Bored and Boring

Maintaining is boring. It has none of the drama of a good weight loss story. The losses, the excitement, the new clothes. You don't get any of that when you maintain.

I am well aware that my weight is not at the final place that I want it to be. And yet, I just can't seem to find the will power to do anything about it. So I am maintaining. Maybe I will get sucked into the current of the New Year's weight loss river. Is motivation contagious? Can you catch it from other people?

I'm still going to my maintanence classes every week. I sit next to a charming man who just turned 60. He has been doing this program off and on for 7-8 years. He had a high weight of 300 pounds and is now hovering just over 200. He has gone up and down in a 40 pound range over that time, but has never regained all of the weight. And he is totally motivated right now to lose. He is following the plan perfectly. He knows that he might not be in this mood a month from now.

The motivation to lose weight comes and goes. There is a trick to this though. Usually, when I'm bored with a diet, I quit and slowly gain back the weight. My new trick is to learn how to maintain. If I can just not gain back the weight, then I will be in a great place to start from when I feel that next wave of motivation.

In the mean time, any suggestions for good motivational books or blogs?