Get Motivated to Lose Weight : Look at Before and After Pics
Well, my boyfriend and I are on our journey to lose all holiday related weight and then some right now, and I just got a major boost of encouragement and a renewed sense of purpose by looking at some before and after pictures of regular people who lost a lot of weight through sheer determination, a healthy diet, reduced calories, and exercise. Because all three of those I feel are needed for long term health and associated weight stability, it truly is an inspiration that these people did this on their own and realized how much better they feel.
One story hit me especially. It was about a woman who was in a relationship for several years and felt that she could eat whatever she wanted because she was comfortable in the relationship and felt loved. Not that I don’t feel that being loved is a bad thing, but when we become complacent with a higher weight and compromised health because we are happy and content, that does present a problem for both parties.
That’s why I really love doing this with my boyfriend, I feel that we support eachother in our weight loss goals, and that we even have a friendly little “competition” going to see who can lose the most weight the fastest, who works out more, and so on and so forth. He’s a guy though, and men do tend to lose weight faster than women do, so he’s kicking my butt in that arena, I’m reluctant to admit. We’ve both lost a good amount of weight though within about one month. He’s dropped ten pounds and I’m working on dropping my eighth pound, and I feel much better, lighter and happier.
Looking at random before and after pictures of others who have done it makes you realize that although weight loss may be painful at first, you soon see and feel the benefits of eating healthier, exercising, and enjoying the side effects of losing weight. It also occurred to me that there is a “detox” period where you will most definitely be craving all that naughty food, almost unbearably at times, but once you’re past that, it’s not that bad. Also, maintenance isn’t so bad because you can reintroduce some of the foods you avoided like the plague when you were dieting hard core, you just can’t go crazy with them or you’ll find yourself in the weightloss candidate boat before you know it.
