At what age did you get your mojo?

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  • jjscholar
    jjscholar Posts: 413 Member
    I have to admit that I am not sure about this issue...

    I say this because I have been so used to being considered an outcast... The reason why is that for almost all of my life I had been obese... It is very difficult for anyone to have an confidence when he/she has been viewed as ugly as I have...

    I have to admit that the only place that I feel confident at all is in my Zumba classes at my local Y... I do not feel as if I am being judged there...
  • chellybailey
    chellybailey Posts: 10 Member
    I think this year, I am married, I have an adorable little boy and I have nearly lost my pregnancy weight. I will never be skinny but then again im not aiming too. I feel comfortable in my skin and i feel lucky with how happy everything is :)
  • eig6
    eig6 Posts: 249 Member
    I have to admit that I am not sure about this issue...

    I say this because I have been so used to being considered an outcast... The reason why is that for almost all of my life I had been obese... It is very difficult for anyone to have an confidence when he/she has been viewed as ugly as I have...

    I have to admit that the only place that I feel confident at all is in my Zumba classes at my local Y... I do not feel as if I am being judged there...

    What! Us outcasts is were its at haha! No really, when you think about it, theres a lot of us, introverted, scifi watching, awkward posting people out there- OWN IT and forget the rest!
  • Derpina7
    Derpina7 Posts: 552 Member
    Still working on it at age 22 :ohwell:
  • ccburn5
    ccburn5 Posts: 473 Member
    I guess its really growing now at 36. Thought I was on top of the world at 18-20 then reality kicked in and had to grow up quick.
  • anna_lisa
    anna_lisa Posts: 486 Member
    At 27. Lost some last year, working on getting it back
  • allie864
    allie864 Posts: 298
    Still waiting for it to show up! :tongue:
  • maddmaddie
    maddmaddie Posts: 160 Member
    I'm confident academically and in my work, but not as confident when it comes to my body image. I'm still working on that. :-) Though, I'm not afraid to go to a gym and workout in spandex. You can't just walk into a gym and look amazing, it takes time and work. Everyone has to start somewhere. :-)
  • AEB_WV
    AEB_WV Posts: 323 Member
    Still waiting as well...better hurry I think I'm on the downside : )
  • Igoligirl
    Igoligirl Posts: 63 Member
    I'd say 20 is when I got my confidence, when I stopped caring what other people thought and started living life with courage, joy and enthusiasm. I think I was over-mojoed at first and it's calming down and falling into a healthy balance now.
  • ambitious01
    ambitious01 Posts: 209 Member
    :smile: 39 years old. I've always been a little anxious and it took that long to say forget about it.
  • killernut
    killernut Posts: 11
    I always had it.

    Just for many years didn't realize I did.

    Swagger, Confidence, mojo, whatever you wanna call it...... is not in the eyes of the critics and onlookers. It is up to each individual themselves.

    Pressing on and smiling in the face of the naysayers..... that is real mojo.
  • KJoy7
    KJoy7 Posts: 246
    Early 30's... when I realized I wasn't 20 anymore!!
  • TharmigaLogan
    TharmigaLogan Posts: 3 Member
    Around 13 and then again now for the past 6 months or so
  • OnionMomma
    OnionMomma Posts: 938 Member
    At 16/17 I came out of my shell pretty good.

    I developed a really strong backbone in life around age 30 after having my son (with complex medical issues). It took big ones to stand up to DRs and tell them NO, I am going to be a part of the decision making process and there's nothing you can do about it.
  • chocoholicdiva
    chocoholicdiva Posts: 345 Member
    I must admit, mine's kinda a work in progress. Started at 17, it was a rough year, and I was having a rough week because my dad was in the hospital with a heart attack. I'd been bullied one time too many and told the arsehole off. Gained a backbone when I did it, too. More came on when I went to vocational college, that was about 19. Loosened up when I went to a night club with one of my new college friends - lost the high school persona and cut loose a little more Then more when I was 21, when one of my best friends from high school became a mom. In 2001 I found out that I had a stroke either before or during birth - I was having testing done to see if I could get some surgery done on my brain, I have epilepsy. That was a shocker. But the most came to me 2 years ago and this year. Two years ago because of a doctors appointment that showed me as 287.4 pounds on the scales and this year because I joined MFP and started losing more weight. I went up a pound before I started to come down. I was 248.0 when I joined, and I've lost both with here and on my own a total of 50+ pounds!!! That's what's got my mojo going, and it's going great!!! :bigsmile:
  • elenathegreat
    elenathegreat Posts: 3,988 Member
    At about eighteen, then again around twenty-seven, and just recently at forty-seven and a half!:bigsmile: :bigsmile:
  • IsleEsme
    IsleEsme Posts: 175 Member
    At 30. Lost it again but I plan for it to coming roaring back before I'm 40 next August.
  • vmclach
    vmclach Posts: 670 Member
    probably when I was 19-20
  • dsckrc
    dsckrc Posts: 194 Member
    35. wish i'd gotten it sooner but watch out!!! :tongue:
  • paleirishmother
    paleirishmother Posts: 242
    not yet
  • Meggles63
    Meggles63 Posts: 916 Member
    Mid 40's here!
  • mathgirl
    mathgirl Posts: 61 Member
    Still havent! ;)
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    I'm 31 and I have no idea what you're talking about. I know what my strengths are and I know what my weaknesses are. I do not feel confident or unconfident. This is always the way things have been.
  • capnwo85
    capnwo85 Posts: 1,103 Member
    When this profile pic was taken, ~87'
  • lachesissss
    lachesissss Posts: 1,298 Member
    Haven't gotten it yet and I'm almost 26. Maybe soon?
  • BeckiCharlotte13x
    BeckiCharlotte13x Posts: 259 Member
    16?
  • REALBIGBATBASTARD
    REALBIGBATBASTARD Posts: 103 Member
    I don't remember the age but damn my forearms were tired!
  • majac10
    majac10 Posts: 51
    still haven't....I hope I'll achieve it someday :)
  • smartmom0818
    smartmom0818 Posts: 83
    Had it until age 21, lost it, and now I don't see it coming back until I lose this weight.

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