What is your motivation?

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  • red8424
    red8424 Posts: 160 Member
    Operation Beach Body! I want to look and feel good by beach season! I can't figure out if I am more motivated by fat pics of me or old skinny pics!?! Trying to find a good profile pic!
  • LAS_1980
    LAS_1980 Posts: 156
    Florida!
  • ellabelle0310
    ellabelle0310 Posts: 92 Member
    My health. I wastched my parents suffer from heart desease and Diabetes. The left the world when I was 35.they were 68/72. Too young . I get up everyday to another day of clean eating an continuing my ambition of being healthy

    ^This. My mother died 2 years ago, at the age of 64. She suffered from heart disease and diabetes, and had spent the majority of her life over 250lbs. I was 26 when she died, and decided that I am going to do everything in my power to prevent going down that path.
  • jdx301
    jdx301 Posts: 21 Member
    The mirror and setting a competition with my self.
  • OzarkMountainMan
    OzarkMountainMan Posts: 42
    Excellent point!

    I too watched my mother and then my father slowly fall into ill health.

    Diabetes, HBP, kidney disease and heart disease ran rampant through my family on both sides.

    Unfortunately, I have acquired all of these with quadruple bypass the most recent instance.

    Since starting a healthier lifestyle I have my Type 2 diabetes under control with diet alone and my blood pressure is showing signs of improvement.

    I can't say vanity doesn't play a small part in my weight loss as I think just about everybody wonders what it would be like to fit into the latest fahions but, more over, having watched family pass away, in some cases, decades before their time is really the motivator for me.
  • sara4159
    sara4159 Posts: 40 Member
    Right now my motivator is to make my wedding dress look good. Longer term it's to be able to do a real pull up this year. I have a friend who started crossfit 6 months ago and watching her progress is strong motivation. If she can do it with two kids and a job where she travels all the time so can I.
  • sgtrowley
    sgtrowley Posts: 246 Member
    My motivation... Be healthy.... and be comfortable with my shirt off...My six pack use to get alot of looks! I want it back lol!
  • cosmic0074
    cosmic0074 Posts: 91 Member
    My motivation, is good health (many problems run on my mom's side of the family), and self-confidence! There's really no excuse why we shouldn't take care of ourselves.
  • CherokeeBabe
    CherokeeBabe Posts: 1,704 Member
    Health and -hate to be blunt- I don't want to look and live like most of the rest of my family when it comes to health and weight. The women in my family seem to have a consistent habit of becoming obese by the age of 30 or so.

    I'm nowhere near that level, but I'm doing preventative measures just to be safe :)
  • Iceman420
    Iceman420 Posts: 195
    I want to get in shape and look normal for a change. It's pretty sad that I can't remember what it felt like to be under 200 lbs. I want to have energy again, instead of being tired all the time. To be able to buy clothing in Wal-Mart and other stores.

    I'm so tired of feeling like a prisoner in my own body. It's time to start living again!
  • sgtrowley
    sgtrowley Posts: 246 Member
    I want to get in shape and look normal for a change. It's pretty sad that I can't remember what it felt like to be under 200 lbs. I want to have energy again, instead of being tired all the time. To be able to buy clothing in Wal-Mart and other stores.

    I'm so tired of feeling like a prisoner in my own body. It's time to start living again!

    Good job on the 16 lbs lost! keep it up!
  • psmith64
    psmith64 Posts: 102 Member
    My motivation is to see my fitness improve and to end up liking what I see in the mirror !

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