New 12 Week Challenge

I am still here, despite the lack of postings lately. If you are still reading, thank you for being patient with me! I've just been having such a hard time staying focused. I keep resolving to get back on the wagon and stay there, but my motivation just hasn't been intense enough to keep it going. So I've been maintaining my weight but I've been unable to lose any more. That's still good news; very few people who lose a significant amount of weight actually keep it off, and I've been maintaining for nearly 18 months. I'm still not happy with where I am though and I would like to finally get to a point where I like the way I look. It's not really for health reasons anymore; I still have enough to lose that it will be beneficial to my health, but I'm more interested in losing based on my appearance at this point. Anyway, after thinking about how I got motivated the first time around, it was for my son. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to look after him properly or that I'd die young and not have much time with him because I was so overweight. Negative motivation, and it worked. Positive motivation has not been working because it hasn't been able to overcome my complacency. So what if I don't get a new pair of jeans or whatnot, right? So I've added in some negative consequences if I don't get back on track, and hopefully that will be enough of a kick in the rear to get me going again! Wish I had a Jillian Michaels I could borrow to come and scream at me to keep me motivated! I'm looking forward to 2013 being the year where I finally reach my goal weight.