How do you maintain your motivation

(karen) #41

I also think that the older I get, the more “being healthy” becomes a primary motivator. I’m not like a 20-something looking at maybe developing arthritis or heart disease or alzheimer’s at some not-quite-imaginable time 40 or 50 years in the future. I’m (statistically speaking) looking at it surprising me like a jack-in-the-box in the next five years, smack in the middle of my remaining productive life.

All I can say is I wish I’d had a bit more concern about this when I was 20, but I know that’s not totally realistic, 20 was a time filled with other issues! Nevertheless, if your only issue right now is weight but you put your imagining cap on, you might see how nice it would be to hit 50 or 60 knowing you’d done everything possible to avoid chronic western disease.

#42

Here’s the Cliff’s Notes version which has the author and book title. I haven’t bought the book yet but I love the “mind hack” approach.

Cheers!

Eric

instant-influence.pdf (461 KB)

(Michelle Britt) #43

Almost 38 year old women shouldn’t be wearing skinny jeans either :rofl:, at least not this one.

I do live close to the mountains in Georgia, and there are many lovely waterfalls to be found. Another good idea.

(Michelle Britt) #44

Game changer :heart_eyes: Thank you!

(LeeAnn Brooks) #45

This 44 year old woman wears skinny jeans all the time.
Granted, I’d like to be down another 5-8 pounds to really rock them like I used to, but I’m getting there, and I don’t look half bad in them now.

No Mom jeans for me… ever!

(Michelle Britt) #46

:laughing: I have long legs and a short waist, and skinny jeans just make me look awkward, I would compare the look to a reverse giraffe. I am a by no means a fan of mom jeans, I just have to rock a good boot cut for balance, lol. And I definitely enjoy the ability to shop the juniors sections these day (or steal my 18 year old clothes), so no mom looks here.

(KetoQ) #47

Years back I lost weight on a diet and was finally wearing new, better fitting clothes and had more confidence in myself.

But I also came to the realization that I was the same person with or without the weight.

Maybe you are not taking your achievement for granted, perhaps you are simply getting more comfortable being in your own skin.

(Michelle Britt) #48

I think there may be more truth behind that statement then I could want to admit to. To be perfectly candid and honest, I thought way back when that when I hit my goal, that it would magically solve all of my mental issues that I could attribute to the obesity, the insecurity, lack of confidence, the hiding away, the lack of interest in being social, the embarrassed of myself every where I went. I thought all of that would poof disappear as soon as the weight was gone. And I am finding that not to be true. I was morbidly obese for more then half of my life, and my mind doesn’t want to believe that that is not the case anymore. I look in the mirror and I see someone to be proud of, but my mind doesn’t want to accept it. I am beginning to see that this is much more mental for me then it is anything else. My mind won’t let me get comfortable.

(KetoQ) #49

With respect to how your mind won’t let you accept the new you, I came across what I thought was a somewhat profound observation, and that is:

You will never let someone talk down to you and tear you down, the way you let the little person in your mind talk to you.

Hopefully that will give you a new perspective on how you process what is going on in your head.