One of my biggest motivations is success itself.  Down over 11 pounds in 4 weeks is a good start.  However catching a glimpse of myself in a reflection lets me know my “minds eye” is so much kinder to my ego then reality.

My good friend Char and I have been checking in on nearly a daily basis for the last four weeks.  Weighing in every week.  Declaring our daily goals.  Our success and our stumbling blocks.  It was a great way to re-start this journey for me.  (Weight loss Journey, Healthful Journey, Journey of Accountability)  Name it what you want.

Its myself I need to be accountable to.  I can’t expect to email Char everyday for the next forty years.  That being said now moving onto the challenge of motivating myself.  I think it will help that I am still on this work schedule for another two months.  I am still working toward the 10% loss in 10weeks goal and hopefully the success of that will propel me into further motivation.

Success is definitely my biggest motivation, in the same way that my personal failure is a free ticket into the land of who cares.  I am not one of those people who can loose this weight and then forget about exercising or logging my food.  I have always been heavy.  If I don’t exercise almost daily and limit my calories my body resets right about 200 pounds.  This will always be a life long lifestyle. 

That can get depressing if I think about it too much.  That doesn’t mean that I can never have french fries, that I can never have dessert.  But that does mean that out of a 365 day year…335 of them I need to be on plan.

My plan, exercise six days a week and keep my calories under 1800 every day, most days closer to 1500.  It is not easy, but it is doable.

Motivation will need to be found in increased activity levels, increased health and looking good and liking it!