Lack of motivation

[Anonmon]

You think it's going to be all sunshine and supermodeling after you lose weight, but I know from experience that it's not the case. I lost 65 pounds from my peak weight, and I can tell you that there's no such thing as one-shot diets. It's just a constant war that doesn't end until you die. Either you maintain the diet, or you gain all the weight back and take all the consequences that will come with it. I get by on reminding myself that I feel better after I eat healthy, and that I'm better in the long run for it, and that the ephemeral joy of food is minute compared to the resolve of my will.

*cough*Bull*cough*

You go on a diet to eat less than you burn. Doing that once you've lost the fat just isn't healthy.

Anyway, motivation... Think of what you can *do* with the reduced weight! For example, I quote John Walker:

When I started to control my weight, I had no intention of getting into exercise at all. As the pounds peeled off and I felt better and better, I decided to design an exercise plan built on the same principles that made the diet plan succeed.

I've experienced that myself. When you put the effort in to raise your physical capability and eat healthily, you eventually find yourself joyfully realizing you can do all those exercises which used to pain you in gym class!