What motivates you to exercise

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  • eliaundria
    eliaundria Posts: 2 Member
    This is a great reason to exercise! However, I still have absolutely no motinvation. I am going to try really hard to motivate myself to get up and get active. I have my Wii Fit that I love playing on. I have Billy Blanks and Sean T. to motivate me. I will keep you all posted on my success.
  • gazelleintraining
    gazelleintraining Posts: 107
    Because I want to be better than I am now.

    ^ This ^ and I love how I feel during and afterward. I went from sedentary to working out for 60-90 minutes daily over the past 45 days, and I never want to go back the other direction. I had no idea that I actually prefer exercise to the high I used to get from daily overeating of sugar-fat-salt-type junk food. Exercise releases stress, sharpens my thinking, dials down my emotional responses, and makes my skin and eyes look great. I never want to be without it, and look forward to graduating off my moderate and advanced fitness videos and venturing out into new forms of exercise outside and maybe even at a gym or dance or yoga studio.
  • miadhail
    miadhail Posts: 383 Member
    What motivates me ultimately is the fact that it is the main ingredient in my weight loss. Physically activity is the only thing that differentiates who I was years ago with plenty of it (122lbs) and lately since I migrated with lack of it (starting at 193 lbs). Lately, that awesome feeling I get after exercise, with the adrenaline pumping, sweat on my body, is what motivates me :) Do something you love, and it won't feel like a chore :)
  • misslindseylou
    misslindseylou Posts: 141 Member
    To quote Elle Woods, "Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don't shoot their husbands, they just don't.

    But seriously, exercise makes me feel happy and helps combat depression, so...I gotta do it! Plus, I see better results on the scale when I do it.
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    What motivates me to exercise? Being awesome! JK but I really do feel way more awesome after a great run or killer workout!
  • chsmith79
    chsmith79 Posts: 240 Member
    My love handles and I feel like crap when I don't.
  • Beethoven1827
    Beethoven1827 Posts: 102 Member
    I do my workouts at their regular times because that's just what I do at those times! But I think part of what makes me stick to it is my determination to see this through. I'm GOING to finish C25K, and hopefully in only one week more than the plan says! I'm GOING to be fitter. I'm GOING to show Mr Beethoven that I'm serious about this; losing weight and gaining fitness isn't just a temporary fad but is truly a lifestyle change.

    And when I'm flagging part way through a workout, I think of how far I've come, and how far I still have to go. Six weeks ago, running for 60 seconds was a HUUUUGE effort; last Sunday I ran for 20 minutes. I want to be able to run 5k in 30 minutes. My legs are showing more muscle definition than I've seen in 11 years(!), and I feel good about myself - but I'll be happier when there's a bit less flab still, and I'm comfortable in the size clothing that I used to be before children.
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    moobs. (man boobs) They look better on women as boobs instead of on a man.

    oh and diabetes, health issues that I had in the past. I don't have it anymore but I can get it again if I slack off and go back to my old ways....but mostly moobs. >.>
  • nphect
    nphect Posts: 474
    to get better and faster and stronger. and some of those girls butts at the gym are just ridiculous
  • DexterDarko
    DexterDarko Posts: 235
    A feeling washes over me and it makes me want to exercise. I do it for my future and because I want it.
  • lamarnnem
    lamarnnem Posts: 189
    What motivates me is seeing that I accomplish things daily. It's ME time. It's family it's wanting to look good baked not just in clothes. It's the feeling after, it's all the food I get to eat burning calories. Great Question. Awesome feedback.
  • MissPeppers
    MissPeppers Posts: 302 Member
    After only 6 weeks with 3-4 weekly kettlebell workouts, I can already see a huge difference. I'm actually falling in love with my "new" arms - I've ALWAYS hated their shape - that alone would motivate me!

    Then I can add my better posture, generally being in better shape and feeling good, slimmer waist, thighs and back - every time I want to skip a workout I look in the mirror and remind myself why I do it!
  • Amberonamission
    Amberonamission Posts: 836 Member
    To quote Elle Woods, "Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don't shoot their husbands, they just don't.

    But seriously, exercise makes me feel happy and helps combat depression, so...I gotta do it! Plus, I see better results on the scale when I do it.
    This is my favorite. And very true.

    I feel so great when I am done.
  • Lincolnshire_Jock
    Lincolnshire_Jock Posts: 8 Member
    MFP is helping

    Count and maintain calorie count = weight loss

    Exercise, count and maintain calorie count = quicker weight loss

    Only been doing this since 1st Oct and definitely noticing difference between training periods :-)
  • Les_Lamb57
    Les_Lamb57 Posts: 57 Member
    Photos on the fridge door...at 18stone (Jan 2011) and 12st 12lb (Aug 2012) ... regualr cycling has been key and is now a part of my lifestyle.
  • m60kaf
    m60kaf Posts: 421 Member
    feel good, look good and generally don't feel like some arthritic geriatric going through a normal day and a teeeeny bit about being better than other people , at first better than other fat people, then being better than people my age, then being better than people a lot younger than me
  • SurfyFriend
    SurfyFriend Posts: 362 Member
    Exercise to me is like a cure-all for all ailments, better than any other fix:

    1) Boredom (Challenges me!)
    2) Hyperactivity (Soothes me!)
    3) Tiredness (Wakes me up!)
    4) Hungry (Can eat more food!)
    5) Lonely (Distracts me!)
    6) Down (Cheers me up!)
    7) Wanna give up (Pushes me forward!)
    8) Confused, lost (Clears my head!)

    Without it, I can imagine I would feel pretty miserable
  • tremenza
    tremenza Posts: 17 Member
    MFP motivates me mainly, seeing people who started off as a similar weight/shape as me and how they have transformed themselves has given me the hope that it is not impossible to have what they have.

    I have been doing JM for 2 months now and my body has changed alot in such a short period of time it has inspired me to continue and to see what I can do if I carry on and put my mind to it. I have also discovered lifting and it seems to be an exercise I am growing to love!! So many things I never thought I would be saying!
  • awallin86
    awallin86 Posts: 6
    I love exercising because I get to watch my inches drop off. I am a huge fan of measuring inches to just weighing. I have an excel sheet that I use to jot down my inches every month. When I exercise consistently they drop like flies! When I don't they stay the same or go up... Which reminds me that I have to keep at it to stay the same or lose weight.
    I am also a big fan of Nike Training Club! It gives you badges and points when you work out! I am getting ready to cross the 600 minutes mark (which is a heck of a lot of workouts). I also like the Couch to 5k app! It helps you stay motivated and reminds you of how far you've come!
  • MichelleLaree13
    MichelleLaree13 Posts: 865 Member
    There is cable TV at the gym. We can only watch movies at home. :blushing:
  • jamers3111
    jamers3111 Posts: 495 Member
    I just love it! It's my meditation time :) I have never had problems exercising... I just love food so dang much! :laugh:
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    You know what they say about ex-smokers being the first to complain about smoking?

    Well I'm an ex-'bat fastard' - That's why I (try) and keep on the straight and narrow!
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    I just enjoy riding my bike.

    Nothing more to say really.

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