Obesity Support Group

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scooterlady1216 10/31/2011

I am always looking for ways to stay motivated. The thing I started last week was a tip I got from the T.O.P.S. meeting I attended except I am doing it with a co-worker next to me instead of with those in the T.O.P.S. group. Anyway, we both came up with something we really wanted but havent gone out and gotten yet. I want a Wii with the Wii Fit Plus accessories to go with it. She wants the whole house DVR set up that Direct TV offers. I can afford the Wii and she has a way of getting the whole house set up free because of info I gave her on how to ask for it. Anyway, we each printed out something to represent what we want, such as a picture of the item. Then we have each wrapped up our gift to ourselves 8 different timesone nested inside box after box after box or gift bag. Each week that we achieve our goal, we get to unwrap one level. My goal is to release weight each week. She is starting out with exercising 30 minutes 4 times a week. So as I release weight week each week, I will find myself ready to purchase that Wii right before Christmas8 weeks from now. When tempted, I see the present in my cubicle or pictures I have placed around the house and car of my new Wii bundle.

This is the first Halloween that I didnt buy candy for the kiddies. Instead I got 50 calorie bags of pretzels that were decorated in the Halloween theme. Wal-Mart was selling them for under $5.00 for 40. You can bet that went on the daily journal I'm keeping of things I'm doing to nourish myself physically, emotionally and physicall as a choice I made to nourish my physical body. It also brings me closer to being able to unwrap one layer of my gift on Wednesday. :-)

I hope you all are having a wonderful day! Linda

deleted_user 10/31/2011

Motivation is different for everyone. What keeps me going to the gym every morning may not work for everyone else and people have different goals. Also, whether you have either been healthy and slender your whole life and then BECAME heavy or if you've been heavy all your life makes a big difference. I was athletic all my life up until i got out of the Marines and got married. Then i went thru a divorce and got into bodybuilding and lost it all. I got remarried and gained a lot back and now i'm back on the loss side and dropping it at a nice, steady pace :) I'm looking forward to being back in shape again and i love being a dedicated gym rat. I also have many friends at my gym and many of us have competed in either the bodybuilding or fitness and figure competitions so we motivate each other both at the gym and on our facebook pages. Between that and having the discipline from the military, i'm at a good advantage. I also have been going to the VA and getting checkout out to ensure my health is good to go :)

That, and you have to want it badly enough.

deleted_user 10/31/2011

I have what I call my monster plan, every month I set myself five goals and I have to tick them off each day, like this months are eat breakfast everyday, quit smoking, exercise 20 mins six days a week, and I keep the chart on my living room wall, I hate having the crosses for everyone to see somedays when I have no motivation all that keeps me going is I dont want everyone seeing me fail, and I get my hubby to tick them off not me that way he is encouraging me everyday with well dones.

loveblue2 11/02/2011

I'm finding that the way my body feels keeps me motivated. I still have over 100 lbs to lose, but, with the 26 lbs I've lost so far, I can definately feel the difference in the way I feel physically. It's like my body doesn't have to WORK so hard just to do simple, physical things. There's an ease of movement I have now that I didn't have nor feel 26 lbs ago. And, I know that is only going to get better (easier) the more weight I lose.

I always thought the way I LOOKED would be my most significant motivator as I take this journey, but, just feeling the way that my body is being taxed physically less and less with every pound I lose is definately the thing that will keep me on this journey all the way to goal.

Wishing you all the best!
Janice : )

deleted_user 11/03/2011

Motivation is different for all of us. For my part 3 things keep me motivated:
- I would like to healthier.
- I would like to be pretty for my beloved.
- I would like to get less negative attention. I would like to be one in a million in the street.
These things keep pushing me.. even when I am down.

deleted_user 11/08/2011

And my jeans are getting looser every week :) lol It's the little things.

deleted_user 11/08/2011

And my jeans are getting looser every week :) lol It's the little things.

deleted_user 11/08/2011

And my jeans are getting looser every week :) lol It's the little things.

deleted_user 11/09/2011

seeing sicker people than me motivates me to keep living. knowing that there are homelessness motivates me to keep living. music motivates me to never give up and god inspires me that HE loves me.

deleted_user 11/10/2011

OMG! I LOVE that idea of opening boxes, it really helps visualize the goals... hrmmm I'm gonna have to do this I think, now I just have to figure out what I want.

Ronney

scooterlady1216 11/10/2011

Keep us posted on what you wrap up Ronney. I have unopened 2 layers so far. I'm on week 3 of 8. :-)

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