[sylvie]

Originally Posted by Hollylane

Hi sylvie...I can't say that I am successful every day at motivating myself. The best motivator I have, and try to keep in perspective daily, is that my health is the most important thing in my world. I want to live the fullest, happiest, amazing life that I possibly can. If I don't get my ass moving on a daily basis, and control what goes into my body, I know that I won't be enjoying my life as much, and I won't be around as long to enjoy the life that I have.

I definitely have my days where I am a complete lump, but I try to keep those to a minimum.

Originally Posted by deedarino

I have a long list of things I use to motivate myself. Each day is different and that smaller pair of pants I am waiting to wear may not be a motivating factor on any given day. My list of motivations can be wanting to try out a new playlist to wanting to learn pole dancing...

When in a plateau, I have come to think that my body thinks I am starving it to death and starts holding on like crazy to it's "blankey". So I trick it by feeding myself a lot for a day or two (try to keep it healthy but I eat extra). My body then gives a sigh of relief that I am not starving it and the weight starts to come off again...

Me and my body have trust issues...:-)

thank you both SO much....
falling in that slump, it's a hard place to push oneself out of sometimes..
And the answers are so easy, just not easily found within..
So being reminded of those simple things is exactly what the doctor ordered.
That's why i love this thread, thank you! ♥
(and those of you who repped ideas as well..)