy ingredients that are easy to prepare, and you won't ever crave certain foods.

For cardio, figure out a sport that you like. If you like basketball, practice that. Run, run run. If you like swimming, use a pool.

If you don't like any options readily available, don't drive to the gym. Walk, jog, or ride your bike. You HAVE to find a sustainable option to maintain consistent cardio 6 days per week.

[ASjun]

Think of all the people that have looked down on you and said you couldn't do this or do that. Use that to your advantage to motivate yourself so you can prove to everybody that you can and will do it. You got this, stay strong, don't give up.

[Prescribed_By_Me]

hmmm...Just set realistic goals.

I feel like I seem to lose motivation when my goals aren't really realistic.

Say I want to lose 10 lbs in a week when I know it would be nearly impossible without almost killing myself...knowing that a healthier more realistic goal would be 3lbs a week or so.

So even when I lose 1lb instead of 3lbs...its not off by much and it would keep you motivated becasue you know that you can make up for that weight you did not lose and also look at what you may have done wrong or need to do better.

Goodluck hoped this helped a bit

Tami

[RyanRyanson]

I use Myfitnesspal. com, I think the act of budgeting my calories, tracking my calories burned and logging my weight loss helps tremendously.

[Hatersgonnahate]

I think of girls lol. I also have friends that always go to the gym. We go a certain amount of times a week, it start as a routine that has changed into a lifestyle.