What's Your Motivation?

Motivation is a necessary ingredient in the recipe of success.  Without motivation, it would be difficult for one to achieve his goals.  What motivates one person may not necessarily motivate another.  That's what's so difficult about this concept. 

Take for instance my weight loss journey.  For the past few months, I've been unsuccessfully attempting to lose some weight and get in shape.  However, I've failed miserably because I haven't found the motivation that I need to help me stay the course.  Sure, I've lost a substantial amount of weight more times than Vanilla Ice has come out with new reality show, but it was because I was motivated to do so. 

Let's see.  The first time I lost a great deal of weight, my best friend was getting married and I was to be her matron of honor.  No way was I going to stand beside this drop-dead gorgeous bride looking like one of the cast members of The Nutty Professor II: Meet the Klumps.  It just wasn't happening.  So, I did what I needed to do to get the weight off.  I had motivation and in turn, I reached my goal.

Now, I've got to find motivation again.  I really need to lose some weight, for more reasons than one, but none of those reasons has served as the motivation that I need to get the ball rolling on this thinner, healthier me.  So, I'm turning to you guys to help me find my motivation.  What are some of the things that have helped to motivate you to do something that you really needed to do, even though you really didn't want to do it?

Diva on a Diet...AGAIN!

I don't have enough fingers and toes to count the number of diets I've tried. However,  I'm going to take a stab at listing them:  Trim Spa, Advanced Weight Loss Clinic, Grapefruit diet, South Beach Diet, Weight Watchers, Fat Smash Diet, Extreme Fat Smash Diet, and The 4 Day Diet.  I'm going to stop listing now.  I don't want to reveal exactly how big of a sucker I am.  (As if I haven't done so already.)

Basically, if I see it on television or in a store and it promises great results, I'll give it a try.  All of the aforementioned diets have produced the results that they promised.  I have seen results from all of them.  The problem for me is not losing weight, it's keeping the weight off.  I've been playing this game for several years.

I'm smart enough to know and understand that weight loss will not occur until the number of calories consumed is less that the number burned.  But, something in me insists on falling prey to commercial diet plans that deliver "quick and easy" results.  One day, I will learn.

BUT, that day is not today!!!  As I was sitting around looking at t.v. yesterday, I saw Dr. Ian Smith on the Dr. Oz show.  He was doing a segment on his new book, The Shred.  My first thought was to flip the channel, but somehow, I got sucked in to what he was saying.  There were three or four women who had stories similar to mine about their weight loss struggles.  So, this has to work for me, right? Right.

NO!  I won't do it.  I will NOT bring into my house yet another book that tells me what I already know.  I will not spend money for someone to tell me things that I've heard over and over again.  Surely, this book cannot be any different from any of the others that I've seen on the shelves of Barnes and Noble.  I'm not buying it.  I'm not buying it.  I'm not....



Wait a minute.  How did this end up on my coffee table?  (tehehehe)  Well, since it's here, I've got to read it!  I'll let you know if I find out anything new and exciting.  What do I have to lose, other than weight?