Running out of Steam...

I am about 50lbs from my goal weight and I seem to have run out of steam. No push or real desire. I have went from hitting the gym like 4 times a week to 1 if that. I seem just to have physically and mentally hit a wall. Did this happen to anyone else as they approached there goal?  I can't give up now! I am too close to the finish line.

I remember "hitting a wall" while losing quickly.  I would try and grab for energy...but it just wasn't there.  A few days or weeks later it just seemed to come back for no reason.  I say keep plugging away.  Even if you don't hit the gym, just keep moving.  The movement of anykind will still cause the weightloss.  Projects around the house are a great way to keep it moving.  You're not going to get muscle tone (since you're not in the gym) but you should keep losing.

A couple other things.  Have a variety of fruits, vegetables, nuts, protein.  For some reason when I ate shrimp I would get a boost of energy.  It just seemed like my body was lacking something and shrimp had it.  Also keep up on the vitamins.  Things like B-1, iron, Vitamin A, D, K could be lacking.  Just throwing out ideas.  Keep your eyes on the goal.  Brian

Bub, what the h*ll are you thinking?!  You're 50 lbs from goal and have "run out of steam"? "No push or desire"?  BIRD TURDS!! Ask yourself - "Do I want to go back to the obese guy I was before?" NO YOU DON'T!  You have been through too much and come too far to get lazy and slack off now. Heck, we all get mentally and physically drained at times, I know I do. But I'll be damned if I am gonna give up after all I have been through - and you better not either!  

You said it yourself - "I can't give up now. I am too close to the finish line." So think about how far you have come, what you have accomplished, and re-dedicate yourself to exercising regularly and following your program to a tee. Change your gym workouts periodically to keep it interesting and productive. Join a church basketball team or get a pick-up game together one night a week.  Just find some things that you enjoy doing to keep moving and burning the calories and exercising your muscles.

Now get your azz back in gear brother!! 

Never give up. Never surrender

Get off your butt One step at a time You can do this You know you can

I think that you've already done 50 percent of the job by admitting that you have a problem with what is happening. 

The others have given some good advise.  I'd say to look back on what worked for you in the past and how it worked for you.  Try it again, maybe with some minor modifications.

Good luck and keep on truckin!!!

Thanks for the encouragment guys. I guess with the Holidays coming and such, I just felt like giving up.  But I know that's not an option. I'll get it together! I have too.

Bub, lean closer to the screen.......::::SMACK:::::
Hopefully I just smacked some sense in your head. You are 50 pounds from goal, you can see the top of the mountain. Now get yer butt in gear and finish what you set out to do!
 

Thanks for posting Bub.  I, too, have been struggling with staying motivated.  I am 38 lbs from my goal.  I feel great,  and therein lies the problem for me.  I am able to eat much more food that I need to and have been noticing my old habits creeping back in (Snacking, grazing, larger portions, mindless eating).  Your post and the kick in the pants people offered helped me as well.  Let's do this together and get over this lapse.

Get your azz back on track too, Stephan!!  Otherwise, I'll have to put a size 11 1/2 EEE boot up your azz too!!  You're only 38 lbs. from goal - get with it!! You've come too far to screw up!! Get focused, stay dedicated and determined, and see this thing through!! You CAN do it if you want to!! 

Thanks Bama,  (though, I don't really want that big a boot up my azz). Yesterday was a much better day and today is starting off well too.