What is your TRUE reasons for wanting to get in shape?

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  • msuspartan10
    msuspartan10 Posts: 72 Member
    Self esteem. No amount of friends or family telling me I look skinny and look great makes me actually FEEL great. I need to see in the mirror how I want to be.
    I want to look great in my wedding dress some day.
    I want to be in good shape for when I get pregnant some day. Healthier for the baby and easier to get rid of the baby weight after.
    To keep him coming back for more :)
  • nzs110b
    nzs110b Posts: 56 Member
    look good naked.
    ^THIS!!!!^
  • Sweets1954
    Sweets1954 Posts: 507 Member
    My true reason for getting into shape is to reduce the amount of meds I am taking. I have found I am much more successful this time rather than all the times I "tried" to lose weight for other superficial reasons. I have a new husband and a new grandchild that I want to be healthy enough to spend time with both. And I want to look forward to the weddings of my children and more grandchildren to come!
  • cwaters120
    cwaters120 Posts: 354 Member
    to avoid the family "curse" in the health department (diabetes) and be a mother and wife my family can be proud to call their own. To be healthy enough to be there for my parents and family when they need me.
  • JacquiMayCrook
    JacquiMayCrook Posts: 308 Member
    I spent my early 20's as an overweight frump, and at my heaviest hit 14st (which at 5ft2 was quite large!). I slimmed down age 25 to 9st using weight watchers, but three kids and two failed marriages later I find myself verging on frumpy again. Having just remarried at age 44 the last thing I want to do is settle for frumpdom again. I'm too young to feel old and frumpy!
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    There r many reasons but it#1 is I was sick and tired of being sick and tired, ( fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and hypothyroid also high blood pressure and high chlesterol) after losing 112 lbs I feel likeni have my life back A LOT less pain, my blood pressure is actually low now and chlesterolnis now normal
  • Lalasharni
    Lalasharni Posts: 353 Member
    I got replacement knees. Dont wanna go through THAT again!
  • candymara
    candymara Posts: 49
    Of course I want to lose weight to look like my old self- feel pretty again, be healthy and live longer for my family

    But I have another reason too..

    Well, I got married last september. And I wanted to walk down the aisle at my wedding- obviously, what girl doesn't? So I began seeing a physical therapist. I wanted them to make me a leg brace that would allow me to walk. I have been in a wheelchair for 8 years since my son was born in 2004. I had an epidural during the delivery (needle in the spine for pain control), and I haven't walked since.

    I use a wheelchair daily. can't walk full time in a brace without destroying my pelvic area because I am paralyzed from hip to toe- when you can't step, you can't walk. I do have a crappy brace that lets me hobble around in emergencies, and that's what I ended up using to walk down the aisle. But anyways, back to the story - So I see this therapist who tells me "omg, I heard about this amazing new technology that would be perfect for you! You wouldn't have to use a wheelchair anymore, you could actually walk! Like everyday, permanently, WALK!" SO I was over the moon! She began to make casts of my leg to get me started on this wonder brace.

    Weeks go by, and I haven't heard back. So my mom and I both call to check in. She isn't there, we leave a message. Months now go by and I still haven't heard from her. It's getting close to the wedding and I'm beginning to panic because I want to practice walking in this brace so I don't look like an idiot on my wedding day. Finally I get ahold of her.

    She tells me I'll have to use my old brace- the one for emergencies only- at the wedding. And that she can't make the new one work for me because... I'm over the weight limit for the technology. I guess she was avoiding me because she didn't know how to tell me that I was the only person holding myself back.

    So here I am. With the knowledge that I COULD be walking right now, if only I lost 100lbs. Believe me, that's quite the motivator. But when you have spent so many years eating away the pain of a chronic illness plus neurological injury and gaining pound after pound from overeating, lack of exercise and god awlful medications that literally add pounds by the tens each time I am in the hospital and forced to take them - reaching your goal is not easy. But I'm slowly tearing down the excuses.

    I have a goal. It's an amazing goal- probably better than the average reason or goal- and I'm trying to get to it. It will just take time and a lot of emotional and physical work. Don't let me quit. I want to reach my goal and be walking again by April 2014!
  • ranchmimi
    ranchmimi Posts: 125 Member
    I have reached 75 years old - semi disabled - and still way over weight. I finally decided that I could do this eating healthy life style back in October 2011. I have lost 24 pounds since then (didn't join MFP until March 2013). I finally have my appetite under control and I plan to continue eating healthily until I'm the best I can be! And then I'll eat healthily to maintain what I've managed to attain! Fitting into clothes I've not worn in 20 years is also a huge plus!
  • MaliceWells
    MaliceWells Posts: 8
    Two reasons : I have a high blood pressure that is clearly related to my weight and would like to have more energy in life in general. Being able to run, walk for a long time and go up stairs without feeling like dying once I'm up.
    The second reason is to feel more confortable with my image.
  • mk_hammer
    mk_hammer Posts: 105
    To be ravishable. :blushing:
  • krhn
    krhn Posts: 781 Member
    Feel awesome and energetic, look good, eat more food as I can kick:bigsmile: start my metabolism after I pack on some more muscle
  • learninmama
    learninmama Posts: 49 Member
    Health & self esteem :)
  • Hike_higher
    Hike_higher Posts: 86
    So I'm not embarrassed to be seen shirtless ..............maybe even by someone else someday
  • monikalrobinson
    monikalrobinson Posts: 5 Member
    I'm going to be 50 years old next month and I want to look my very best for my half-of-a-century big day! I lost 25 lbs on the OMNI program and wanted to lose 10 more the good ol' fashioned way-through healthy diet and lots of exercise. I love to exercise because I know that it makes me look and feel better every day. It also keeps my bipolar symptoms at bay and keeps me from having to take medications. My diet also helps with this. Also, my boyfriend is taking me on a Caribbean cruise for my 50th birthday and I have 3 bikinis that I want to look good in. I love this website and the way it manages every aspect of my fitness goals. I wish you all the best and the same for me!
  • Nerdybreisawesome
    Nerdybreisawesome Posts: 359 Member
    So I can be 90 and still be able to move around like a rock star.
  • Svolt
    Svolt Posts: 284 Member
    Both of my parents have/had high blood pressure, diabeties and high cholesterol. I don't want to end up like them. My mom had a stroke and died of cancer. TOTAL EYE OPENER FOR ME!
  • phr34kish
    phr34kish Posts: 2
    I've struggled with my weight my entire life, and just found out why last summer: diagnosed with PCOS. So I'm working to make myself healthy, and learn to love myself again. :)
  • mailhena
    mailhena Posts: 1
    I want to fit in my small size clothes
  • ScorpioCurse
    ScorpioCurse Posts: 3
    My father recently died at a relatively young age. I want to be around for as long as possible for my family. If I do go early I want it to be from some sort of crazy action sports accident while out living, not heart disease. ;-)
  • SweetLillyM
    SweetLillyM Posts: 58
    My employer offered free blood work and when I got the results I realized how unhealthy I really was. My lifestyle had to change before I ended up having a heart attack at a young age. I turned 30 shortly after that and decided it was time to change my life.

    My employer offered the free blood work again this year, it was almost a year later and I had lost 70 pounds, my results were MUCH better! I feel so much healthier, have a lot more energy, and I'm enjoying my new lifestyle.

    I did this for me! :)
  • JSTworkinout
    JSTworkinout Posts: 20 Member
    Not sure sometimes its a game see how far down i can go then i creep back up its all science and math really playing with numbers as long as i don't go up past my limit it gives me a goal and when i reach it is like i say now what ???
  • Baby_sway86
    Baby_sway86 Posts: 62 Member
    Total vanity - want to do more modeling jobs in the summer just for the fun of it bc I'm kinda old now. But looking good in tight jeans, short tops is def something I miss.
  • Smile72
    Smile72 Posts: 104 Member
    1. I want to be healthy - my family history is filled with many medical conditions I've been lucky to have avoided so far. I want to keep it that way.
    2. I want to have a baby.
    3. I've dropped over a 100+ lbs and have managed to gain some of it back. Which I'm not happy about.
    4. Tired of people and their inuendos.
    5. VANITY
  • MikeLoyd
    MikeLoyd Posts: 7 Member
    The doctor put me on blood pressure pills two years ago. Happy to say I am off of those now :) I feel that we are obligated to be good stewards of our bodies. Now that I have made some major lifestyle changes I feel much more disciplined in other areas of my life.
  • FussyFruitbat
    FussyFruitbat Posts: 110 Member
    To look like a stone cold fox, obviously.
  • Will606
    Will606 Posts: 55
    I've never really felt like I was in shape. I've been fat, I've been skinny and skinny/fat.....@44 I would like to be able to look back and honestly say there was a period where I was really "in shape"
  • fitfreakymom
    fitfreakymom Posts: 1,400 Member
    want to be fit by forty, and that will be in the fall,
  • kdoshier8
    kdoshier8 Posts: 1
    I want to be the only woman that my significant other looks at, I want to have the energy to do all the outdoor things that my state has to offer, I also want to learn how to keep a balanced die!
  • H0llyG0lightly
    H0llyG0lightly Posts: 214 Member
    To look good and wear whatever I want, and to feel good about/comfortable with myself. Being fat made me super self-conscious, which was a huge emotional/energy drain.

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