Getting Off That Plateau

OK, so I've hit a plateau. First two months I lost 10 pounds, and now I am STUCK. I still have time to easily make the goal. What I'm lacking is MOTIVATION. How do I find it again? I was so psyched the first two months. Now I feel ambivolent. Someone puts a brownie in front of me, and I pop it in my mouth with barely a second thought. My brain says, "You can be good tomorrow." But I'm running out of tomorrows!

Part of me wants to beat myself up over this, give up, admit I just don't have what it takes. But another part of me KNOWS I can do this. I've done it before. I can be so disciplined when I want to be. What can I do to find that discipline again?

This is not just a diet, this is a lifestyle I'm trying to achieve. I am 45. I want to live a long, happy, healthy life. I want to be able to make good choices about how I treat my body. I don't want to be struggling with this good girl/bad girl syndrome all my life. But when it comes to food, that's me to a t.

So what am I going to do about it? The answer is not coming to me tonight. But maybe it's enough tonight to say that I'm not going to give up. There's got to be a way to do this & I'm going to keep trying until I figure this out.

Crystal N.

08/24/2014 8:41PM

When brownies appear, I've been telling myself "put it away... you can have it tomorrow" instead of "you can be good tomorrow". Usually I forget about it. I really do!! Sometimes tho.. the craving is strong and I'm still thinking about it the next day so I will cave. I'd say 80% of the time though? I forget about the craving and some jerk here in my house eats my brownie. LOL It works out well for me tho so I fain outrage. :D

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Lynda H.

08/24/2014 6:45PM

When my motivation runs dry, I run here. It's a good place to let it all out and think through what I really want. Whether it's listing my NSVs or reading what others are doing or just getting encouragement, I find that I'm usually back w/in 24 hrs. The more I post, read and like, the better off I am. Good luck!

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