Those are very interesting as well Ygrec23!

I forget which of the 4 book titles I posted that I have on reserve at the library, but it should help keep me motived with most things in life. I know the goal centered weight loss class I've been involved with is all about motivation.

It's unfortunate that I can not attend every Monday when the group meets, but hubby and I share the car and he needs to go to work. It's hard for him to 'share' the vehicle on Mondays. What helped me so much was having a group of like minded folks, an RN dieticion who is extremly knowledgable, others in the team with expertise, i.e., a psychologist to help us learn how to be mindful of whatwe eat as we eat it or how to arrange our kitchen so that foods that are bad for us are out of sight. Or not brought into the home at all.

There are always doctors for the medical needs and labs when the RN suspects issues like low Vit D etc. A few different people come in to do a Zumba session once in a while, we do field trips to area restauraunts so we learn to eat out, we do weigh-ins and trips to one of the 3 gyms on the Air Base. One in the basement of the hospital, one with a swimming pool and the oldest one is in an old airplane hangar that even has basketball courts. The all have the usual machines and free weights and floor mats for stretching and sit-up. There is a doctor there who specializes in keeping our troops fit and he had worked with this group (study) to make sure we know how to work without our own limits.

Wish I could go more than I do.

But mostly the point of this group is to loss 10% of your weight with all kinds of tools to use.

This group teaches: daily writing down what you eat and drink, writing down your goals. Daily and weekly goals to get you to that 10%. Agreeing to weight yourself at least 3 times a week, but daily is better. So you can adjust on your next day. Agreeing to walk at leat 5 days out of 7. We all shared with each other what worked for us and what didn't work for us.

We weight in each time we go to a meeting. Some times recipies are shared. The RN helps each one twick what foods are not doing us a favor and showing us how to weight or measure our food, read labels, pick the better choices between foods. We motivate each other a lot, we are accountable to someone other than ourselves. There is no judgement.

I go as often as I can, because it makes me feel good, even if I've gain a few pounds. But it brings out the competitivness in me that I didn't think I had to do the best I can for me.