Motivation

So I've been having some motivation issues, so I've been thinking of how to get back to where I want to be. I'm posting my ideas here; let me know if you have any suggestions!

1. Post my weight on the updates? Losing weight is obviously a motivator for being healthier and everything, but when I'm the only one who knows it I don't really hold myself to it too much. If I put it with the weekly updates it might push me to try to improve week to week.

2. Joint goals? Teaming up with someone to hit the same goal would be helpful. They could be time-based (for 1 week we will ___), or finish based (we'll both complete ____). Would anyone want to try something with me? Especially fitness ones, if we each vowed to run or work out or whatever for a certain amount of time for a week or something.

3. Buying ingredients for better food. I just go off of whatever we happen to have in the house, which isn't always healthy. Especially since I'm so picky, if I don't feel like going all-out and doing a ton of cooking, there's usually not much as far as meals that I should be eating. If I made sure to have better stuff in the house it'd probably help. Like veggie wrap ingredients!

4. Make a list of the things I want to keep up for. I lose sight of my goals, but when I remember why I want to improve myself it gets a bit easier. I just need a list of motivations. To redeem myself on the pull-up bar at Kouji's house, to feel awesome in a swimsuit, to not be the weakest person in the entire world, or whatever else I think of.

5. Make a list of my "triggers," and make sure not to chance them. I know the things that will set me off to really unhealthy actions, but I always think I can get reaaaaally close to them but still resist. Which I can't. Like, if I go to Adel's, I will order a plate of nachos bigger than my head and I will eat all of them. I'll tell myself I'll order something else, but as soon as I'm in the diner I just slip into ordering the same thing. So I need to avoid it as much as I can.

What do you guys do to keep motivated?

Weekly Update: 2/5/2012

Pretty much re-read last week's update and you'll know where I am, haha. But I've made small stuff.

I think I have a pretty good idea for a schedule, but it's been hard to sort out since I haven't had work yet. But I start work again this week, so I'll see how I need to edit my life when that happens.

WRITING:
Yeaaaaaah.

FOOD:
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah.

FITNESS:
I think you would all see this as a successful week if you knew just how hard and exhausting tournaments are. But I don't think anyone besides people in forensics understand how much mental and physical exhaustion comes from it. But besides the tournament I didn't really do much.

WEEKLY CHALLENGES:
1. Still no soda!

2. Didn't really get back into anything, as you can see. Oh well, awesome weekend, so who cares, haha.

3. Not really a weekly challenge, but somehow I lost a pound despite my terrible habits lately. Awesome.

NEW CHALLENGE:
1. Get back on track, for real this time.

2. Exercise for 10 minutes a day. Not much, but better than nothing.


Hopefully I'll have another post soon, I want to post about my tournament! It was so awesome. Sharpied-on abs and penis witches were involved.