Motivation

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last.  Well, neither does bathing.  That’s why we recommend it daily.”  Zig Zigler

That’s a powerful statement, if you think about it.  People often say that when you lose weight, you just gain it back.  While that may be true, what if you didn’t lose?  What if when you gained ten pounds, you just said, “I’ll just gain it back, if I lose it”?  Then, when you gain another ten pounds, you just said, “Twenty pounds will take me forever to lose”?  How large will you allow yourself to become?

I recently read an article about Tom Ford.  He weighs every morning, and if he has gained two pounds, he increases fruits and vegetables until he gets back to his original weight.  That is the kind of discipline I want to have.  If I never got more than two pounds from my ideal weight (and only you can decide what that is for you), I would be much happier. 

Motivation is the key for me.  If I’m not motivated to keep my weight constant, I will eat very bad things.  I can consume a 2-lb. bag of peanut M&M’s in just a few days.  I can eat an entire package of Keebler pecan sandies.  I know what it takes to keep my weight constant, it’s just having the motivation to keep it there.

I became a Weight Watchers lifetime member in 2007.  While I have strayed, from time to time, I know that Weight Watchers is the best, most healthy, way to lose weight.  I am ten pounds over my goal weight now.  I am allowed to be over by two pounds, to be able to go to meetings free.  I bet you’re thinking, “You know the program, so why go to meetings?”  It’s the motivation.  I am able to feel the support of the others in my weight loss journey.  I am feeling good about my weight coming off, and that makes me want to achieve the goal that much more.