 [ Symptoms ] will my medicare pay for genetic testing  my neurologist wants ataxia genetic testing done will medicare pay for this go get a diagnosis [ Disease ] well it is a good question motivation is the challenge of every person who wants to achieve a goal be it weight loss becoming an oil painter or anything else it sounds like you may have invested too much time and effort into research everything feels overwhelming to you right now does not it do not let that stop you at a certain point you have to take the plunge and do it stop thinking about it and just do it i read an interesting article in which a fitness coach said there is no such thing as motivation there are only choices you can choose to eat an apple or you can choose to eat a candy bar you can choose to take a walk for 10 minutes or you can choose to watch tv instead do you see the difference here i strongly suggest you and your friend check out webmd is diet community where you can share your fears struggles goals and successes with others who will cheer you on you are not the first person to fear getting started on the path to a healthy life and you will not be the last meanwhile choose goals you know you can easily accomplish for example today i will eat one apple instead of a candy bar today i will throw away all the junk food in my house today i will walk for 10 minutes this week i will walk for 10 minutes every day i mean come on anyone can do 10 minutes of exercise right of course you can lastly do not forget to reward yourself for meeting your goals no matter how small they may be do not use food as a reward even if you accomplish just one thing today download a new song to your smartphone take a bubble bath or do something else to celebrate the fact that today at least you won you do not need motivation  you just need to take the plunge i say go for it wishing you well