What is your TRUE reasons for wanting to get in shape?

look good naked.

^THIS!!!!^

to avoid the family "curse" in the health department (diabetes) and be a mother and wife my family can be proud to call their own. To be healthy enough to be there for my parents and family when they need me.

There r many reasons but it#1 is I was sick and tired of being sick and tired, ( fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and hypothyroid also high blood pressure and high chlesterol) after losing 112 lbs I feel likeni have my life back A LOT less pain, my blood pressure is actually low now and chlesterolnis now normal

Of course I want to lose weight to look like my old self- feel pretty again, be healthy and live longer for my family

But I have another reason too..

Well, I got married last september. And I wanted to walk down the aisle at my wedding- obviously, what girl doesn't? So I began seeing a physical therapist. I wanted them to make me a leg brace that would allow me to walk. I have been in a wheelchair for 8 years since my son was born in 2004. I had an epidural during the delivery (needle in the spine for pain control), and I haven't walked since.

I use a wheelchair daily. can't walk full time in a brace without destroying my pelvic area because I am paralyzed from hip to toe- when you can't step, you can't walk. I do have a crappy brace that lets me hobble around in emergencies, and that's what I ended up using to walk down the aisle. But anyways, back to the story - So I see this therapist who tells me "omg, I heard about this amazing new technology that would be perfect for you! You wouldn't have to use a wheelchair anymore, you could actually walk! Like everyday, permanently, WALK!" SO I was over the moon! She began to make casts of my leg to get me started on this wonder brace.

Weeks go by, and I haven't heard back. So my mom and I both call to check in. She isn't there, we leave a message. Months now go by and I still haven't heard from her. It's getting close to the wedding and I'm beginning to panic because I want to practice walking in this brace so I don't look like an idiot on my wedding day. Finally I get ahold of her.

She tells me I'll have to use my old brace- the one for emergencies only- at the wedding. And that she can't make the new one work for me because... I'm over the weight limit for the technology. I guess she was avoiding me because she didn't know how to tell me that I was the only person holding myself back.

So here I am. With the knowledge that I COULD be walking right now, if only I lost 100lbs. Believe me, that's quite the motivator. But when you have spent so many years eating away the pain of a chronic illness plus neurological injury and gaining pound after pound from overeating, lack of exercise and god awlful medications that literally add pounds by the tens each time I am in the hospital and forced to take them - reaching your goal is not easy. But I'm slowly tearing down the excuses.

I have a goal. It's an amazing goal- probably better than the average reason or goal- and I'm trying to get to it. It will just take time and a lot of emotional and physical work. Don't let me quit. I want to reach my goal and be walking again by April 2014!

Two reasons : I have a high blood pressure that is clearly related to my weight and would like to have more energy in life in general. Being able to run, walk for a long time and go up stairs without feeling like dying once I'm up.
The second reason is to feel more confortable with my image.

Feel awesome and energetic, look good, eat more food as I can kick:bigsmile: start my metabolism after I pack on some more muscle

So I'm not embarrassed to be seen shirtless ..............maybe even by someone else someday

So I can be 90 and still be able to move around like a rock star.

I've struggled with my weight my entire life, and just found out why last summer: diagnosed with PCOS. So I'm working to make myself healthy, and learn to love myself again.

My father recently died at a relatively young age. I want to be around for as long as possible for my family. If I do go early I want it to be from some sort of crazy action sports accident while out living, not heart disease. ;-)

Not sure sometimes its a game see how far down i can go then i creep back up its all science and math really playing with numbers as long as i don't go up past my limit it gives me a goal and when i reach it is like i say now what ???

1. I want to be healthy - my family history is filled with many medical conditions I've been lucky to have avoided so far. I want to keep it that way.
2. I want to have a baby.
3. I've dropped over a 100+ lbs and have managed to gain some of it back. Which I'm not happy about.
4. Tired of people and their inuendos.
5. VANITY

To look like a stone cold fox, obviously.

want to be fit by forty, and that will be in the fall,

To look good and wear whatever I want, and to feel good about/comfortable with myself. Being fat made me super self-conscious, which was a huge emotional/energy drain.