What motivated you to start your fitness journey?

tristecharlie

About 4 months ago I was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy; luckily I have now recovered from it but my blood pressure was in the clouds back then.
I decided to stop my unhealthy eating habits and I started riding my bike to work everyday. Not only have I lost weight, but I've saved tons of money on gas as well hahaha

cc3833

I wanted to lose weight for a while. I was pretty chunky at 5'0 and 180 lbs. I wouldn't let people take pictures of me and honestly I just didn't care all that much.... until my horse's vet told me I had to lose weight if I wanted him to stay healthy! OUCH! So I'm down 26 lbs (154 lbs) so far and working out has helped my mental state so much. Now I'm working on getting fit... I love seeing the muscles coming in!!! :-) Also I now have a goal to ride ponies... so I have to shed another 15-20 lbs or so.

j75j75

I was always fit, very active, etc. growing up. About 3 years ago though I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, had surgery, then took a desk job. The weight crept up on me as I was just sitting all day and couldn't exercise like I used to for some time. When I was given a green light from the Dr to start exercising again I put myself on a plan to get back in shape. A coworker was using mfp and it seemed like a useful tool, so here I am.

PandoraGreen721

Was tired of making excuses...and decided to get it done.

berndanddana

j75j75 wrote: »

I was always fit, very active, etc. growing up. About 3 years ago though I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, had surgery, then took a desk job. The weight crept up on me as I was just sitting all day and couldn't exercise like I used to for some time. When I was given a green light from the Dr to start exercising again I put myself on a plan to get back in shape. A coworker was using mfp and it seemed like a useful tool, so here I am.

Very cool!

berndanddana

cc3833 wrote: »

I wanted to lose weight for a while. I was pretty chunky at 5'0 and 180 lbs. I wouldn't let people take pictures of me and honestly I just didn't care all that much.... until my horse's vet told me I had to lose weight if I wanted him to stay healthy! OUCH! So I'm down 26 lbs (154 lbs) so far and working out has helped my mental state so much. Now I'm working on getting fit... I love seeing the muscles coming in!!! :-) Also I now have a goal to ride ponies... so I have to shed another 15-20 lbs or so.

And riding is such great exercise! Awesome story

berndanddana

aneveryguy wrote: »

About 4 months ago I was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy; luckily I have now recovered from it but my blood pressure was in the clouds back then.
I decided to stop my unhealthy eating habits and I started riding my bike to work everyday. Not only have I lost weight, but I've saved tons of money on gas as well hahaha

Congrats on recovery!

rdlewis123

When the scale hit 208 and my age crowded 49 I decided I would not be the fat, depressed, middle age bag. I walked into the gym in January 2014 in tears and now I walk through the door 55 pounds down ripping the weights and wearing a size 6 jean.

teanahk

All the typical health reasons... But I think my neighbor asking when the baby was due is what finally pushed me over the edge.

berndanddana

rdlewis123 wrote: »

When the scale hit 208 and my age crowded 49 I decided I would not be the fat, depressed, middle age bag. I walked into the gym in January 2014 in tears and now I walk through the door 55 pounds down ripping the weights and wearing a size 6 jean.

Yay you!!!

MamaBirdBoss

I'm tired of being chubby.

I once had the kind of body that made men run into things or start cursing under their breaths when I wore a bikini. I'm not doing it for THEM or for anyone's approval, but I want to look in the mirror again and go "Helllll, yeaaaahhh." Why SHOULDN'T I have an awesome body? It's the only one I'm going to get.

I'm sick of settling. No more. Not on anything that matters.

ChiffonLaRue14

I have been big most of my life and as much as people had often ridiculed me for it, I never gave a rat's *kitten*. My longtime partner is a licensed scuba diver and a trained 42k marathoner, even that did not inspire me lol, I was always enjoying cheering him on from the sidelines. My measurements 5 feet 8 inches tall and 235 lbs is considered abnormally gigantic where I'm from lol. I did my best to not let my being fat emotionally scar me. Difficult quest but I had succeeded at a lot of things from my double-major Bachelor's to my Law Degree. Healthwise, I did not suffer from any ailments. I was/am just FAT. My Italian/Spanish-Filipino heritage bolstered my love for eating great food!

It finally hit me when our only child turned 18. I began to worry that my being overweight will finally get the best of me and I won't be around long enough to see him succeed further in life. That and diabetes as well as a lot of weight-related ailments run in my family. I am 37 lbs down and still got a long way to go but I am having tons of fun! Best of luck to all of us

rybo

Oh, so many times in my life my journey "started" or was inspired to get back on track.
My love of running started as a small child saying, "Dad, I'll race you up the hill" (to our house)
Then in 7th grade, I took the presidents fitness test and could only do 2 pull ups (my weakest event)
Then as an adult I reached a point where I hit 197 and I was NOT going to crack the 200 lbs mark.
Then when I rekindled my love for running, getting in shape for other adventures, I had too much excess. Carrying around 15 extra pounds was no fun running all those miles.