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Motivation?
Hi,
I'm trying to lose weight. STOP right there - don't pass this on by thinking it's just another one of those 'HOW DO I DO IT?' questions. I know how to lose weight, what my basal metabolic rate is, even what excersizes I should be doing. What I want to know is:
*How can I keep this up? How do I stay motivated?
*And how many times will I have to sit on my hands to resist the urge of going to the biscuit tin before saying 'no, I don't really want that' becomes a habit?
Thanks!! xxx
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I have been in the same situation as you. I use to weight 200 pounds and I just finally reached my goal weight of 130 pounds after a little more then 18 months. I did a few things to keep me motivated. First of all, I went on a mini shopping spree, and bought a couple of really nice outfits in my goal weight size. I kept the outfits hung up in the front of my closet to be a daily reminder of what I wanted to wear when I got to my goal size. I also kept an online weight journal to monitor what I ate everyday. For some reason, seeing my meals in writing motivated me to stay on track and embarrassed me when I fell off. I also joined a few online support groups with other women that were loosing weight. Having people to talk to that understands what you are going through helps a lot.
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email me if I can email you. Doing good so far but, hey would be nice to have support now and then. Address is on my column if interested.
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HAHA this sounds really stupid but, it worked for my sister. She bought a whole entire outfit of clothes of the size she wanted to be and everytime she was loosing motivation she looked at those clothes and thought about how good she would look in them, and if she lost her motivation she just spent all that money for nothing. I think she had to look at them everyday, but hey if it works go for it. Good luck. <33
<3 Britney
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To stay motivated, you just need to tell yourself that if you don't try to lose weight then you are going to gain weight and look horrible, even though you won't. Anything that someone says to you about what will happen if you don't try to lose weight will motivate you.
As for the sitting on your hands to resist the urge of eating, it will take as many times as it takes and until you stop having these urges.
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1. Eat some kripsy kreme when you're unmotivated. Then when you get fat and out of shape and smell bad becuase your rolls are sweating youll get back to doing it.
2. As many times as it takes.
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To stay movited do it while doing somethin fun and you like to do like dance, read, or even watch t.v. once you keep this up you wont want to go to the cookie jar because you feel i just ran 10 laps to get in shape i dont just want to add weight on or you could do what i did and have one sweet a week.
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