Guest guest Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Jenn, My short term motivation is to make friends at the YMCA, where I work out. I have befriended, casually, a few friends already. It is a wonderful outlet for me, as I stay home with my sons and I desperately need adult conversation! What works for you? Mine aren't body related yet an excellent way to get to my fitness goals. It kind of distracts me into loving going to work out. Jen Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed Motivators I am trying to come up with some short and long term motivators and as silly as it sounds, I can't come up with good short term toward motivators. I'd be interested to hear what you all set as your toward motivators. Thanks, Jenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 I think your away from motivators are your short term motivators and your twoards motivators are your long term motivators. How does everyone else feel about this? Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 There are both kinds of motivators for each length of time. Here are some examples, " away from " first: Short term - Eating this right now will give me bad indigestion - Taking 5 minutes to meditate will center me for the upcoming meeting Long Term - I don't want to spend the rest of my life worrying about how many stairs there are to climb when I want to go somewhere - When I am free of food obsession, I will have so much more time to quilt Regards, > I think your away from motivators are your short term motivators and your > twoards motivators are your long term motivators. > How does everyone else feel about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Short term toward motivators: Jeans, jeans and more jeans in many different sizes. I started my weight loss journey at a size 22 and had jeans in sizes from 14-22 in my closet. Last May, I organized my closet (it was a mess) into each size category. Then, as each size got too big, I donated them to charity. It's even fun to work within each size because invariably, not all size 16 jeans are the same size. One week a pair of jeans fit and 2 weeks later, they're getting loose. I love that! I am thrilled to finally fit into my smallest size 16's now, and I've only got one pair of size 14's in my closet that I fully expect to fit into next month. After that, it's going to be shopping for new clothes a little a time. I don't want to buy too many new clothes at each size because my ultimate goal is a size 8. I use daily short term motivators by setting an eating or exercise goal on paper (I keep a food/exercise log), and at the end of the day or the next morning, I review my effort and that keeps me motivated. Bev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Bev - I love these ideas, especially the closet thing. Thanks for sharing. Ann Sent on the Now Network™ from my Sprint® BlackBerry Re: Motivators Short term toward motivators: Jeans, jeans and more jeans in many different sizes. I started my weight loss journey at a size 22 and had jeans in sizes from 14-22 in my closet. Last May, I organized my closet (it was a mess) into each size category. Then, as each size got too big, I donated them to charity. It's even fun to work within each size because invariably, not all size 16 jeans are the same size. One week a pair of jeans fit and 2 weeks later, they're getting loose. I love that! I am thrilled to finally fit into my smallest size 16's now, and I've only got one pair of size 14's in my closet that I fully expect to fit into next month. After that, it's going to be shopping for new clothes a little a time. I don't want to buy too many new clothes at each size because my ultimate goal is a size 8. I use daily short term motivators by setting an eating or exercise goal on paper (I keep a food/exercise log), and at the end of the day or the next morning, I review my effort and that keeps me motivated. Bev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 My away from motivator is probably a very vain one. I'm motivated to rid myself of my bat wings, back fat, spare tires, and generally jello-ey body parts. > > I am trying to come up with some short and long term motivators and as > silly as it sounds, I can't come up with good short term toward > motivators. I'd be interested to hear what you all set as your toward > motivators. > > Thanks, > Jenn > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 I'm using business success as my motivator. I craft handmade earrings, and I have found that the Law of Attraction, Relaxed Intent are things which have been helping me. If I promote my stuff here, the message will probably be removed, but maybe you're interested in a website where you can browse through my stuff? Send me an email. The increased energy I get from exercising is a TOWARDs motivation, and one that I can apply towards my hobby (and my livelihood) -COV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Mine are jeans too. As I'm losing weight I get things inexpensively from Old Navy as they run a little large so I feel like I'm changing sizes a bit faster. These I incorporate with my normal clothes and help keep me focused when I'm in between sizes. I keep 2-3 sizes out and easy to get to so I can gage where I am. The rest of my clothes are in plastic containers - medium, large, and XL except for my goal skirt that I leave hanging where I can see it in the morning. My goal is between a size 6 and 8 where I felt most comfortable in my body before. We also got one of those scales that does weight, bmi, and water. I really like it as I focus on the bmi and water not the pounds. When the bmi goes down and water goes up I get very excited. Jen Sent from my iPhone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 I too have an entire wardrobe in a much smaller size than where I began. I can already wear a few things, and the rest I will get into shortly. However, it is not my ultimate goal size, so my plan is that once they start getting too big, I'm going to buy jeans, etc. at goodwill! I want to spend as little money as possible on clothes until I get to the size I really want to be. > > Short term toward motivators: Jeans, jeans and more jeans in many different sizes. I started my weight loss journey at a size 22 and had jeans in sizes from 14-22 in my closet. Last May, I organized my closet (it was a mess) into each size category. Then, as each size got too big, I donated them to charity. It's even fun to work within each size because invariably, not all size 16 jeans are the same size. One week a pair of jeans fit and 2 weeks later, they're getting loose. I love that! I am thrilled to finally fit into my smallest size 16's now, and I've only got one pair of size 14's in my closet that I fully expect to fit into next month. After that, it's going to be shopping for new clothes a little a time. I don't want to buy too many new clothes at each size because my ultimate goal is a size 8. > > I use daily short term motivators by setting an eating or exercise goal on paper (I keep a food/exercise log), and at the end of the day or the next morning, I review my effort and that keeps me motivated. > Bev > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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