What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten?

How much weight have you loss?

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten?

What is your montra/motto?

What do you tell yourself to stay modivated?

What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids?

How much weight have you loss? 20 pounds! Yay!!

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten? Don't get discouraged if you slip up. Just dust yourself off and get back on track!

What is your montra/motto? We all can do this if we set our minds to it!

What do you tell yourself to stay modivated? I say to myself, "Just think how surprised your friends will be once they see you!!"

What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids? Mainly for health reasons because my family has a history of Type 2 Diabetes. But a bikini wearing me is a pretty nice incentive! ^_~

How much weight have you lost?   6.8lbs since I started Jan 2/07

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten? Track it track it track.  Be accountable.

What is your montra/motto?  Keep going, you can do it!

What do you tell yourself to stay motivated? I love me, I'm worth this!

What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids?  My health..and also I like to give myself a challenge every year -- my challenge is to make my goal of 62lbs by my 20yr reunion on Sept 29/07

How much weight have you loss?  15.5 pounds

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten? Stick with it, and drink plenty of water.

What is your montra/motto? I'm in charge.  I make the choices.


What do you tell yourself to stay modivated? I don't want to hobble around at 40.  I will get diabetes and heart disease if I keep gaining weight.  I'll have to have a hip replaced by 50.  Think of how good I'll look.  (Depends on the moment as to which is most helpful. There are more, but I won't bore everyone.)


What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids?  My health is the biggest reason, definately.  However, our family is probably going to DW in early June, and I really want to be comfortable on the plane and on rides.  (I LOVE rides.)  Then, I would like to be at my goal by the fall for my 15 year class reunion.  If I'm gonna do it for health, I figure it doesn't hurt to add vanity!  LOL

How much weight have you loss? 42 lbs since 28 March 2006

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten? Calories in calories out.  You can eat whatever you want but you need to be accountable for it. 

What is your montra/motto? You can eat more healthy food than junk food.  You've made it for xxxx minutes just do 15 more.

What do you tell yourself to stay modivated? Look at how far you've come.  No one even recognizes you anymore.  Imagine how good it will feel to be in a single digit size.  Your health is SOOOOO much better.

What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids? I'm in school for ministry in The Salvation Army.  We get new uniforms when we graduate and I want my new one to be single digits to fit my new body.  Also I enjoy the many great health benefits that I have gotten from my new lifestyle.

How much weight have you loss? 6.5 pounds

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten? Save room (calories) for late night snacks.

What is your montra/motto?  If I can quit smoking cold turkey, I can do this too.

What do you tell yourself to stay modivated? Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids? Of course I want to be back in a size 8 for myself, but deep down I am doing it for my husband.  The same reason why I quit smoking.  I'm single right now but I know a great man is going to come into my life and appreciate all the changes I have made.

How much weight have you loss?
70lbs
What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten?
It doesn't matter what you eat, it's how much you eat and how much that fills you up.
What is your montra/motto?
I don't really have one...
What do you tell yourself to stay modivated?
Summer is X days away...
What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids?
Mainly to get a girlfriend, actually.

I've lost 59 lbs.

My best advice has been to eat lots of low carb veggies, 5 to 7 servings per day.

To stay motivated I tell myself to not look back, if I messed up yesterday it doesn't matter today, look forward.

It's all for my health, my appearance, and my kids.  Kids and health are related, I want to stay healthy for them and for me, I want to know my grandchildren..  Appearance has to do with wanting to be noticed, to be taken seriously.  Like when I said I'd help coach my kids' soccer team and was completely ignored, obviously *I* wasn't capable of that given my large size (I played years of soccer as a child.)  Oh, also I don't wanted to be limited physically and to be uncomfortable in general, in clothes, climbing stairs, standing up off the floor, etc.

How much weight have you loss? 52.5 (back on track after christmas...phew!)

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten? Don't beat yourself up if you mess up your exercise or diet for the day, week, month. No one is perfect, you will mess up till the day you die...it's human nature...what seperates the successful from the failures is the ability to get back on the horse.

What is your montra/motto? I refuse to hold myself back to make other people happy. I answer only to myself and need only my own approval. I can take whatever people and life, want to throw at me.  

What do you tell yourself to stay modivated? You're half way...you gonna quit now, you got cold feet now?...I DON'T THINK SO!

What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids? Health...self-esteem...healing.

How much weight have you loss?        11 pounds

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten?   I haven't gotten any good advice yet, I'm new at this (first diet ever).

What is your montra/motto?  I want to be 165# like I was at 18.

What do you tell yourself to stay modivated?  Don't need to, the want to be fit is enough to drive me in this direction and stick to it.

What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids?  A cute bikini, hmm... maybe swim-trunks without a t-shirt to cover the belly. I want abs again!  where did they go?

While you're out looking for your abs, Anthony, would you mind keeping an eye out for my toes...haven't seen them in a while ;)

----mmarcin----

This is a very frustrating time for me, I've never been on a diet before and I've never tried to exercise before. (two firsts at once). I was 100% convinced that if I wanted to lose the weight that I could and that would be that.

I was SO WRONG!  It's not so easy at all.  This is gonna be a hard journey for sure.  My goal is to lose 55 pounds and gain probably 15 to 20 worth of muscle as I've lost alot of it.  It's been 10 years since I was happy with what I saw in the mirror.  I did this to see what would happen.  I think I'm on the right track so far.  But I've got a long way to go.  Here comes trial & error with the foods I choose!

Well best of luck to you Anthony!

I remember when I first started down this path...lot's of frustration, lot's of emotions and behaviours that I didn't want to face. It's now 52 pounds later and it's getting a bit easier with every pound. I've got another 50 or so to go with same goal as you, to put on some more muscle when I get down there.

I wish you lots of success and if you're feeling frustrated or need a bit of motivation, make sure you visit the forums here. Support from the CC community has made a world of difference and helped me get over some of my tougher hurdles.

how much weight have you lost? 1 pound since 7th jan 07

whats the best weight lose advice you've gotten? to never give up no matter how hard it may seem.

what is your montra/motto? to try and try and try again

what do you tell yourself to keep motivated? i can do it i can do it i can do it.

what is it all for? i want to lose weight for myself. you shouldnt reall lose weight for someone else it should always be about yourself. i want to lose the extra weight i gained after i had my children

How much weight have you loss?
I've lost 56 lbs., down to 250 (and going down!)

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten?
Don't diet. Create a new healthy lifestyle for yourself, where you eat better, get fit, etc., but don't ever diet.

What is your montra
My personal motto? Out of my Mind - Back in 5 minutes. But, my healthy lifestyle motto? Fitness - That's where it's at!

What do you tell yourself to stay modivated?
Log in here. Seriously, the people on these forums really motivate me to do what I need to do!

What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids?
Me! It's all about me! My health, my life, my not having to worry about high cholesterol or adult onset diabetes or any of that garbage. I want my body to be as fit as my mind! Together, we shall be unstoppable!

How much weight have you loss? 2.1 kgs so far :)

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten? Do not starve yourself, fulfill the calories intake that your body needs in order to prevent it from the starvation mode. (Before i joined this site i have no idea about starvation mode, i keep on starving and failing)

What is your mantra? That a woman needs: Brain Beauty Behavior

What do you tell yourself to stay motivated? They can try but they can't take that away from me

What is it all for?Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids? To feel good about myself, loving myself more, as a prove to some people in my life that I'm hott :P, and for long term benefit in my life: changing lifestyle and live longer!

How much weight have you loss?

Exactly 100 pounds since October 2005.  45 lbs to go!

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten?

You have to exercise and don't eat less than 1200 calories a day.

What is your montra/motto?

A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.

What do you tell yourself to stay modivated?

Nothing tastes as good as thin looks. 

What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids?

It's for me, for my sense of self worth, body image, and health.  I want to live to be 80.  I guess it's a little for my kids, too, so they won't be embarassed by me.

I've lost 40 lbs so far.

Best advice?  Stop making excuses, stop being a baby and whining that you can't do it. 

How much weight have you loss?

7 lbs

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten?

One day at a time

What is your montra/motto?

I quit smoking 7 years ago this should be easier.


What do you tell yourself to stay modivated?

I have graph that shows my progress

What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids?

I am tired of that fat guy looking at me in the mirror every day.

How much weight have you loss?   25lbs; 40-55ish yet to go

What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten? Allow yourself the occasional splurge when you need it; and also never look back or beat yourself up for past mistakes.  Look forward always, to what you're going to do right today.

What is your montra/motto? I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.

What do you tell yourself to stay modivated? I remind myself of all the good reasons I have for doing this, and of all the progress I've made that I won't throw away.

What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids?  For my daughter, certainly.  For my health, my quality of life, my appearance, certainly.  But really and truly?  For my self-respect.  I lost that for a long time and I'm taking it back now.

How much weight have you loss?
21.5 lbs since 10/20/06. Only 7.5 to go!!
What's the best weight loss advice you've gotten?
Every day is new. Never put off working out until tomorrow.
What is your montra/motto?
I am the only one who is keeping me unhappy with my weight. I have control.
What do you tell yourself to stay modivated?
Its more like I look at old pictures of myself and wish I still looked like I did. Also, I don't have to eat Cheesecake Factory TODAY, they will always be there when I'm ready to maintain!
What is it all for? Are you doing it for your health? A cute bikini? Your kids?  I am doing it mostly for vanity. I want my husband to be insanely proud of me. I want my kids to be proud that I am their mother. And I want to look and feel the best that I can. I want to feel free to wear shorts in the summer and be able to put on a bathing suit without being completely embarassed by my apprearance.