Carrots

What spurs you on?

What is the one thing that will make you get out of bed and move when you feel like you've been run over by a truck and had your mind put through a wringer?

Whatever that is, it's the secret to your success.

For me there is an invisible groove that I get into where everything is somehow easier. Once ensconced in it I can eat right, exercise to a degree and get most of my ducks in a row. The trick for me is finding out how to get there.

I don't just step in and say let's go.

It becomes a complicated weaving of fear (from health issues and age,) wallowing in the sense of accomplishment that comes once I am solidly entrenched, and having certain foods, spaced out at reasonable intervals, that I look forward to.

Not the most sophisticated plan. In fact, it really is a sort of donkey and carrot thing, but when I get into it, it works for me and I think that is the secret. It doesn't usually work to buy a book, or copy someone else's plan in the long run. It needs to be tailored to you and your particular hates and loves.
 
I need short periods of exercise along with three meals a day to cut my cravings and laziness. Then the end result -- way out in front -- dangling like that proverbial carrot, is being healthier and thinner.