What pushes you?

what motivates me is everyone here who has a better body then me.

Wingman, I will trade you any day, but really maybe one day I'll be in a position to motivate you.

Before and now pics motivate me.

Saying I can. Sounds so simple. But I don't realise how powerful telling myself I can is until I'm gasping for breath running farther and farther each day all because I told myself I can. When I am not feeling positive when I am telling myself I can't, music gets me where I want to be. Put on my headphones and BAM I'm wanting to sweat!

My motivation at first was other people, but now its just myself. I feel so much better and stronger. I have worked on a lot with myself and learning to treat myself better.

being voted ugliest girl in my senior high school class. they put the poster right there on my locker. I remember pretending to laugh and then running to the bathroom and crying in a stall for HOURS! I vowed that i would one day be pretty.

That pretty much pushed me to focus on fitness. Many years...later...my 20 year reunion is coming up.

Cannot wait.

It happened a long time ago but it still pushes me.

That is awful. wtf???????? You're so pretty!

What motivates me is several things. I want to prove to myself that I can do this. I also refuse to keep lugging this roll around so that motivates me. And I use to be a weight lifter in the Air Force and had a rocking body. I loved how I felt, how my body felt, how I looked in clothes and how I enjoyed lifting. THAT is my motivator. To always compete against myself and see how much more I can do and how much better I can get. I am determined to be the hawtest looking 50 year old around ! But not for others. For me. I want to know that I look the best I can look ... maybe then I can inspire others who thought 'they couldn't do it' to JUST DO IT!

Every workout and every clean eating day keeps me one day farther from the 175lb unhappy girl I used to be. .I want to be bikini ready all year round so I don't have to work my *kitten* off for 3 months straight at the end of winter just to feel good about wearing a bikini. Also, my man. He strength trains everyday and it motivates me to be able to keep up with him and sometimes kick his butt in a work out. I guess it would also be great to have a great body even during pregnancy. I want to be able to workout throughout my pregnancy. When that happens. which won't be for a while!

I'd have to say smaller clothes (size 8 cords in my closet that I WILL FIT INTO by the end of the year!!!!), firm up my lower half so it doesn't jiggle as I run...hate that, and lose/tone enough so that my inner thighs NO LONGER TOUCH. But all of this is useless when PMS hits...so I have to learn to overcome those cravings!!!

Actually I push myself. I've always been able to do this in lots of things but my love for food always kept me from wanting to go thru the process and then maintain. I generally have tremendous willpower when I start something and see it thru to the finish. But it took me a lot of years to put my health first. I wish I had this willpower when I was much younger.

You motivate me, if you can do it, so can I. Thanks.

what motivates me is to stay healthy, before starting MFP I had episodes of falling down for no reason, falling asleep in mid-sentence, was in bed at least 2-3xs a week I felt like I was no longer living but just existing. I was in constant pain and on ALOT of pain killers. Now I feel like I have my life back, I have not fallen sleep in mid=sentence or fell down since starting MFP about 2 yrs ago, this motivates me because I dont want to go back.....oh yeah and cute clothes...LOL

So, for my weight loss journey, I wanted to see what everyone's motivation is/was.

I want to have lots of casual sex with attractive women.

Life is just easier without all those extra pounds.

I don't care what my scale says as long as I am healthy, but I do want to still be on my feet bouncing and ready for more when the guys around me are collapsed in a sweaty heap. I train like Sensei is watching!

What IS motivating me are clothes. Really cute, small, clothes. Am I going crazy?! I want to loose weight for clothes?!

I think clothes motivate me a little too. I see all these cute clothes in what I call "model sizes". The bigger the clothes get the older they get. Pretty soon all I find is ugly sweaters with Christmas Trees on them. Not exactly what I want to wear at 34. Another odd motivator for me is my rings. I have a beautiful Mother's ring and a beautiful Valentine's day ring that I got from my honey. I can't fit into either of them. I have worn rings since I was 15 and all of a sudden my fingers look like fat little sausages and the rings won't fit. :frown:

And, I really want to be that crazy old lady who goes to the gym and works out, putting all the young ones to shame.

being voted ugliest girl in my senior high school class. they put the poster right there on my locker. I remember pretending to laugh and then running to the bathroom and crying in a stall for HOURS! I vowed that i would one day be pretty.

What is wrong with people???????