MFP Fitspiration!
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This is my favorite post. You all have done such an amazing job - not just with your journey but finding pictures and words to capture it that the rest of us can carry with us.0
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Fantastic!Here's mine...these kids aren't light, and they like to be "lifted"!
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Bump.:happy:0
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Bumping for all the AWESOME!0
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Just found this thread - love it. Getting tired of whining, complaining and excuses so this is wonderful.0
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Best Thread on MFP!!0
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In for the awesome!0
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For some reason this made me burst out crying.
God Bless! Congratulations. I LOVE the wedding theme! LOVE
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Mir......
I am going to have my daughter take a few pix for me and work on my own fitspiration!
But for YOU, I want you to know........I started reading a simple thread with some pictures. Memes? Quotes? This old feeling lady didn't know what they were called, but they hit me like a ton of bricks.
One never knows what will take them out of their lethargy, or depression (for me) or state of inability. THIS thread was that for me.
Since reading this thread, and quite honestly there was one picture with a young woman hooked up to life support and another with a severe health issue, both now kicking azz, that made me look at myself in the mirror......
anyway since then I am working out every day. more than that I am looking at my self in a different light. That is what I take away from this thread. Each is in a different part of their journey, all are feeling differently about themselves.
THEY CAN!
I CAN!!
So off I go to do my push ups and squats. Started on the wall, now down to the footboard of my bed and the squats I don't hold on. Added planks (thankyouverymuch MIR) AND I have begun to dance around my house again. That is my JOY returning!
Someday I will put up a picture here. Why? Because it may be the one that makes someone get up and walk to the stop sign like this one did me!0 -
Mir......
I am going to have my daughter take a few pix for me and work on my own fitspiration!
But for YOU, I want you to know........I started reading a simple thread with some pictures. Memes? Quotes? This old feeling lady didn't know what they were called, but they hit me like a ton of bricks.
One never knows what will take them out of their lethargy, or depression (for me) or state of inability. THIS thread was that for me.
Since reading this thread, and quite honestly there was one picture with a young woman hooked up to life support and another with a severe health issue, both now kicking azz, that made me look at myself in the mirror......
anyway since then I am working out every day. more than that I am looking at my self in a different light. That is what I take away from this thread. Each is in a different part of their journey, all are feeling differently about themselves.
THEY CAN!
I CAN!!
So off I go to do my push ups and squats. Started on the wall, now down to the footboard of my bed and the squats I don't hold on. Added planks (thankyouverymuch MIR) AND I have begun to dance around my house again. That is my JOY returning!
Someday I will put up a picture here. Why? Because it may be the one that makes someone get up and walk to the stop sign like this one did me!
Thank you so much for this! You have me in tears! The amazingness of the people on this site knows no limit, is about time they themselves realized it!
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOURS!0 -
For some reason this made me burst out crying.
God Bless! Congratulations. I LOVE the wedding theme! LOVE
Thank you
We got married at the starting line of the MS150. Ronnie Shirley (from the tv show Lizard Lick towing) was our minister. It was a great day 
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Three years ago, this hike kicked my *kitten*:
(I'm wearing the white shirt)
2 weeks ago, I kicked this one:
(I'm taking this pic, not in it)0 -
Love it!0
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Here's mine...these kids aren't light, and they like to be "lifted"!
Do they attach themselves to your ankle and demand to be pulled along "like a snail"?0 -
Here's mine...these kids aren't light, and they like to be "lifted"!
Do they attach themselves to your ankle and demand to be pulled along "like a snail"?
Oh yeah....my daughter calls herself my "ankle bracelet" when she does this. They also like to use my body for gymnastics, ie: doing somersaults, while I'm lying on my back, over my knees (towards my head) so I have to lift them/help flip them around up over my head....they love it!0 -
Here's mine...these kids aren't light, and they like to be "lifted"!
Do they attach themselves to your ankle and demand to be pulled along "like a snail"?
Oh yeah....my daughter calls herself my "ankle bracelet" when she does this. They also like to use my body for gymnastics, ie: doing somersaults, while I'm lying on my back, over my knees (towards my head) so I have to lift them/help flip them around up over my head....they love it!
I do this too! They call it "Mommy Olympics" haha0 -
For some reason this made me burst out crying.
God Bless! Congratulations. I LOVE the wedding theme! LOVE
Thank you We got married at the starting line of the MS150. Ronnie Shirley (from the tv show Lizard Lick towing) was our minister. It was a great day That has to be one of the coolest ever! May you love and ride together forever! :drinker: (and I mean that in a non-dirty-get your mind outta the gutter kinda way! LOL) 0 -
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Inspired by AreWeThereYet's post from earlier today (which made me cry so hard in such a good way)
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Here's mine...these kids aren't light, and they like to be "lifted"!
Awesome!! I keep joking that I'm going to use my kids for weighted squats. Maybe I really should!0 -
I really need to get caught up on this thread...0
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I really need to get caught up on this thread...
Did you make one??0 -
I don't have a fitspiration image of my own to add; however, I have to have this in mytopics.
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Inspired by AreWeThereYet's post from earlier today (which made me cry so hard in such a good way)
^^^^ This!!!!!!!
In for the awesomeness.0 -
My NSV is that I have finally realized that the person I lie to most is myself. I say I exercised for 30 minutes whereas I really exercised for 20 minutes and warm-up and cool-down was the other 10 minutes. Lots and lots of little cheats. Needs to stop - I hate it when people lie to me yet I do it to myself all the time. Not to others - but why I think I deserve to be lied to is beyond me. Needs to stop. Can figure out the reasons for my behavior in my leisure. Stop the bad behavior to myself first.
So today I did run on the treadmill for 1 minute and walk for 1 minute for 30 minutes plus 5 minutes warm-up and 5 minutes cool down for a total of 40 minutes. No cheat. No more cheats.
Not sure it this is a mind shattering victory but to me it is a big deal.
Edited for spelling/typos.0 -
Here's mine...these kids aren't light, and they like to be "lifted"!
Awesome!! I keep joking that I'm going to use my kids for weighted squats. Maybe I really should!
Put them on your shoulders. It's pretty awesome.
I was doing the hokey pokey with them on my shoulders the other day (one at a time, not both). "Shaking it all about" on one leg is pretty challenging.0 -
My NSV is that I have finally realized that the person I lie to most is myself. I say I exercised for 30 minutes whereas I really exercised for 20 minutes and warm-up and cool-down was the other 10 minutes. Lots and lots of little cheats. Needs to stop - I hate it when people lie to me yet I do it to myself all the time. Not to others - but why I think I deserve to be lied to is beyond me. Needs to stop. Can figure out the reasons for my behavior in my leisure. Stop the bad behavior to myself first.
So today I did run on the treadmill for 1 minute and walk for 1 minute for 30 minutes plus 5 minutes warm-up and 5 minutes cool down for a total of 40 minutes. No cheat. No more cheats.
Not sure it this is a mind shattering victory but to me it is a big deal.
Edited for spelling/typos.
If you feel like you need to dot your "i's" that's fine and I fully support that.
But I ran a half marathon in 2:39 and that included some walking. I didn't track my walking minutes and the race director didn't penalize me for them or anything.
Warming up and cooling down is exercise. Now, if you have a training plan that says "30 minutes of running" you should do 30 minutes of running because that's what will get you ready for race day. But if you have 30 minutes to exercise and run for 20 of that, it's up to you how you count it.1 -
A group of physically impaired guys came into my gym this morning and began rocking it harder than most of the able bodied guys. I wish I could have taken a photo of this guy with a badly atrophied arm spotting for his buddy (who appeared to have CF). It would be captioned what he was shouting in encouragement - "AIN'T NO REASON YOU CAN'T MAN!" [safety note in case anyone is worried: regardless of physical disadvantages, these chaps obviously knew what they were doing]
Next time I feel like it's all just too much, this guy will be in my head shouting "AIN'T NO REASON YOU CAN'T MAN!"
This is amazing. I needed this today!0 -
March 2013 I go to the doctor because I'm not feeling right. Long story short, I've got type 2 diabetes. I'll never forget being told, it was like a slap in the face. Fear, sadness, anger all these powerful emotions. My resolve could only be one thing, I refused to accept this fate, I refused to give up. My choice was to sign up on MFP, to hit the gym daily, to be responsible and own up to the scenario I had created for myself. No more blaming the world, my circumstances, all of the excuses that find their way so easily into our mouths....I started eating paleo, riding the recumbent bike (30 min at lvl 4 was my max), and studying diabetes and nutrition. I devoted every moment of my existence to this change. It rocked the foundations of my world. When you begin to look at yourself HONESTLY, you evaluate all of your circumstances. Relationships change, ideals, thought patterns, choices all will change. You must remember you are doing this for YOU. You can do it for others too, but make sure at the core, it is for you.
November 2013' I'm down 74lbs, my blood sugar and other diabetic measures are normal, I own a city bike that I ride 25+ miles regularly, I weight train at the gym and still hit the recumbent bike (60 min at lvl 10). I still eat healthy, and focus on movement, changing up my gameplan and keeping it fresh. My big moment came last month, when I got all my clothing from pre-summer storage and moved it into my new place. As I unpacked, I tried on a bunch of my winter clothes.... Nothing, I mean nothing fit. Comically huge jackets, pants falling to the ground.... It was the most glorious feeling. I was crying, laughing, in utter disbelief. It really hit me then that not only is change possible, but it's real. Put the time in, do the work, believe in yourself, never ever stop believing that you are worth it, that you can do it, and that you deserve it. It will not be easy. You will fall down, but you MUST pick yourself up. Continue on your path, the goal is to walk it truly and honestly. The destination will appear as you walk it. Give your all in this life, we only have one chance.
I believe in all of you. Go out there and crush it.1
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