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Encouragement Tips... What do you do?

What did/do you do to keep up the encouragement. I keep a dry erase marker in my bathroom... and when i found a good saying.... I wrote it on my mirror.... This way i saw it when i woke up and before i go to bed...

I wrote things like: You are beautiful. Yesterday is over, Today is a new day, make it count......

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      Off the top of my head this came to me. I have a running list of my weights and the dates in my phone. When I feel like I haven't made any progress, I look back a few months and see where I was comp

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      Every time I'm feeling like a fat cow in the past couple of weeks (been in a stall), I've tried taking my pants off without unbuttoning or unzipping them. That reminds me of how far I've come, since I

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      Adding to what Just Watch Me said, I like to put a "treasure", a true find (such as a cute sweater....) kind of a trophy out on my dresser to "encourage" me to either fit in it, or wear it (depending

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    Love the " applause box "idea ! A few years ago I found a joke gift, a big red button ( like the"easy" button in the Staples commercials) that said "Bullshit !" every time you pushed it ! I don't remember where I got it, maybe Spencers ? Not my style of store at all, but great for a funny/gag gift ! Maybe everybody look there for one ?

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    Since Easter, down from 2xl shirt to 1xl!

    Think I'm in green. Eat very little. But satisfied. Can drink fluids fine, so don't think too tight. Besides, it'll loosen with more weight loss.

    Keeping dr visits monthly ( well, skipping this month due to travel). He says I'm doing fine. Good enough for me.

    Best part, every day some comments on my loss. For me, took good 4-5 months to really start losing. Wish I knew that in advance, but doc was always great and encouraging.

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