I love the title you picked, "Nothing tastes as good as fit feels" That line is basically my whole inspiration for staying fit.
This time last year I think I was 150 maybe, not sure. But in the last 6 months I have dropped my weight considerably and now I weigh 115 (according to the scale today). When I was in high school I was 178 and dropped down to 125 at my low point. The difference is how I lost the weight and how quickly. This time around has been much easier!
Anyways, I love to make cards as be crafty, but I am horrible at motivating myself to make actual scrapbooks but my suggestions are:
~Don't take a picture every week or every month, take a picture every 5 pounds you lose. This may happen more often or not as often as you'd like, but I think that it's hard to tell the difference without actually losing 5lbs so if you take pictures at regular intervals but haven't been losing as much weight during those times you'll feel deflated if your pics don't look any different.
~I found that Facebook is a good way to look back on weight loss too. Make an album that is a "Me" album (don't title it weight loss unless you want to). Put your smallest weight pic as your album cover and publish it everytime you upload a new one. Then when your friends see your smoking hot body they will look at your album and as they look through it they'll see how much different you look and then you'll get comments like, "Hey girl, you are looking so good! How did you lose all the weight?" "Hey! You are always pretty, but man you are getting skinny!"...etc
And I find it especially fun that when I am feeling my skinniest I put on something that is form flattering and then I go to an All You Can Eat Buffet. It's a nice treat, and they are usually packed with people, and it's fun to me to see people look at you because I can only imagine they are thinking, "Wow. How does she look that good and still eat a buffet?" It encourages me to know that I don't have to starve myself.
THINGS NOT TO DO:
1. Don't eat unhealthy for a day and think to yourself, "Oh I blew it, might as well have this bowl of ice cream too..." It's okay to splurge but don't over do it...it may become a theme and you'll realize you quit trying all together.
2. Eat unhealthy just because you are going out to eat. Lots of restaurants have healthy options, you just have to look closer.
3. Do NOT use celebrities/models for inspiration; these people have to focus more on their weight/shape because it's part of their jobs therefore they probably spend alot of time perfecting every inch and on TOP of that they are still photoshopped. All you will do comparing yourself to them is kick yourself in the teeth.
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