Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!
Unless You Puke, Faint or Die, Keep Going!
If you focus on all the things that could go wrong, you miss the things that could go right.
You can look for external sources of motivation and that can catalyze a change, but it won't sustain one. It has to be from an internal desire.
Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up
When friends tell you how awesome you look, drop the "I still have more to go" crap. You worked hard and you deserve the compliment!