How to get motivated

This morning on the Calorie King website a member asked what she should do to get her motivation back. This was my response.

- Do some FUN exercise on the weekend, go hiking with friends, hire a surfcat and sail about, go horseriding or rock climbing. You will feel healthy and motivated to keep going durin the week

- read some motivational stories - there’s some on the Calorie King website

- VISUALISE!!! Close your eyes and ’see’ yourself looking thin and fabulous in that swimsuit or flirty red dress. Picture yourself enjoying a healthy meal. Picture yourself in control and calm at a meal out with friends, enjoying the company without needing to have that dessert. Picture yourself full of energy and endorphins smiling as you step out of the gym after a great workout.

Now picture yourself overweight and bloated, slumped in front of the telly with no energy and a packet of chips in the dark with the flickering light of the telly showing your pasty unhealthy skin…

- read some diet books that focus on the mental aspect of weight loss, like the Thin Commandments, the Beck Diet, Think Slim (particularly reccomend that one) or Fattitude

- make yourself a tape or MP3 with your own voice repeating all your favourite weight loss sayings, like “Start where you stand” “It won’t make me happy, it will only make me heavy” or Nothing bad will happen if I don’t eat that chocolate - but something bad will happen if I do - I will stay fat!” and play it every morning on the train or when you get up or whatever. Include some relaxation techniques and motivation for exercise or whatever you most need.

I think I need to do a few of these myself! especially the visualising. Not that I need motivation just now with the PT weighing me every week. He weighed me this morning (even though my normal day is tuesday, I missed this week) and I had lost 1.3kgs. I was so stoked you can’t imagine! I haven’t seen numbers that low on a scale in years!