Why do you want to lose weight? | The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans LLC

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How many of us have had little or no motivation recently?  Come on, raise your hands.  Hey, you back there!  Go ahead, raise your hand!  It’s okay, we can all be honest here.  That is just one of the things that I absolutely love about the Sisterhood.  We can all be completely honest with each other, and we get nothing but support back!  It’s so awesome!

So, I’m going to be honest…one thing  I love about working out is how I feel after I’m done.  But here lately, I have had trouble motivating myself to get my work outs in.  I’m really good at knowing how many calories I eat each day (which is just as important, by the way), but when it comes to work outs, I have a routine.  If that routine gets off even the slightest, I have trouble motivating myself to just get the work out done.

This is what I think happens when we lose motivation.  We lose it, we fall off of the wagon, then we’re disappointed in ourselves, which makes us feel like we’re disappointing others, so we start to ask ourselves, “why bother?”  And all of this can happen in a matter of minutes.  Or maybe that’s just what happens to me.

Many of you know that I’m a huge fan of  The Biggest Loser’s trainer, Jillian Michaels.  She does a radio show every week for KFI radio.  I had missed a few episodes, so I spent some time this week catching up.  I don’t always agree with what she says, but there was one thing she said that really made me take notice.

She said to ask yourself, “why do you want to lose weight?”  (I may or may not have answered this out loud.  At my desk.  At work.)  Once you have your answer, then that’s your motivation for when you‘re having a weak moment.  She said to post it everywhere if you have to, and it’ll help keep you on track.

I know why I want to lose weight.  I want to weigh 130 for the first time in my adult life.  It has nothing to do with wearing smaller, cuter clothes and nothing to do with being in the best shape of my life.  These are really nice bonuses, but I when I really think about it, I just want to weigh 130.  And you know what?  I’m going to do it.

So, starting this week, on my fridge, on my entertainment center, on the back of my front door, and on my desk at work, I have a sticky notes.  They read, “I want to weigh 130.”  Yes, I know they’re tacky, but when I know I’m really not feeling my work out, then I’ll look at these and get my ass in gear, even if I‘m a few minutes past my “scheduled work out time“.  Because I want to weigh 130.  And I will weigh 130.

Now, I ask you the same thing Jillian asked her listeners.  (You can answer out loud if you like.  I won’t tell.)  Why do YOU want to lose weight?  Answer it and then use it.  And we’ll all get there.  Together.

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