"VISUAL AIDS" for MOTIVATION
I'm not talking about putting up pictures all over the house of yourself...but you can if you want. There are a few things you can do to help you along the way. For one thing, I must recommend Michael Marder's Weight Commander. It is a GREAT tool for "seeing" your weight loss, and it also predicts your FUTURE losses based on the rate you are losing now. Pretty cool, huh? It has an interactive diary, and a chart to log your measurements. I enjoy putting in my weight each day, and seeing what it has to say. You can try it free for 5 days, and if you decide you like it, just send him an e-mail, and he will send you the code to unlock it forever. It only costs $9.95, and he requests that you mail him a check. He will send YOU the stamped addressed envelope, so you don't even pay POSTAGE. What a DEAL. You can find it at www.weightcommander.com
If that's not your thing, and you want some FREE visual aids, try this...you can make a paper clip chain, and add a paper clip for every pound you lose. (I like the big color coated ones) I had put 14 on my chain, and then forgot about it for a few days. It was fun to add 6 paper clips. It really showed me how FAST the weight is really falling off. Plus just KNOWING that each link on that chain represents a pound LOST is pretty cool, especially when I look up and see how LONG it is.
If you don't have paper clips, you can make a paper chain. Remember how you made those in elementary school? Same concept. OR, you could go backwards too. Say if you want to lose 50 pounds, make 50 links, and take one OFF for every pound you lose. I personally like seeing them add up myself, and if I GAIN, I know I have to take a link OFF, and I DON'T want to do that!
Get creative, there are LOT's of things you can do to help you stay motivated along the way. The thing is, if you want it to be YOUR secret it can be. Nobody in the office is REALLY going to know what that paper clip chain is all about, unless you WANT them to. Got an interesting idea? Send me an e-mail and let me know. I will post everyone's "ideas" and your name, and we'll see who comes up with the most unique idea! Come on send in those suggestions to sparks2n2@yahoo.com
Or post an idea in the comments section, but be sure to post your name, so we'll know who get's the credit.
Come on get creative!
Donna Feb 13th
New Start
About Me
- Donna
- Somewhere In, Iowa, United States
- After trying and failing repeatedly with every diet known to man, I finally opted to CHANGE my life for the better. I beat every obstacle that was holding me back from getting what I wanted - Lap Band© surgery, and you can do it TOO!
Wanna make your body better?
Any mountain can be defeated with determination.
4 comments:
how about this..
buy yourself a brand new bottle of nail polish for every 5 pounds lost? Keep them in a place wehre you can see them, and you'll know what they mean. does't mean you can't use them though. :-)
Danielle
ok, so put away 10 dollars for evey 5 pounds you lose. or 2 dollars a pound, whatever. if you need to lose 50 pounds that's 100 bucks, and you can go shopping. you could put the money in a big jar, with a small mouth, so you won't be tempted to take any money from it. then when you've lost all the weight you wanna lose you break the jar, and go shopping!
Mia
start your own library. I like to treat myself to books, and I read them quite quickly, so buy yourself a new book for every 5 pounds you lose. Sit them on a shelf, and you'll know how much weight you lost by how many books you've bought. would be even better if they were all about weight loss, you'd get an extra kick of motivation. Cassie
Well you could buy some of those giant marbles and put one in a jar for every pound lost. Might not be as easy to see how many pounds lost, but it would start to add up, and I guess it would be sort of fun. Liz
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