Hi,
Well I've been on and off diets my whole life. So this is the question I always asked myself too. How do I stay motivated? The truth is, i have never been as motivated as I am now and Im 23 years old. I think the thing that is different now is that my doctor just told me that she suspects PCOS and pre-diabetes because of some syptoms she can see. This scared me. I dont want diabetes and I dont want PCOS. This is one of the leading causes of infertility in women. Its very sad, and unfortuneately there is no cure for it, but loosing weight helps control and maintain it. So that is my motivation. The future and me in it, loving life. I need that so bad right now. I want somethign to look forward too, and not something that only hars me and does me no good (food, bad kind). So ya, I barely found this new motivation so I'm no pro. But maybe you can do the same, think of soemting that motivates your future and wanting to look forward to! hope this helps! -d

It helps me to stay focused on one day at a time. Then I'm only on a diet for 24 hours at a time.

Besides all of the things i love about weightlifting and bodybuilding and the friends i have in my gym that i loook forward to seeing every day, i would have to say that my biggest motivation to keep it up is one, to be a good physical role model to my kids (who are now in their teens and in high school) and to do what i have to do to make sure that i am here for them as long as i am humanly able.

It ca be hard to find your own motivation, especially if you've never had it to begin with. You can also do it because you simply want to live to see your next birthday, however there are cases where a perfectly slim and athletic person will collapse and die whereas the fat bastard will live till 90 lol

I love going to my gym because because not only are my friends there and i love training, but also because it's my "me" time and my "fortress of solitude" if you will where me and my fellow lifters can go to be amongst peers. On the flip side, you don't have to be a lifter to establish a friendship with someone who goes at the same time. Maybe meet a friend in an aerobics class. Bottom line is, it becomes a fun part of your daily routine, so you stay motivated.

Habit Habit Habit even our bad habits we perform so now it's time to develope a good habit or two and get addicted to them as we are to our bad habits and hopefully after we have developed the good habit and developed is the key were it's' as strong to us as the bad ones then just maybe we can come to the place where the good can override the bad work on it anyways just as longhaul has done in his life ----- by the way longhaul I'm still waiting on the next gym rat good and helpful hint/trick/ I liked the cold ice water one and I now use it and share it ---lol

I've already given out a few...you just need to keep an eye out for em; :)

My kids are a big motivation for me. I see the smiles on their faces when I am able to get up and join in games with them. They have had a very difficult year so their smiles mean a lot to me. I want to be around to see many more. And now that I'm starting to see some results, that is a big help. I actually sat and admired my legs last night. They haven't looked this good in a LONG time! Now to work harder so the rest of me matches them!

As a former exercise instructor and someone who had an eating disorder from hell.

Try to remember that losing weight is the icing on the cake to how you feel in terms of health.

Don't think about inches and numbers on the scale, think about your internal organs, your health, how much energy you have, it feels good to feel healthy....When you focus on that, the weight comes off.

Don't think you have to do it all at once or be in a diet forever, small changes add up.

Increase your consumption of green vegetables even with your other foods not necesarily instead.

You can have your cake and eat it too, just have to learn how to combine your foods in a way where to body uses them for energy in a more effective way.

Learn about low glycimic index foods and highly alkaline foods, both are very good for your health, drink a lot of water.

The SMALL changes you to your life style will all ad up.