Why do I exercise? Find your reasons behind it, and you'll find your motivation.
If you're doing it for the wrong reasons- to look good at the beach, or any other cosmetic reason- likely, you'll fall off the weight bench (so to speak) :)
The same is true with a diet. I was the queen of non-commitment! But when you finally reach the point of realizing what could happen to you if you don't change your lifestyle ( or just being sick of not feeling good, etc)- you get great motivation.
If you think of your diet as temporary, starving or depriving yourself, MOST people will quit. Think of it as a lifestyle change. Allow yourself 1 cheat meal, or snack. ( 1 NOT A WHOLE DAY, personally, I have to be all or nothing, I can't have a cheat snack even!)
Find what sets you off to want those chips, or that brownie. Then, find alternatives that really will work for you. Things you'll actually want to eat. Think of your reasons, your motivation for exercise.
Here are my top 2:
1- Its my time with God. I don't know what "job" he has for me, but He's given me a passion for this I havent' been able to ignore (for about 4 years and going...)
2- My mom. She had a lot of health problems, and she couldn't but would've loved to run.
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