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Missallison7691
Missallison7691 Posts: 73
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How have you stayed motivated to lose weight if you don't have a significant other backing you up?
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  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Because me being healthier and fit isn't about an SO..it's about me.
  • TheLittleLebowski
    TheLittleLebowski Posts: 143
    I stayed motivated because I am single.
    Being single is motivation enough for me :p
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    I think it's easier, actually. More time and energy to devote to my goals.
  • Joshacham
    Joshacham Posts: 467 Member
    When you're as ugly as I am, it's easy to be single and not worry about motivation from others.
  • Simone_King
    Simone_King Posts: 467 Member
    I have my parents but in reality, their bad with motivation.

    Mine comes from the fact that if I lose weight, a guy may see me for who I am and not my weight. Before I started this life style change I got the wrong kind of attention.

    I guess the motivation comes from the fact that I want to do things that I can't do with my weight. Like riding horses.

    The more weight I lose the better I can ride and the stronger I am.

    just because you don't have a "Significant" Other doesn't mean you need to have one in order to lose weight. Motivation comes from yourself once you realize you look better becaue of the changes you are making.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    that's funny. i see some many threads about people who's significant other WON'T support them.
  • Deka61
    Deka61 Posts: 74
    After 18 years of "contentment" and over eating, I need to get back in shape, to find the girl of my dreams. So my motivation is get fitter, leaner and rebuild my confidence. I'm more confident when I'm slimmer.
  • Gettingthin67
    Gettingthin67 Posts: 14
    because i want to do this for myself and not for others, **** what others may say/think!!

    foreversingle
  • savvystephy
    savvystephy Posts: 4,151 Member
    I think it's easier being single.. because all the time I am not having to spend with a boyfriend I am rock climbing, doing yoga, and other things to better myself for me. :smile: Because if I don't have a good relationship with me, than how the heck would I have a good relationship with anyone else? :tongue:
  • DeMayr
    DeMayr Posts: 67
    MissAllison76, it's best to not rely on others for matters such as personal health completely in your control. Taking responsibility for your own actions, whether it be making it to the gym or eating healthy should not be something that you share with a significant other, because it is only a matter of time before you start blaming that "significant other" for your loss of motivation if you begin slacking. It's all about you.
  • swfloridagal
    swfloridagal Posts: 50
    Now THATS funny! And definitely NOT TRUE! :flowerforyou:
  • narcissus1199
    narcissus1199 Posts: 18 Member
    I think it's easier, actually. More time and energy to devote to my goals.


    Exactly what I wanted to say simplified!
  • RyanWilson1993
    RyanWilson1993 Posts: 409 Member
    Every time I've been single the gf normally tries to wreck my healthy lifestyle, so I have no problem being single in that aspect.
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    How have you stayed motivated to lose weight if you don't have a significant other backing you up?

    Being selfish works for me.
  • Poorgirls_Diet
    Poorgirls_Diet Posts: 528 Member
    My ex husband was never supportive when we were together with my weight loss and I find now when I am single I want it more as I want to be able to go out there and meet someone new. My husband was a feeder and a sabotager and then turn around and call me a fat so and so and that I will never change. He was right I would never change as he was in the picture but now I have plastered pictures of me at my worst all over the place and thats enough of a motivator to get up and move your butt, believe me if you want this life change bad enough you will do anything to change it regardless if you have a significant other or not!!
  • zachatta
    zachatta Posts: 1,340 Member
    How have you stayed motivated to lose weight if you don't have a significant other backing you up?

    Your motivation for losing weight is wrong. You should be self motivated and require no ones support. If you are not self motivated you will eventually fail.
  • aalpass
    aalpass Posts: 124 Member
    Meh. boys are just a distraction from my health and fitness goals. I come first :D
  • rachaelps
    rachaelps Posts: 38 Member
    Ditto - being single IS my motivation.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    My reasons for looking good and working out have always been for me. I felt my ex was often trying to deter me from staying on track.
  • Huzke
    Huzke Posts: 97 Member
    Being single is part of my motivation, actually.
  • mikey1976
    mikey1976 Posts: 1,005 Member
    When you're as ugly as I am, it's easy to be single and not worry about motivation from others.
    this says it for me i hate be single
  • BorgieMN
    BorgieMN Posts: 116 Member
    I stayed motivated by seeing every pound come off, buying smaller clothes, and living life again, rather than being a pile of crap like I was for so long.
  • shutterbug282
    shutterbug282 Posts: 588 Member
    It's not about having a SO to back me up. I'm doing this for me, not anyone else. :)
  • seaukes
    seaukes Posts: 11
    i am single and i wish i had some way to keep motivated

    and when u have an ex always emailing u telling u that ur ugly and fat it makes it hard to wanna do stuff cuz no one will notice. but new years is here so i am gonna work my butt off to get looking sexy so i can prove to my ex that i am not ugly and either way i wanna feel great about me and i wanna be noticed.

    just need to find away to get movitvated
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    I think it's easier, actually. More time and energy to devote to my goals.
    This is true for me. And I know a lot of people who put on weight when they got comfortable in a relationship.
  • myth4ever
    myth4ever Posts: 372
    We don't have to fight for the last of the egg whites...I get all my meals in!
  • yourenotmine
    yourenotmine Posts: 645 Member
    Well, I guess the same way you stay motivated to do anything on your own. I do not think I would find it helpful to have someone looking over my shoulder at what I am and am not eating. I just don't do well with scrutiny. Besides, don't most people put on weight when they get all comfortable?

    You can always get a workout buddy who is NOT a SO. And getting good friends on here is a great motivator too.

    Good luck with your goals. :)
  • pixtotts
    pixtotts Posts: 552 Member
    I find it easier being single...
    I put on weight when im in a relationship, especially my last one... wont eat veggie meals, wont eat half the stuff i liked, we ate rubbish a lot because it was what we would both eat .... ate out a lot because he didnt cook so his turn would mean take away or visiting a restaurant...
    im doing this for me... not because someone else has motivated me to, and definitely not because i want to meet someone...
    x
  • Daisy_Cutter_
    Daisy_Cutter_ Posts: 386 Member
    I've done it both ways....being single is much easier. In fact...think I'll go out for run #2 .

    Good luck...and do this for YOU.
  • Samerah12
    Samerah12 Posts: 610 Member
    I have a much easier time when I'm single. I always end up going out for food/drinks more when I'm with someone. And having someone who takes up a lot of your time gets in the way of exercise.

    I also think I'd get resentful pretty quick if the person I was sleeping with was trying to get me to lose weight.

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