How do you keep yourself motivated?

I'm considering sticking photos of myself from my thin days around my room, because I know I can get back to that weight if I try.

At the moment I'm looking at pretty clothes that I know won't suit me until I slim down.

Like:

this (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260040869018&ssPageName=MERC_VI_ReBay_Pr12_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT&refitem=260043366105&itemcount=12&refwidgetloc=active_view_item&usedrule1=CategoryProximity&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget)

and this (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260040858222&ssPageName=MERC_VI_ReBay_Pr12_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT&refitem=260043366105&itemcount=12&refwidgetloc=active_view_item&usedrule1=CategoryProximity&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget)

I have no motivation, that's the problem. Sometimes I see my reflection and think "you look disgusting" but that just gets me down so I chew on some comfort food.
I also get depressed when I go jeans shopping, because it's really hard to find ones I like. I tend to think "I really need to lose weight" but I just love my food, and dieting is a constant struggle for me.

Me too.

I like my top half. It'd be better with a flat tummy.

I hate my bottom half though. I would kill for a figure like Kylie's.

At the moment I'm looking at pretty clothes that I know won't suit me until I slim down.

Like:

this (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260040869018&ssPageName=MERC_VI_ReBay_Pr12_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT&refitem=260043366105&itemcount=12&refwidgetloc=active_view_item&usedrule1=CategoryProximity&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget)



that. is. gorgeous.


my motivation is being able to wear my new flat boots this winter without looking like a refrigerator.

Do you have a picture of the boots?

I do, actually

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/sallyride/boothold.gif


they're only cheapies, but they don't make too much of a clack-clack noise when I walk. I hate the clack-clack noise.

Loving the boots.

Boy post: Mine is to get my back handspring down... need to keep exercising for it.

Set a goal and keep working towards it.

My motivation is the holiday I have booked in Cyprus for next Easter......I want to lose a fair bit by then, even if it's just to make the flight more comfortable!

My motivation is my daughter has just given me all her "fat clothes" and I need to slim to get into them :x I can fasten a lot of the jeans but just can`t breathe in them.

At the moment I'm looking at pretty clothes that I know won't suit me until I slim down.


that's exactly what i do. that, and staring at my FACE in the mirror. even back when i was thin, regardless of how good my body was, people always told me how my face was my strong point, so sometimes i stare at my face in the mirror, scrutinizing the vestiges of my former good looks and reminding myself how pretty i was and will be again once i lose the chronically-puffy look from the weight gain.