I can't wait to be thin!

So, so far I have lost 40 pounds since I was at my biggest! I'm proud of myself so far, but I still have another 60 to go! I'm almost half way there, but I can't wait to be thin! I keep thinking of all the things I am going to do when I reach my goal weight, but not about right now! I guess what I'm trying to say is, how do you all stay motivated, I feel like I am running out of patience! I think I am just feeling the monday blues haha!

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Congratulations!

Take it one day at a time, and take note of your non scale victories! Those are the ones keeping me motivated on this journey. Making a different food choice, walking more, sleeping better, being sick less often, are all consequences of living healthier most people don't value enough. Make your own list and add to it as often as you can!

unknown

List of things I can do regardless of weight or size:

Be awesome.
Command mad respect at work.
Travel to over 40 countries over the past decade.
Go to the beach in a fabulous bathing suit.
Get all dressed up and go out for a night on the town.
Have all-pyjama days.
Giggle like crazy with my girlfriends.
Fall in love and be loved in return.
Get up on stage at an improv show and make people laugh.
Cycle to work every day.
Indulge my creative side with art and photography.
Work hard to make the world a bit of a better place.
Be there for the people who matter to me most.

List of things I can only do when I reach my goal weight:

Wear smaller sized clothes.

Enough said.

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panchango wrote: »

Congrats on your progress. The last thing I did to keep my motivation is put 20 lbs of weight in a back pack and carry it around for a while to mimic me at my heaviest. When I took it off, it felt good and helped keep me heading in the right direction.

This is a fantastic idea! I don't "see" too much different but 17lbs are gone so I may try this just for fun! Thanks!

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PaigeJay93 wrote: »

So, so far I have lost 40 pounds since I was at my biggest! I'm proud of myself so far, but I still have another 60 to go! I'm almost half way there, but I can't wait to be thin! I keep thinking of all the things I am going to do when I reach my goal weight, but not about right now! I guess what I'm trying to say is, how do you all stay motivated, I feel like I am running out of patience! I think I am just feeling the monday blues haha!

Congratulations on your weight loss! You're doing terrific!

I am 83 pounds lighter than I was in my mid-twenties. After years of yo yo dieting (but never getting to 220 pounds again), I feel great being fit. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

My advice is to just live your life to the fullest while you are on your weight loss journey, and don't wait to do those things you want to do, do them NOW. Get out and have fun!

Losing weight does not make a person happy, or create a perfect life, or anything like that. What's most important is the here and now, being happy now, and living life now.

unknown

PaigeJay93 wrote: »

I guess it's down to confidence - I think I will feel like I will be able to put myself out there more if I was more happier with my body. But you are right - I will still be the same person!

I had to learn how to love myself and my body no matter what my size before I could make the firm decision to lose weight and work to keep it off.

unknown

Am I the only person who sang this title to the tune of "I just can't wait to be King" from The Lion King?

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PaigeJay93 wrote: »

So, so far I have lost 40 pounds since I was at my biggest! I'm proud of myself so far, but I still have another 60 to go! I'm almost half way there, but I can't wait to be thin! I keep thinking of all the things I am going to do when I reach my goal weight, but not about right now! I guess what I'm trying to say is, how do you all stay motivated, I feel like I am running out of patience! I think I am just feeling the monday blues haha!

Start doing those things ... don't wait!