I had a thought on that motivation to "Keep going."
I think that we all have been there at sometime or another and we know we can't stop.
Because in our journey to health. and in weight loss in particular, there are three places to be.
1. Dieting {Losing weight}
2. Maintaining (Still careful but not as}
3. Totally off the diet {To mentally tired to care any more}
In the beginning we set goals. Want to look better. Want to feel better. Want to be healthier. What has happened now is....You basically have hit those goals.
I mean, look at you!!!!!
So, I think maybe reevaluate your goals.
More specific goals.
I do not have a clue as to what your personal specific goals would be, but as you mull it over, they will come to you.
You could get a large piece of poster board.
Find pictures of yourself.
At your heaviest. When you started to lose, a few months back and today.
Attach them to the board.
Under each picture, put the goals you had at that moment.
Under the fist one, say "Look better"
under the second one, "look better, feel better"
third one, "want clothes to fit better"
under the fourth, " swim suit try on's"
Put as many pictures along your journey as you want, and what ever motivations helped you along the way.
In the last spot, put up a blank piece of paper.
This is your goals for now and in the future.
What is it now that you need and want in your life.
As our weight goes down, our goals change.
Trust me, all the compliments you get now, will dwindle. People will be over the shock of your weight loss.
If they have a weight problem, they will be over talking about your success soon.
I know how hard it is to maintain. I bet not one person on this board or reading this board, has not hit their perfect goal weight, and yet, here we are all again.
So what must change?
Our goals must be deeper than, feel better, look better, clothes fit better.
We have to get what we need from inside us and not from others or the mirror.
I am not preaching, I am sharing.
My middle name is....
"Been there, done that"