What keeps you motivated while loseing weight?

I too have struggles with my weight. Congratulations on your weightloss! Good for you! It is very hard to stay motivated. I have tried putting pictures up on the fridge. I have tried a chart. When I see the progress I have made and how close I am to getting to the goals, it want to do a little bit more. At the time I also wanted to show my ex! I wish you luck.

I started dieting around this time last year. At 20 stone (280lb) I was dangerously obese anyway. But the thing that kickstarted my motivation was an upcoming trip to Vegas in the Sept of last year. My best friend wanted to do a skydive and as I had always wanted to do one myself, and so had the other 2 in our group, I was determined to join him! I had to be under 240 in order to be able to do the jump, so I had 6 moths to lose the 40lb. It was really tough, because I had never dieted before, but I always had that in mind, I couldn't bear the thought of either the mortification of being told I was too heavy, or being miserable waiting onj the ground while watching my friends go and jump, potentially ruining my holiday. On my retun from vegas i have put about 10lb back on, needing a decent goal to make me do it again, finding it really tough at the moment although my new 'slimmer' clothes getting too small has pushed me a little! I recently bought a tshirt from a concert that was expensive and too small for me, that's my next target. To fit into that in order to go to antoher concert in summer. Not as tangible but it's something! Good luck with your own motivation.

While I have to admit that I am a "scale-junkie" and have a hard time staying away from it - the scale can be our worst enemy. Frequent weighing can discourage us - we get on the scale and are up a pound or so, and automatically, we think that our weight loss program is not working - when, in fact, it is probably just a natural fluctuation in our weight due to water retention or other factors (monthly cycles, etc). The best thing to do is to pick a good, healthy diet plan - follow it as closely as possible - have faith that eating in a healthy manner will eventually result in weight loss - and stay off the scale!

First off, congratulations! That is a huge accomplishment and I wish you all the luck in the world to keep dropping those pounds. I keep trying to stay motivated. In 6 months I lost 10lbs. The motivation for me came when I realized my clothes weren't fitting anymore. When I got into a new size it was a huge day for me. So I Kept going. Things have since fizzled out, but that was a big thing for me.

my biggest motivation to lossing weight is looking regularly to all my dresses that i usually used when i was still slim not to mention those clothes i havent worn eversince cause of weight gained during pregnancy. by this, it gives me inspiration for me to concentrate lossing weight cause now a days its expensive to buy new sets of dress...