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Title: Weight Loss and Maintenance
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Moderator:ASICS::LESLIE
Created:Mon Jul 09 1990
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:933
Total number of notes:9931

704.0. "Hard getting Motivated" by ISLNDS::ARNO (No Turning Back) Thu Nov 14 1991 16:26

    
    			Hard getting Motivated
    
    I find it hard to get myself motivated to sticking to any program.
    I was on a good roll and now I seem be backsliding again.
    How do you get motivated once you get away from it ?
    
    I need to lose alot and I can't afford the programs that cost
    alot.
    
    Is anyone else having a hard time with sticking to it?
    
    Ann
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704.1I hear you....AKOPWJ::LANEHe's a cold hearted snake....Thu Nov 14 1991 18:2117
Hi Ann,

I too am have a hard time remotivating.  When I'm motivated I do great.  I lost
almost 30lbs on Weight Watchers 2 years ago.  Right now I'm only 8lbs from 
where I was when I started.

I'm trying to read these notesfiles and think about what I'm eating again.  
This is a start.  I've also talked with 2 other people about starting WW 
on our own again and meeting once a week to motivate eachother.  So, I'm 
at least looking in the right directions  8^)

I'm trying to remember how good I felt when I was thin (and how many more
things I'd have to wear!)

So yes, you're not alone.  Good luck getting going.

Debbi
704.2thoughtsDPDMAI::HUDDLESTONFri Nov 15 1991 15:3627
    You are not alone at all.  Just don't give up.  Thats when I gain the
    most weight.  I don't know if your into reading or not, but I've found
    that if you find a self help book that suits you, you can get motivated
    to lose the weight.  I'm starting again today.
    
    I'm reading a Christian approach book (bought from a used book store)
    called Free to be Thin by Marie Chapian.  That approach is working for
    me.  There are other books that might appeal to you more.  Different
    approaches.  And then, some people don't like books at all and feel
    that they don't help one bit.
    
    We're all different, and different things work with different people. I
    think we all just need to find what works.  Then comes the hardest
    part.  Putting it into action and not giving up.  I really started
    watching what I was doing 2 days ago, went off it yest.--and picked
    myself back up and have started seriously watching what I eat, praying,
    having a journal to record food intake and thoughts (and quotes).  And
    I've started walking during lunch again. 1.5 miles.  
    
    I dont know if this has helped at all.  I tend to ramble.  But my
    thoughts are with you, and I wish you the best of luck.  Just don't
    give up hope.  When your ready to get serious about losing the weight
    you will.  Until you get tough on yourself and are ready to lose the
    weight, you won't.
    
    
    Donna