What Motivates You?

How do you motivate yourself? This is a question I have struggled with many times over the last few years. When I am not motivated, exercise and healthy eating often fall to the wayside. But even when I have motivation, often it is not the most lasting. Why is that? Well, even though I may say I want to lose weight and get in shape to be healthier, often I am more concerned with looking good. This is great short term motivation (as in I want to look good for a current boyfriend/to impress someone, etc), but it doesn't have any lasting power.

So I think that the most important thing for me in the coming week or two is to get motivated. But whatever motivation I find, it needs to be healthy and have lasting power to motivate me.

In the meantime, what motivates you to stay active and healthy?

Looking Good

Well, I was working today and someone said to me that I look good - she was wondering what my secret is because it looks like I've lost weight! I know this isn't true, I haven't lost any weight lately, but I think I look good because I feel so much better than I did this summer! Exercising is feeling better, and I have been a bit more conscious of what I eat (although I have eaten a few too many cookies lately!) But that was a really encouraging comment, and I wanted to share! :)