What kept you motivated through the journey

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  • jenns1964
    jenns1964 Posts: 384 Member
    I'm only 2 months into my journey and I feel so good. This will be a permanent change for me.
  • SkinnyForMinnie
    SkinnyForMinnie Posts: 68 Member
    Doing it for my kids, especially when I get reports from the doctor like "your liver levels are too high, and you're lucky there's no structural damage...yet". :frown:

    Another great motivator is this site - I like to read about what motivates others (like this thread) and that helps me press on.
  • DaniH826
    DaniH826 Posts: 1,335 Member
    Never go back ... only move forward. There's nothing back there for me.
  • KEAVES13
    KEAVES13 Posts: 90 Member
    I have been on MFP for only a couple of weeks and have just now gotten serious in the past week. Something just clicked. I have struggled with my weight for the past 6 years (every since the birth of my first daughter) and have never been able to stick to anything. My kids are for sure my motivation, but more than that, I have finally just realized, and believe it to be true, that I AM capable of losing this weight. It is up to me, and only I can do it for myself. I have finally just decided that I do REALLY want this and my motivation during the times that I want to quit is thinking about this summer and how GOOD it will feel to know that I didn't waste another second failing, but that I actually did something about it and I know that that will feel amazing...I'm ready to be happy, self confidant, and full of energy again!! =))
  • bushokie
    bushokie Posts: 180 Member
    Great thanks
  • 1ConcreteGirl
    1ConcreteGirl Posts: 3,677 Member
    Motivation is overrated.

    Simply do what you must.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    Myself.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Myself.

    She's lying. Steve Perry kept her motivated.
  • Barbellerella
    Barbellerella Posts: 1,838 Member
    Myself.
    yup. Lea motivated me.
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
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  • Vercell
    Vercell Posts: 437 Member
    My motivation is my size 6 dress and clothes the wait in the closet for me, that I once wore that I cant wait to get back in. I am a size 10 now. My real motivation is feeling good inside and out being active and being healthy and being able to be active with my husband and teenagers.
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
    Steve Perry did
  • Shanel0916
    Shanel0916 Posts: 586 Member
    My current lack of confidence and low self esteem, I wanna feel good about me and get excited about how I look like I used to. Those feelings just aren't there anymore.
  • ThriftyChica12
    ThriftyChica12 Posts: 373 Member
    the desire to move more: to dance without joint pain, to run without wondering if i am permanently damaging my knees.
  • Cp731
    Cp731 Posts: 3,195 Member
    Sitting down without having fat rolls.
  • bushokie
    bushokie Posts: 180 Member
    awesome everybody
  • bushokie
    bushokie Posts: 180 Member
    nice
  • ASmiles
    ASmiles Posts: 8 Member
    I'm at the very beginning, but each successful day motivates me to get up and do it again the next. Someone said fear of screwing up the hard work you've put in and I'm definitely finding that to be true!
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    There's a point in your diet when you eat healthy, then bad, then good, then bad. It's becomes irritating, working your *kitten* off for one week and throwing it away the next. That's how I usually stay on track to not mess up the work I did before. I mean stuff like family, healthy, looking fit is always a motivator, but knowing that your not screwing yourself up is what continues to motivate me.

    This! Especially since I know perfectly well I could undo 15 months of hard work in less than half a year if I went back to my old life.
  • SerahLaffere
    SerahLaffere Posts: 223 Member
    Too look good naked. AINT GONNA LIE.
  • klincks
    klincks Posts: 1
    I want to be the best roll model for my children that i can. I want them to look at me and see a happy and health mom !!

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