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you're beautiful!!!!!

I couldn't get motivated either. Then one day we walked over to Starbucks and I felt really frumpy and ugly standing next to DH. I was dressed in old maternity clothes and looked like crap. My DH looks good and I wanted to look good again too.

I also have a ton of prepregnancy cute clothes that I wanted to wear again!

I just started watching what I eat, high protein, low carb, and stopped eating after 6:30pm. I chew a lot of gum at night when I get the munchies! lol.

I agree with @chopsuey, looking in my closet at all the cute clothes that don't fit!! I still need to lose 15 lbs at the least. I find when I work out consistently that is the catalyst that makes me want to eat better!! I Don't want to ruin all the sweat and hard work by eating crap. Plus when I work out, I always feel better about myself regardless of the number on the scale.

I feel ya though, I'm in the same boat. Like, I just bought 2 bags of Halloween candy even though I'm not handing out candy. WTF!!

@Smurfette: I feel the same! C is cute, DH is cute, and then I'm looking like Ursula from the Little Mermaid. I'm still wearing maternity jeans... and my baby is 5 months old!

Right now my weight loss is motivated by money. I paid $120 to do WW, and my job will pay it back if I lose 12 pounds. I want my money back!

My husband motivates me to work out. He doesn't do it to criticize how I look but as another thing we can do together. Also, I think it helps to find something active you enjoy doing. I like to play tennis, so I do that once a week. As for eating healthy, that is sort of a chore for me. I try to be good during the week so I can eat what I want on the weekends. It's a constant battle though because slacking is in my nature.

The low point for me was when I wasn't fitting into my size 10 pants and I realized my choices were to either go up to the 12, or do something about my weight.

I joined weight watchers the next week. I've lost a bit of motivation and I need to get back into tracking and exercising.

I started doing diet bets and I've lost 15lbs in the last 2 months. It's a website where you put money down (bet) that you'll lose 4% of your body weight in 28 days. Then everyone who made the goal in the bet splits the pot. It's not a huge money maker, but I started with a $25 bet and have $60 in my account now. The money was a big motivator for me, I didn't want to lose what I invested, and I'm at a weight where losing 4% in that amount of time is really reasonable. I use myfitnesspal and runkeeper to keep track of my calories and exercise and all the apps sync together, so it's super easy.

I was at my prepregnancy weight when I started this, but none of my old clothes fit because my shape had changed. I'm starting to fit into my old stuff again and it feels so so good... which is even more motivating.

Nothing at the moment! Maybe next year!

@Smurfette: 4 lbs so far. I seem to be stuck this week though!

I've been struggling. Part of me says, "oh, be complacent, screw it". But when I take a good, hard look at myself, I am not happy with the way I look. I don't like the way I feel. I don't like that my clothes don't fit right. I don't like that I'm technically overweight on both body fat and scale numbers. 27% is not acceptable. I'm almost to pre-preg body weight, but it's more of a composition thing for me.

I feel good when I'm lean and strong and i just want to feel confident and healthy again. And the "i just had a baby" excuse will be invalid come April

Blowing a disc in my back two months ago really did a number on me, mentally and physically. I was doing so good until that happened. So i'm trying to recover from that.

As far as food goes, I just have to say no. I just turned down a brownie in a meeting (and i wanted one!). I have to prep on the weekends and meal plan.

Signing up for half marathon's helps me. I don't eat that great but I know I can't eat a greasy cheese burger if I'm running the next morning and it helps a little. Also I have a running group that I have to keep up with every week.

Oh mama ... I'm rooting for you! I think the fact that you're interesting in gaining more inspiration is the first place to start.

My partner knows how much I hate working out, so he REALLY encourages me when I do start working out. I did Couch to 5K last year, and he would tell me how proud he was, or that I could do it ... I told him I needed the extra motivation.

Then, I would set little goals with 'rewards'. I found that really motivating.

Lastly, we would do date night once a month, and if I met my fitness goal, I'd buy myself a new outfit, which again, was pretty motivating.