Hello again guys,
Well its time for a new post! Yaaaaaaay.
In this post I am going to be talking about who and what motivated me. Firstly there were a lot of things that motivated me, I mostly got my motivation from people on YouTube and I will be sharing who they are later on, this will also be about how to get yourself motivated.
First things first one of the first things that motivated me was that I was told it was not impossible and I got encouragement. At the beginning of my journey I was very down and upset after I was told it would be very hard so I logged into this website called FreeTrainers where you can write blogs and log in how much you've trained but I wrote a really sad depressing entry:
firstly I'm new to this program. I was feeling very upset today. I woke up this morning and checked my weight and I could not believe it! 88kg! That is waaaay too much! and not only that I have to flu today and told my doctor that I am trying to lose weight and was told that it would be difficult 'cause of my mum's genes and my heart just sank I mean I KNOW that its difficult I know it is and I've always known that. My friend even tells me that too. so does my mum!As you can see I was very distraught when I wrote that little entry and I became more upset the next day when I checked my weight as it went up 1 kilo but after that I carried on with my journey and lost a little bit but I was still very bitter with myself and I still had the self destructive thoughts that forced me to stop the unhealthy eating but later I got these 2 replies:
And I feel I need to rant about this. It really, really upsets me when I get told that its too hard. I am so sick and tired of being told that sure weightloss is a challenging thing but I find that when I'm told its difficult it just helps to DE-motivate me! Its really not fair how i get told that it makes me feel really bad about my self and sometimes I feel like I lose hope instead of weight! this is so ridiculous. It really hurts that I was not gifted with a fast metabolism not only do I gain weight easily, I get TOLD that its difficult. I feel like I need some serious help becuase it is soooooo effing useless when I get told that. I mean I thought genes play a minor roll when comes to weight! so yeah I am literally upset right now I really am I am like tearing up right now. bottom line it makes things very hard when people say its hard.
For years and years I have been on and off trying to lose this stubborn weight. sometimes I was successful but most of the time I wasn't. my weight never stays the same sometimes it high sometimes its low.
the problem for me is not only being told that its hard its also becuase I crash and eat junk food when it comes to special occassions or just one little nibble of some unhealthy thing wether its chocolate or chips cookies or cake.
I have always felt terrible about my weight ever since I was 12 I was never overweight all my life it was only up until my late teens that I became overweight.
anyway sorry that this a long and depressing Flog but I was just so upset that felt like letting this out I have had a terrible day today.
Misspanda 2012/09/16, 08:23 AM
They tell you it will be difficult but not impossible! Get out of that it's useless mindset. Are you useless? No! You made the first step by coming here, you wrote that blog. You can do this and for the first 12 weeks it will be hard and at times you will put yourself down, you will think of people who have put you down to and when that happens stop and think. No i'm not useless, i'm making this change for me and i will stick through this till the end. I was told it will be very hard to get my weight down and maintain it. But i won't let it stop me. Keep at it for 12 weeks and don't give up. If you weigh yourself after 2 weeks and have only lost a little. Who cares, you've lost a little and that's something! As for self control it will happen so long as you remember you can do this! I believe you can. Just don't give up. Only weigh yourself once every 2 weeks and in the morning after you've been to the toilet.
greenarrow13 2012/09/23, 02:48 PM
Misspanda is 100% right. I'm not going to lie to you, weightloss is not easy. But nothing good in life is ever easy. It's good to let all your fears and anxieties out. Don't try to change too quickly. Maybe you first reduce your sugary drinks, start drinking more water, fruit juice (no added sugar), etc. Then maybe instead of grabbing a cookie, grab some fruit. They're simple changes, but you need to adapt to them. Too many people try to change too much, too fast, and that's just asking for failure. Find healthy food that tastes good to you, if you don't like spinach, then don't eat it just because it's healthy. Once again, doomed to go back to unhealthy eating. I know it's hard not to be naturally thin, but thin people aren't always healthy! I could go on and on, but the point is keep working at it and you'll change your life forever (not just a few months). If you have any questions or just need to vent, message me. Good luck on your journey!
After I read those encouraging replies I became more motivated because I was told it was NOT impossible and that kept me going with a more positive mind and to those two people who gave me those replies I just want to say thank you so much for responding to my depressing post it really means a lot to me that you guys took your time to help me figure out this problem that has now been solved. Thank you so much!
The next thing that motivated me was always knowing that genes play a minor roll when it comes to losing weight and I found out about this a long time ago before my journey but at that time I didn't know how to lose the weight properly. But keeping that in mind gave me a lot of closure.
The next thing was an example from my mother's family and that was my aunt. Most people from my mother's side of the family are overweight and my aunt is not overweight at all she is quite disciplined with how she eats and I have another aunt who is very slim and she manages to keep her weight off too and my grandfather from my mother's side is not overweight either. So yeah realizing that NOT everyone from my side of the family is fat helped pull me through, speaking of genetics though other stuff that motivated me was negative examples in the family as well because there is a history if diabetes and other illnesses related to dietary problems in my family and I really never wanted/still don't want to become diabetic and knowing that if I continue eating unhealthy there will be a good chance of me becoming diabetic and that also really helped put me off unhealthy eating too. Knowing all the bad outcomes of overeating too much junk food really motivated me to shed all my weight.
The final thing that motivated me was looking at other people's success with weight loss and all these people I am going to mention are all people who's videos I stumbled upon on YouTube.
The first person I discovered was a girl named Marlena some of you girls who love watching make up tutorials might be familiar with her, she has a channel called MakeUpGeekTV and she does great make up tutorials but the first video I watched from her was this video.
she has more videos about her weight loss.
So yeah that video really gave me a lot of hope and motivation I stumbled across this video shortly after I was so negative and bitter about myself and it just inspired me to be positive about losing weight, that it is not impossible it can really be done no matter what. And I would just like to say Marlena if you are reading this blog I really want to thank you so much for sharing your journey to the world. watching your weight loss videos has really helped me with my journey. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.
The next person I came across was a girl called Ruth and her channel is called DivaSlimsDown and this is the first video of hers that I think I watched I before but her story really motivated me.
This the link to her channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/DivaSlimsDown?feature=watch
When I watched her video I cried tears of joy. I was so inspired as to how far she had come in her journey and it just gave me so much more faith in myself that I CAN do this. Like I would tell myself if this girl can do it so can I. To Ruth if you are reading this blog thank you so much for sharing your story you have come such a long way. Sharing your journey has really motivated me thank you again from the bottom of my heart.
The next person is a girl called Nina who managed to loose all her weight but managed to keep it off for 7 years and her channel is called BeautifulBrwnBabyDol below is her video on how she lost the weight and kept it off.
This is the link to her channel http://www.youtube.com/user/BeautifulBrwnBabyDol?feature=watch
Basically this was another video that really kept me inspired to lose the weight but not only only lose the weight but keeping it off as well. I find it really amazing how she managed to keep it off for so many years. I also find her videos to be very informative about losing weight she also also shares the emotional and psychological aspect of losing weight which I find very useful. To Nina if you are reading this blog thank you so much for sharing your journey and putting out incredibly useful advice, so many women like myself go through life everyday feeling really bad about their self image and I want to thank you for your encouraging videos as I found them to be very useful in my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
The next and final person is a woman called Nancy Valentino. learning of her success just blew me away it is so amazing how she managed to lose all the weight and become a model! I did mention her in one of my earlier blogs. But what I really find motivating about her success was when she mentioned that she came from a family of overweight people and here I was this poor girl worrying about what I was told and hearing of her success just got rid of that worry seeing as to how she managed to lose the weight and keep it off. Again I mentioned her in another blog which was this entry: http://myweightlossexprience.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/excuses-excuses-and-more-excuses.html
And this video is a follow up to the one I posted in the that entry below:
This is her channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/NancyValentino/videos
And to Nancy if you are reading this blog thank you so much for sharing your journey. It really proves to people like me that some dreams can come true considering the fact that you became a model! Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart!
So there you have it those are all the people on YouTube that motivated me. Watching their videos has changed my life and my way of thinking when it comes to losing weight. I would also like to say this if you are one of those people who think these videos are just to brag then I'm sorry but you have a problem! either your're jealous or you just feel intimidated. But here is some advice for you instead of getting jealous then why don't you just get motivated by these videos. The reason why videos like these exist is because they are designed to MOTIVATE people. They are NOT created for jealousy and envy. NEVER allow yourself to get intimidated by another person's success because that leads to negative thinking about yourself as well because in reality you think that person is better than you. You NEED to think positively about yourself and don't put other people higher than you because you are no different from them and they are no different from you. So please take inspiration from these things instead of jealousy and envy. I myself am not creating this blog to make you jealous either as I myself think lots of people who really want to lose weight need a lot encouragement and I really hope my blog makes this difference too.
Oh yes. You must be wondering how to get motivated well, my answer to that is look at other peoples success and of course you need to have faith in yourself and always tell yourself its not impossible. As I mentioned a 1 million times the key to successful weight loss is a positive mentality. I'm sorry if your getting board of me saying this but its true. You really need to be positive and all these videos I shared gave me food for positive thoughts for my journey and I am sharing lots of food for your positive thoughts in this blog. So please have some of this food it will really help your mind to develop positive thoughts and the best thing about this food I am giving you is that its food that will NOT make you fat! It will make you slim! Don't be shy grab a plate!
And that is pretty much all the things that helped motivate me. I hope you found this blog useful catch you guys later!
Love
Alice
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