What is Your Motivation? Why do you want Change?

Jessicahanzlik

What gets you off that couch when your feeling lazy? What makes you walk away from the donut in the window? What makes you look in the mirror and call for change?

Share what keeps you motivation!

EdTheGinge

Originally I was just fed up with going straight to XL shirts and also worrying if they'd fit, I lost 5stone and am now down to S shirts. Now my motivation is not to go back to that state and also now I've a keen interest in running I want to continue to improve my times and that can't be done sat on the sofa watching tv and eating chocolate. Also now I'm single I want to stay in shape to get women to actually notice me (totally vain i know).

What's your motivation ?

runnermom419

At first it was my chronic pain and my fertility problems. Well, 2 kids and over a year and a half pain free, it's now my kids that get me moving every day. I want them to see healthy living modeled in our home.

cwolfman13

Early on, it was all about my health and trying to fix some things with diet and exercise in order to get off all my meds (only 39 y.o.). It's still about my health, but I don't really need the motivation anymore. These days, everything is pretty much routine. Hitting the weight room every Tues/Wed/Sat is pretty much just as routine as getting up and brushing my teeth in the morning...I don't really think about it, I just do it. Going for a run on Monday and breaking out the bike on Wed and Friday is pretty much just as routine as taking a shower every morning...again, I don't really think about it...I just do it.

As far as the doughnut goes...well, if I want a doughnut I have a doughnut. I rock my nutrition and I rock my fitness...having a doughnut here and there isn't going to have any impact whatsoever. Entirely giving up things you enjoy is a recipe for failure.

Tedebearduff

I'm all about dem gains !!! that keeps me motivated (by gains I mean adding muscle to my body if you didn't get it)

drinknderive

I'm done having kids. My body is my own again. It's much easier to stay motivated when I know that all of my hard work is not about to be undone by another pregnancy.

Idka81

Results motivate me the most. All the effort I've put in over the last couple of years is not worth wasting by sitting on the couch. Finally seeing muscle on my body. Going from not being able to do a single push up a few months ago to doing 3-4 sets of 20. The best part is when an exercise that seemed like pure hell months ago, is now a warm-up

pwittek10

This is about YOU!
I do this for me and how I feel.
That is the only way this will be long term.
You have to want this for yourself.
You are important.

Erica6130

:mad: I was tired of my parents telling me I was "putting" on weight as if I was suppose to stay the same size all my life.....and I hate my back fat rolls so I needed to make a change.

Erica6130

Early on, it was all about my health and trying to fix some things with diet and exercise in order to get off all my meds (only 39 y.o.). It's still about my health, but I don't really need the motivation anymore. These days, everything is pretty much routine. Hitting the weight room every Tues/Wed/Sat is pretty much just as routine as getting up and brushing my teeth in the morning...I don't really think about it, I just do it. Going for a run on Monday and breaking out the bike on Wed and Friday is pretty much just as routine as taking a shower every morning...again, I don't really think about it...I just do it.

As far as the doughnut goes...well, if I want a doughnut I have a doughnut. I rock my nutrition and I rock my fitness...having a doughnut here and there isn't going to have any impact whatsoever. Entirely giving up things you enjoy is a recipe for failure.

So true....^^^^^^^totally agree

Littlestandrews

My son! I was raised eating garbage but was so active it didn't make me overweight. Then the real world hit and I got old(er) and gained 40lbs. I'd rather teach my kids how to eat right and stay healthy so they don't struggle more later on. Plus, you feel SO much better when you aren't eating junk and you are exercising!

jafabuNZ

Vanity first, health second - but now that I've been diagnosed as prediabetic - it's health first, vanity second.

tdecel

My father died at 62 from a hearth attack.
My father's sister died at 62 from a hearth attack.
My fathers father died at 64 from a hearth attack, 2 years after having a stroke and a earlier H-A.
My father's younger brother was so paranoid when he turned 60 that he had a complete physical. Doctor said he should have done it a year earlier. Had advanced colon cancer. Died at 61.

I celebrated my 60th birthday last November by riding my bicycle 100 miles.... My tenth century in the past 3 years.

NonnyMary

Well, truth be told, it feels real nice, and I cant wait for the day when the "gurll, have you lost weight?" compliments start coming.

OH joy!!!

they have started trickling in,, and wow it sure feels wonderful ... like yesterday one lady at work who knows me about 15 years, who knows me when i was slimmer told me that yippeee!!

it feels dang good!!!

so yeah.

raisealittlehell

Initially it was wanting to feel better in my own skin, feel healthy, become active.

Now its trying to find a balance between being active and pushing myself. While going to the gym and exercising is now routine, just like making healthier choices in food- I don't want to become complacent. So I am always trying to find a way to push myself physically- doing a new/different exercise, setting new goals, or signing up for races/competitions to give me something to strive and push towards. Otherwise I would get bored and not make the most of the exercise that I am doing.

CollieFit

The weight gain was the "change" for me.

My motivation is just to get back to "normal", looks-wise and fitness-wise.

Colombianchick29

Because I needed to LOVE MYself again.

davepearson86

Addicted to lifting heavy things now.

lthames0810

I read posts from many who get in shape for appearance and comfort reasons as well as vague references to better health. All of those apply to me, but I also have witnessed a thing that scared me into this. An eldery relative, after a lifetime of poor nutrition and sedentary habits, had the inevitable fall and broke her arm. She couldn't get up from the floor untill she was discovered by someone. It put her in a situation of needing a round the clock caregiver until she healed because she didn't have the core and leg strength to get up from a chair or bed (or toilet) without using both her arms to hoist herself to her feet.

Many of the physical problems of ageing are just passed off as what happens when you get old. But many things like poor balance, poor strength, brittle bones and incontinence can be at least improved if not avoided altogether by keeping yourself fit and eating a nutritious diet.

Kabiti

I tried and tried for years. Even a High BP and early diabetes diagnosis only fixed about 10 lbs (about a year ago).

Eventually I realized I had a bigger problem that was preventing me from getting healthy. I subconsciously did not want my body to be skinny and healthy. Since coming out of the closet as a transgender woman, I've lost nearly 35 lbs in less than 10 weeks. I'm fully confident that I'll stay this healthy now, and also manage to be who I always was.

It's a huge change for me and painful in a lot of other ways (with more difficulties to come), but it was necessary for me to be happy with myself and my body.

grillnchill

My mother is currently battling cancer. Before that she was diagnosed with a laundry list of diseases (type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and others I can't recall off the top of my head). I watched my mother fluctuate in weight significantly between her 30s and 50s. I also saw that she did not make wise dietary choices during that time.

Here she is now, 62 years old with stage 4 cancer on her breast and lymph nodes. A voice inside of me can't shake the thought that if maybe she would have kept her weight in check, not eaten as many as those "bad foods" and kept active that she would not be in this position. (especially knowing that cancer does not run in my mother's side of the family). My mother is my prime motivator. I don't want to chance developing any of those diseases.

I want to bump up my level of health, shed off some of the unwanted pounds I gained in the past couple of years and overall live a better quality of life. :flowerforyou:

ps - and yes...I want to look damn good in the process.

StheK

I like being comfortable, and being overweight and unhealthy is just not comfortable.

Willbenchforcupcakes

I started to change because I didn't recognize who I was in the mirror anymore. I didn't know where the fun, confident, sexy me was, and I needed to find myself again. I keep going because I'm forging my body into exactly what I want it to be. Plus I just love beasting it up in the gym!

Crystallee145

To be happy in my own skin. To gain the confidence I once rocked in my 20's. I also have some health issues that need to go away in order to live life to fullest. I have a set of twins at home that I want to run and play with and go on adventures. I dont want to go shopping with my friends and not be able to buy anything, while they find the cutest outfits.

Now, I workout with a trainer once a week and follow her plan the other days. I love being able to to push ups to planks, becuase a few months ago I couldn't even do a 1 push up or hold a plank. The more I go the the gym and see progress, the more I want to go. I also started Yoga, I cannot do many of the moves due to flexibility, however, if I keep it up, I will be able to!

If I dont make it to the gym one day, I make sure I go another. Eating a piece of cake is ok, I see progress when I dont go back and eat the rest of the cake.

caramelgyrlk

I put pristine care into caring for my family and their well being while I neglected the pioneer-matriach who keeps it running smoothe (ME). I really despised what I ALLOWED MYSELF TO BECOME and said I will NEVER EVER weigh 337lbs again. all medications I was on were weight related and I had the power to change it. I finally said enough.

I am at place now where I am loving myself again. It feels good to be 128 pounds less. It feels great to get those high fives at the gym after boxing or bootcamp. My energy is beyond compare and the 5 pills that I was on are down to 1 and that pill is 5mg. How's that for change? Being lazy is NOT an option. When I look at my old photos it is a clear reminder of what my life will be like if I become lazy.

To answer your question, my motivation is ME.....

SummerLovesPhil

Because diabetes blows.

mysuccessstory1984

to be able to take a picture of myself without trying to hide my body

Bernadette60614

I want to live to be 120!

I think the first half of life is for career and family, and the second half or so should be for giving back and exploring new interests and ideas. I want to be healthy enough to do those things.

MickeyBoo

I'm sick of chronic pain and tired of feeling heavy, my motivation now is to imagine myself lighter, healthier and just happier overall, making the most out of my days instead of being trapped in bed with pain.

MizSookeh

There needs to be at least three fewer X's next to the L on my clothes tags!

I want the outside me to look like the inside me. I want to be able to express my own style, not the style of the plus-size clothes producers.

AND I want that style to shine and look awesome in photos. There's hardly any photographic evidence that I've even existed for the last 10 years!

jamezln

I'm just sick and tired of feeling miserable. I find myself going out and blowing money on things thinking they are going to make me happy when I know that the only thing that will make me happy is to be able to lay on the couch with my wife again without her falling off. Sounds funny I know, but really it's the simple things like that. Being able to look at myself in the mirror again and smile. Being able to lay down with my kids when they wake at night and not worry about falling asleep without my C-Pap machine. Getting off of BP medicine. Getting off anxiety meds. Anxiety meds because i'm worried i'm going to have a heart attack, or something crazy. I worry about worrying. Losing the 100lbs i've gained since I got married. It's all crazy and i'm always looking for friends for some motivation so feel free to add me.