How do you stay motivated?

Same feeling..
I always had problem with workout but i was good in maintaining diet once i set the goal.. But for past one month i have trouble in diet too.. i m having sugar cravings and whenever i go out i insist on having dinner or lunch outside. which resulted in drastic change in my weight. So literally 2 days back i thought i lack motivation and decided to do something..

First of all i found a photo of myself wen i was fit and set that as my mobile wallpaper .
Next got some motivational quotes from Google example
Stop Wishing ; Start Doing
Be the best Version of You
Weight gain doesnt happen overnight ; Neither does weight loss
One Pound at a time

I wrote these on papers n taped it on the wall..
In the Kitchen
Dear Stomach you are bored not hungry So Shut Up

I saw in talk show, that One of the main reason we avoid/quit workout because we don t enjoy it. Planing to try Yoga , Zumba , and 7min workout gonna continue which i m comfortable n enjoy doing..

Happy to share my thoughts . Thanks for this thread @laks mam.. Hoping to get more tips..

 

LAks09 you really mean this, or is it for all of us. lows points are plenty for me. somedays the cramping is so bad that i want to say enough let me go and lie down. there are days i want to run away..literally!! i know you can identify with that feeling of mine.

these days with no maid, and the whole works plust handling dd, i have this feeling of wanting to let go. but then i remember, all my struggles to get this far and i don't want to go back to the place i was a few years back.

no pmsing. but menopause for quite a few years, there are days when i feel my hands and feet are burning, they are so sensitive, that i scratch to the point of having scratches drawng blood.i know my doctor says i am allergic, while i agreed to what she said, until i met somebody who said she faces the same..some have it so easy..hey discussing the boring thing here, just to say though different can understand. these days i try to eat and also give dd food that have less salt, more serotonin based to calm the feeling..maybe more iron rich food. and for me more flax seeds..

i still walk simple miles. since i workout at home it is easy. even with dd sick i do keep walking at least a simple 1/2 miles..i know it is difficult. but just look at it this way, i need to keep up the spirit, i need to show my kids, that a little sickness is not a excuse, we will overcome..(mine are growing faster and they take cues from me..)

Stress and i start drooping after being strong for long when the kids are not watching..ACtng tough all the time takes its toll., i just walk to some wonderful slokas,chants or some krithis that would pep my mood. or walk while i read a book.(now don't ask me how i do it..i do it..)
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sometimes. but thank god that i plan and keep fruits and healthier options around. perks of having kids who also want to lose or maintain weight.

mindless snacking happens very rarely after i consciously started keeping track of my food. moreover i store only homemade muffins, cereal bars..and i don't like sweet things a lot..i grab a cucumber, carrot or some dried cranberry, raisins or blueberry..but on days i attend a wedding or a function, everything goes for a toss..

Any other way to help here?
I keep most of hte snacks (say a few rusk packs, a few belvita -oats/bran cookies, and some mcvittes..well snacks well this is all that we have..and sometimes i pick the wonderful small size khakkras from a store.) but i keep tins for storing. most of these go into those.so a kind of semblance of control happens. don't keep every piece of snack in your perusal. keep them away if you need to store.

this is easy. early morning, i have a bottle gourds/radish/herbal kashayam..so a glass to two glasses of water goes in. i have water that has jeera,tulasi steeped on some days. i also get that mix of herbs used for water (what do you call that..red water) ingredients I do make a litre or two of it. and have it across the day.i keep small glasses/bottles at places where i usually relax in between. near the computer, dining table, bed, sofa..so i end up drinking. other days green teas, white teas, hibsicus teas anything to add that zing to the regular water..
i also like mint, lemon, ginger flavors in water. fruits i like peach flavor..
dress up your water to get it in.

need all the motivation..it is all about consistency and committment..and recently i drew some inspiration from this person..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5FkshLcNLQ#t=164

Everyday i tell myself, you don't want to get back to that 2006 shape. i have a before and after picture of myself on my mobile to keep taunting me..
and yes i need to fit to reach my life goals and to inspire my kids that with a little committment and consistency and control lot of things fall into place. in short, my kids are a major motivating factors..



let us pep each other when the going gets slower or comes to a stand still...

 

Would love to hear from my darlings : @Buds , @SGA , @Pavani , @Kavitha

 

Hi Laks,

During periods I don't do workout. Every woman is different and so is everybody's view on this. Some like to workout like regular days, but I am not really in a position to do even my regular activities due to the pain and the depression.

Though I control bingeing when others are eating, it is during stress, PMS and the days when I have not preplanned my meals that I end up eating junk.

I think it happens with everyone. The important thing I guess is to be in control most of the days and allow just few days for those slip ups to happen which are anyway going to happen.

 

Motivated by the lady who skips sugar in the coffee , with these numbers too 113-117lbs @5'3".:hatsoff

U r a true inspiration . We talk about you outside IL too .

 

Being fat itself is a motivation for me , seeing the way your body changes month after month and the before / after pics .

But I want to understand how these slim ladies (@Kavitha , @Buds , @Sri) manage to eat healthy and workout ?

 

Cold weather in east coast , I don't even go out for grocery shopping , not much physical activity .

• WhatsApp group of friends from different timezone . They react so much if we skip workout or eat some junk . Connected 24 * 7 , cannot escape from them. And little competitive in losing weight and exercise . We push each other and progress too . [It was me(intelligent mind) who created this group , but they dont even appreciate me and give any credit .].

• Jan , played in DietBet - Set Up or Join a Weight Loss Challenge by Chris Powell . I bet $30 and won $41 and lost weight too .(1 Stone , 2 Mango )

 

@Laks09 @rmpriya has a big group going for her some of them from il if i am not wrong. some of these people have hooked up together as a group on fb and whatsapp i suppose. and she always does this.pull up a few posts that were posted months or years before that even we would have forgotten. and i like that..

and don't bother, take that much needed rest if you need to..sometimes our body and mind are not in sync and that is when we don't feel like doing some of the things we were usually consistent. so ultimately it is listen to your body, for me.

and on the slokas, chants, give me a day will upload and share the link. most of it is on my drive as i have been sharing with few of my friends. and yeah i read ebooks and physical books while walking, i try to avoid but then i get into it after controlling for a few days..

and yes dark chocolate has a better calming effect. so does pomegranate and banana that my ds's doc advices to up these whenever i find him more restless instead of going the drug route along with exposing him sunlight and talking about happy moments. yes flax seeds nuts and most of foods with omega fatty acids help.

yes dressing up the water helps a lot..helps in reducing water retention when pmsing or also in people who have issues. even a dash of cinnamon/vanilla can up the flavor. i like mint, lemon, tulasi more than these. and chamomile/sage/thyme when i am feeling low..(this one has that bark that makes the water red, along with some cooling roots, i don't remember the name of the bark.i only remember it is common in some malayali households..)

Will come back with more..