Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group

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Motivation

sossie
sossie
This morning when I was getting dressed for work I decided to try on a pair of jeans I previously were unable to wear. I couldn't get them buttoned or zipped with out laying on the bed and then the fat out pouch over the top and that just isn't pretty. I had put them on about a month ago and could get the buttoned normally but they were still tight.

Well I pulled them out and low and behold I could button and zip them normally AND the waist band was loose and I had to put on a belt!!!!!!

That just really kick started my motivation to keep moving forward with this!!!

What is your motivation??
renewedme
renewedme
That's fantastic!! :) I can't wait to feel that way!
deleted_user
deleted_user
My motivation is very similar to yours: CLOTHES. I want to wear the good looking clothes that I already own, and I want to feel good in them. I've now gone a little in the other direction - I am having to have some things altered because they are too big.
deleted_user
deleted_user
My motivation is also buying new clothes. This month I had to buy some because the one of the dresses I have now you can fit 2 of me in it! I also get motivated when people compliment me how much weight I lost. A neighbor noticed it yesterday and it boosted my spirits up. It feels good when you hear compliments from others.
Community LeaderThePepperMan
ThePepperMan
My motivation is to reach 200, somehow that is a magic number for me. I also want to shock some friends I see once a year for the super bowl. If I manage to lose the 50 pounds (like I believe that I will) I may take 50 pounds of cold cuts as a symbolic gesture of just what I have lost!

Yea, that is what I'm gonna do!
lorrieonline
lorrieonline
Way to go, Sossie! You must be so excited! Mine is the clothing as well. I can feel it when the weight comes off. My motivation is to have more feeling if that makes sense. Sometimes my muscles just feel tired or I can't really feel a lot. When the weight begins to shift again, that feeling is just incredibly good. I would love for it to stay imprinted on my mind so I can keep doing better and better.

Thank you for sharing!
thewalker
thewalker
I'm not gonna lie. Fitting into my clothing better and getting smaller sizes is a big motivation but as I get older (I'm 58), health is an even bigger motivator. I've improved my diet and lost weight and that has kept my doc from putting me on a statin which I dreaded. I'm within a healthy range for LDL and improved my HDL to 80. I want to have as healthy an old age as possible.
JoyceMarilyn
JoyceMarilyn
Way to go Sossie! Shucking those larger sizes out of my closet was such a great feeling. I moved them right out of the house so I did not have anything to wear if I gained back. I remember we had a wedding to go to and I never gave it a thought about what I was going to wear...the closet had lots of dresses. Well they were all to BIG and hung on me like sacks. While it was a good feeling...I had a time getting something ready to wear in 1 day!
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