I’ve belonged to Weight Watchers since May 2006, and as of Monday, I’ve lost 7.2 pounds. There was a point when I was down almost 20 pounds, but I’ve fallen off the program.
I don’t know why because I know the program works and I want to lose weight. I think the problem might be that I don’t want to lose weight ENOUGH.
I have been trying all day to figure out WHY I want to lose weight. Everyone has their reasons for wanting to lose, health, family, class reunion, whatever. I don’t have a strong reason. I can’t really say that my health is the reason because I’m healthier now than I was before the transplant, so that’s not the big reason.
I want to look pretty. I want to have a nice photo to put on the back of a book when I need one. Are those enough? They don’t seem to be or I wouldn’t have gained back 13 pounds.
I want to feel better about myself. I want to get rid of this belly that glares back at me when I look in the mirror. I know I’ll never have a flat belly again – too many abdominal surgeries, but I want to stop looking sloppy when I see myself.
Why isn’t that enough to work hard enough to have already lost the weight I want? I need something I can look at every day and renew my motivation. My husband promised me a while back that if I lost 3 pounds he’d buy me a Sonic Cookie Dough Blast. Well, that 3 pounds is now 6.6 pounds. I’m going to print up a picture of that and post it where I can see it!
Hi Anna,
You mentioned putting up a picture of yourself where you’ll see it….what if you got into some tight workout clothes and had your husband take front back and side pictures of you? If you really do need to lose a couple pounds, when you see yourself in your workout clothes (or a bathing suit is even better), that might give you some serious motivation.
Otherwise, I’d suggest getting out a piece of paper and writing down everything you can think of that could possibly be your motivation. I’ve gone through the same thing before myself, so I can relate. It’s something that only you can really pull out though….but believe me, if I can do it, so can you! 🙂