Motivation Monday

Yeah right..

I guess what we need on a Monday is...motivation.

But not from some overly-cheerful-paid-consultant companies usually get..you know the ones...you know...

..and

no no no. not that kind of motivation... MY kind..

or..

...then there's always...

Yeah..the old weight motivation..

..and while I love this picture of Judy & Marge by Mr. Herrero..

I don't love this one...by me..
So, because I've lost my first 50 lbs. (all without giving birth..) I'd rather look like this..

I still have more to go..but I thought I may be able to impart just a teensy bit of motivation or at least tell you how I am trying to continue on this path for another 40 lbs.. or so..

So, okay, here's what I have learned about my favorite subject...me.

I need to treat me like a child. This whole "adult" thing just isn't working for me.

I mean, how I got to be in the heavi...larg..F-F-F-FATTER photo above was "thinking" I could treat myself as an adult..with the mind-set of a spoiled child..

"I can eat anything I want..even chocolate for breakfast if I want because I'm an...adult."

"Don't try to tell me that isn't the way to live/eat/exercise/spend..after all I'm an adult."

Get my point? I treat my grandchildren like children, because they are. And I worry about what my pups should and shouldn't eat for their health..and longevity..

So, I think about how a really good parent treats their child..or a dogma treats her pups..

"You can have that (cookies, sweet, ice cream, treat) if you're still hungry after the fruit,veggie, water..whatever.. OK?"

"You really need to eat something in the morning.."

"Hungry? Dinner's in a half hour. How about an apple to tide you over?"

"If you're really good this week, I'll get you a special surprise! .. (last week it was the Weight Watcher new cookbook (!) and once, the little orange Weight Watcher's "Hungry" stuffed animal..)."

(Yes, bribery DOES work..)

"Soda? Hmm..how about something else? Water with Crystal Light?"

And, I decided this little kid in me I DO actually love and I want to help her make better choices..

So that's what I've done. I've tricked, "pleeease-d", bribed me to a 50 lb. weight loss.

And I will continue to take care of me through the next 40 (or so) lb. weight loss.

I know this may be simplistic, but it's working for me. I don't always make the correct choices
( I ate candy and fries and burgers, and Mexican food this past month) but like a good Mother, I have taken control of my spoiled child and reined her in..

And she's doing so much better now, now that I've explained boundaries to her..and given her options.. (and rEwArdS!!)

OK, so this was a good motivational poster:

So, how do you motivate yourself? And, {in my best Dr. Phil vice}

...How's that workin' for ya??"

-me♥