What Motivated You!!!!

mrsambitious

What motivated you to want to lose weight? A few people do it for love, some for their kids, and health. What about you? I'm doing it for myself. I don't want to be same the same size I was in high school, but I don't like my size either. My size is depressing to me so I have decided to lose weight

sgimpys

I was motivated by a few factors. One comes a career change. I cant get a job as a federal agent being as big as I am. The second is health. Type 2 diabetes limits what I can eat. Ohhh and since I have been eating healthier, Ive been feeling better on a daily basis!!!

kit_katty

Looking at holiday photos and seeing how pudgy I looked. I started running but wasn't losing weight, but then someone mentioned this site and off I went!

Nerple

I was just bored and needed something to do. It wasn't until I lost 30 or so pounds that I realized: "Hey, I kind of like how this is turning out" and got motivated to keep it up.

Pound4Pound13

I'm at the heaviest I've ever been and I can FEEL it. I don't have as much energy as I used to. Plus I'm at the point where I find myself buying bigger clothes. Hopefully I'll be able to SAVE money along w/ the weight loss!

shells22

SO many factors but the biggest reason was for me to be happy in my skin. I am overall a happy person but insecure. Losing weight, feeling good about myself, treating myself better in ways OTHER than food is my motivation.

Clothes- my best friend got me a sweater from Hollister and I never fit in there before and I do now- big motivation!

Going out- Instead of buying fast food and going out to eat, I save my money and treat myself to makeup, getting my hair styled, buying new smaller gym clothes etc when I hit my mini goals.

Holidays- I dreaded the holidays, now I actually look forward to them. I want to see my friends and family more than ever!

Hitting onederland- being under 200 pounds was such a big motivation that made me realize this is happening now and it's working. I never will be there. Ever.

My dog- she's my walking motivation

ALL of this is better than eating bad and not working out and feeling guilty and gross.

Hannova

I couldn't do the things I wanted to do anymore - ride my bike, go hiking, swimming - without getting out of breath and I hated it. So I got pissed and now I'm losing weight.

Rosiered2

I started off doing it because my daughter is getting married this summer......and I have to go buy a mother-of-the-bride dress...actually going tonight........BUT that isn't why I do it NOW! Now, I am doing it because I am loving it with all my heart! I can breathe better, my endurance has gone way off the chart.......I am thoroughly enjoying exercise now!

Grace619

Many things, but most recently, seeing a side view of myself at the table at a recent family dinner. I just couldn't quit staring at myself and wondering what I thought I was doing at that table eating more..... terrible, just terrible. Working on it. Love the motivation on this site!

MandyMcAwesome

hahah. I was at a party and went to sit on the floor to pet the dog. When I sat, it went BOOM and I saw a few wide eyes.. Time to start loosing!

s1lence

Had a son and got serious about my health. Diabetes runs heavy in the family and at my heaviest I was at 245, I'm only 26. I hated the way I looked and I couldn't do hardly anything. I hopped on this site after my dad lost 30 lbs even with COPD, about half his lung capacity, and just as overweight as I was. I stayed motivated when my dad introduced me to a trainer friend of his while I was visiting. He taught me some things I can do at home then one of the last days I was visiting he told me that he thought that in my heart that I was a quitter. I don't like being told I can't do something- so part of me does it out of spite and wanting to prove him wrong.

TLynn0568

More recently I did it because of a glance in the mirror from the side. It looked like my shoulders went straight into my head without any sort of definition around my neck... I just looked like a linebacker!

I also got motivation from a very good friend. She and I are classic over-indulgers and when she started losing weight and exercising it gave me the inspiration/motivation to do so as well.

So I suppose it's fair to say that initially appearance motivated me but now after having been doing it for almost 6 months (and down 40 lb) I'm doing it for me, for how I feel, not to mention setting a good example for my daughter.

hauer01

I was tired of no liking myself anymore.


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hauer01

I was tired of no liking myself anymore.


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Frozenmango

For me, totally selfish reason of putting my health first for once i've spent many years putting my own health on the backburner while I pursued other things. That, and as I get older, I'm realizing how much I use food and my weight as a barrier to the things that I want most in this world, but am afraid of. My motivation is to finally be healthy overall, in mind, emotionally and physically. I realize that if I give up, I'm letting myself down and I deserve better than that - we all do!

That, and I can't wait to don a bikini and feel absolutely stunning in it!

Il_DaniD_lI

I was putting my Christmas photos up on Facebook and had to crop myself out of all of them because I looked too fat. lol. That was my changing moment.

Il_DaniD_lI

Also.. I quit smoking over a year ago, I thought I'd add onto my newly healthy lifestyle.

tifarahmonteith

I am not so much on here to lose weight as to get my muscles back and feel better! I get pretty down during the winter months and I know that winter's I exercise regularly I feel so much happier in general! I was in the best shape of my life two years ago so when I think of how I looked and how I felt about myself at that time, I am inspired to get that back!

Scorpioangel

My blood pressure was 170/110 and I was winded, overweight and miserable. Looking at my day 0 pics at 151 motivates me!

leomentlines

The fact that was 19 and my back would bother me once I got off work was a HUGE motivator for me. That, along with being increasing unhappy with my body shape and insecure was enough to finally start doing something about it.

OsiViper

I always enjoyed going out to amusement parks, Six Flags, Universal, Disney World, Etc.
There is also stuff i want to do that I have never done.. Climb a mountain, go Skydiving, bungee jumping, etc.

I want to be able to do all of this without having to wonder am I too fat to do this? or wonder what the maximum weight is for a ride or attraction.. I just want to be able to say "oh yea I want to do that!" and never have to think am i too fat? Will I break something?

ceaton80

My story is pretty generic I guess. Stepped on a scale first week of January and said enough is enough...I also have 2 kids that I want to set a good example for and I do not want to be the out of shape dad on the sidelines breathing heavy lol. Just want to extend my life and live healthy and grow old to see my kids babies! I was always tired and bloated feeling too and it became annoying at work having to dress casual and be UN-confortable all day long. Down about 13lbs in 8 weeks!

radioraven

I got mad & scared. The scary came with a chronic sideache that would come and go starting last summer. I couldn't finish the Dirty Girl Run because of it. I got knocked over with shooting pains in my side while at work and on a couple of occasions almost fainted. After talking with my Dr, we agreed to do some exploratory surgery on me to see if endometriosis was present before Christmas. January 4th at my follow up appointment, I was told she couldn't find the cause of the pain and referred me to another specialist to see what might be inflamed in my lower right side. Then I got mad! So frustrated as to what was going on, nothing was wrong, not knowing what was wrong with my colon or my digestive system, was it my hips or arthritis, or what......
I lost 15 pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas due to the pain and procedure, then joined MFP in January.
I started with the 30 day shred. Now I'm onto Body Revolution. I'm getting down to my fighting weight.


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creative1981

I actually read a book on goal setting where you need to pick one thing that will help many factors of your life along. I realised that my weight was not only affecting my health, it was affecting my energy and confidence with regards to work, meeting new people etc. It seemed to me that if I felt better about myself I'd have more energy and confidence to get out there and live life.

I've also recently moved to a new area where there is much more opportunity to do outdoorsy stuff ( I really want to try surfing!) and I want to be fit enough to do it all.

Thanks for posting this - I needed to be reminded of why I was doing this today. I'm re-motivated!

serendipity22

I want to be strong and have more energy. There are lots of sports that I want to try that sound fun. I want to be the hot girl instead of the overweight friend.

beccci91

I was starting to get sleep apnea.

Also in a lecture in university we were figuring out precentals and for me, I was smaller than 95% of the student body in height, limb length and like but my hip percental was high and my weight percental was 99.99999%. I don't want that anymore, THAT was my wake up call.

Not that I didn't know I have to loss weight before or even tried, I always just gave up before. Now just over a month and a half in and I have work out nearly everyday and been eating really well, don't want to give up, its becoming an important part in my life.

Louise1583

I want to look AWESOME naked.

StuAblett

I saw a picture of myself standing beside two friends who are in much better shape than I and are a few years older than me, I could not believe how fat I had become, I'd been lying to myself for years, so I decided to not only lose weight, as I've done that many times in my life, but truly change my lifestyle. So far I'm doing it :drinker:

jonski1968

My profile pic motivated me...Almost every pic i had taken saw me with food or beer in my hand...And someone kindly posted one in a facebook group...Thats when i thought...Geez look at the size of me.

Never really looked back since.

pinky_pants

My housemate and I have been friends for 17 years and always used to share clothes etc. When I started the job I'm doing, I was over the average size, but felt healthy, then I really got into Call Centre working and have piled on the weight. My job just means that for 7.5 hrs a day I am sat at my desk and the furthest I walk is the loo. I was also having chronic heartburn and couldn't go a day without taking peppermint capsules.
I live in a 3 story house and was getting breathless when I was walking from the basement to the top level, and was sick of having to strategically pose for pictures to not have many chins

So overall, I wanted to be able to do the girly thigs, wear leggings and snow boots, walk around my house without getting breathless, and have a healthier lifestyle. My housemate isn't extatic that I have stopped eating white bread and now eat wholemeal and granary, and drink semi-skimmed milk, but I have started to feel the difference after only loosing 10lb, so am looking forward to the results as I loose more and more!!

And the best compliment I've had at work has to be "Those trousers are hanging off you girl, how much weight have you lost?"

Lolli1986

A few years ago I was really depressed about having to quit my studies after my housemates essentially went crazy around me. I thought this was my only chance and I had blown it and thus ruined my chances at my career. I barely ate, could barely leave the house, could not get to sleep then slept for 10+ hours. It was right in the middle of the economic crisis, so i could not even get a job cleaning or working at mc'donalds. i enjoyed nothing and was also extremely anxious. I thought this was just a phase, but it went on like this for 3 months.

One day i went out walking by the river. I did not enjoy the walk itself, per say, but i noticed that i felt... better. I tried again the next day, went a little bit further, got my heart rate a bit higher. I started noticing pretty things, and I noticed that i felt better. From then on, every day, no matter how bad I felt I dragged myself out of the house and walked further and further, faster and faster. i slept a little bit earlier, ate a bit more/better. If i truly felt terrible I would still go, scraping my feet along the ground, willing myself to reach a certain point.

After much thinking, something snapped and the depression issue was basically no more. I started working on the anxiety and everything started to come back into alignment. It wasn't perfect, but I was functional. By this time I was walking 5-10km every day.

I got a new job and made a new friend. He took me for a walk up a hill, and this was very hard, but very enjoyable. I was totally joyous after coming out of my depressive state. He suggested I try running so that climbing the hill would be easier.

I tried running. I discovered that I loved it! (so long as I could stop when it started hurting too much, lol... initially I kept things fun). And quite suddenly everything was back in alignment... I was sleeping normally, eating very well, excited about my new job and I even started dating this new friend.

I exercise for my mental health, and I eat to fuel this.