Motivation

Theoldguy1
Theoldguy1 Posts: 2,496 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've seen many people saying they need motivation to lose weight and/or exercise. IMO, for something to be motivating it has to have a powerful "why" much more powerful than fitting in a smaller pair of pants.

This video IMO shows a strong why:

https://youtu.be/REcZopXwOXo

Note: May produce tears

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    @AnnPT77 - I think you should repost your excellent post on motivation from the Women Over 50 group here :)

    @Theoldguy1 - I've been avoiding this video because of your "may product tears" disclaimer, but finally watched it and am glad I did. That had a happy ending, but imagine if someone ignored "use it or lose it" as my OH's mother, who ended up in a nursing home, did.

    Our future selves will thank us if we create healthy habits now.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,598 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    @AnnPT77 - I think you should repost your excellent post on motivation from the Women Over 50 group here :)

    Um, thanks . . . but I'm not sure which one you mean, without doing a brute-force search? (I'm not being coy, my memory really is that bad. 😐 Feel free to quote it, if you like.)
    @Theoldguy1 - I've been avoiding this video because of your "may product tears" disclaimer, but finally watched it and am glad I did. That had a happy ending, but imagine if someone ignored "use it or lose it" as my OH's mother, who ended up in a nursing home, did.

    Our future selves will thank us if we create healthy habits now.

    100%. I wish my younger self had been smarter about that sort of thing. (Probably in another 15 years when I'm 80, if I get there, I'll wish my current self had been smarter, too, unfortunately . . . . )
  • Theoldguy1
    Theoldguy1 Posts: 2,496 Member
    edited December 2020
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    @AnnPT77 - I think you should repost your excellent post on motivation from the Women Over 50 group here :)

    @Theoldguy1 - I've been avoiding this video because of your "may product tears" disclaimer, but finally watched it and am glad I did. That had a happy ending, but imagine if someone ignored "use it or lose it" as my OH's mother, who ended up in a nursing home, did.

    Our future selves will thank us if we create healthy habits now.

    Dan John, one of my favorite fitness writers, is in his early 60's. His "why" is to dance with his granddaughter at her wedding. His granddaughter is a toddler so his why it to be dancing in his mid to late 80's.

    Good goal.

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