what got you motivated to lose weight?

ooh i had a lot of reasons
mainly not looking nice in my clothes, being so out of breath while walking/riding my bike i couldn't do more than 20 minutes, pains in my legs from the stress (jk i was only 160 i don't think that happened XD), feeling reallly self concious and wanting to just be happy and content.
being confident mainly though and feeling nice in my clothes.

I knew I needed and sort of half attempted, but then my BF had a health scare and lost 40 pounds, making him weigh less then me! Plus, we are both over 50, and we want to be healthy together. So I am very serious about it now. When I get frustrated, he motivates me.

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I decided i was tired of having to use a forklift to leave the house.

Did you not get enough attention as a child? Or is there some other reason you're writing unfunny and irritating troll comments in every thread?

Like most people I have many reasons but in order here they are:

1. Health reasons-my dad, and 2 brothers are diabetics. My dad has kidney failure, congestive heart failure, nerve issues, eye sight loss and other things. I don't want to go down that road and I don't want my boys to have to watch me suffer because I didn't take care of myself.
2. Tired of wearing Women's clothing.
3. Weighed more then my hubby (don't anymore ) and
4. Trouble hiking with my family, out of breath, red in the face and slow.

There are other reasons but these were the main.

My motivation for exercising is eating more... My motivation for losing weight? I got sick for three straight months, and I don't want that to ever happen again. I just remember that, and suddenly that cheesecake doesn't look as tasty. My boyfriend is also losing weight, so keeping up with him is also great motivation.

My main reason, honestly, was that MOST of my boyfriend's exes were all tiny. And I was a little more on the chunky side in some spots. My other reasons were that I had a whole bunch of new bikinis that I couldnt wear because I didnt feel confident in them, but what really kept me motivated when I thought about sitting on my butt all day was the quote "picture yourself a year from now." And it reallllyyy motivated me to keep going with my workouts every day!

1. inner feeling
2. living healthier
3. self esteem

and just stop entering junk to my body

I've never looked big but a couple of years ago, I was skinny fat. That means that you're thin and your BMI is in check, but your body fat percentage is actually quite high. I was eating so much crap, never exercising, but everyone would tell me I had a great figure so I though I was fine, even though I hated what I saw in the mirror. I actually though I had body dysmorphia for a while, because I thought I wasn't seeing what everyone else saw. (Even though I did once like how my body looked when I was kickboxing about 4 years ago).

So I cut a lot of my crap food, bought some Jillian Michaels DVDs and actually started to like what I saw. But then over the last few years, I would continuously eat, well and fall off of the wagon, and go back again. So then I joined MFP to get myself some consistency.

Hubby telling me I was getting big lol

I have body dysmorphia - when i an big isee myself super slim in mirrors

Same as a lot of the previous posters. Found I was outgrowing my clothes, feeling bigger than ever (and I am!). Realising that sitting in with my partner eating a tonne of junk food 4 nights a week IS something I love doing, but the thing I love about it was the company and I wasn't really enjoying the junk.

Now we run together, swim together, go to the gym together and encourage each other. I still each everything I used to but not a load of it, so I've been buying chocolate/crisps etc as and when I want them, and keep fruit and yoghurt in the flat to snack on.

Weirdly, eating much less of my favourite food has made me realise how nice having a treat is!

Also, a big thanks to the myfitnesspal community. Having lurked on the message boards for a while before starting this journey I felt the support here, and new I could do this if I have this entire community to answer to!

Well, first off, I donate plasma so I have to be weighed each time I donate(twice per week) and when I saw the scale start to go up and up and up that was kind of disheartening. Secondly, this is the strange part....I was watching "How I met your mother" and saw Neil Patrick Harris and thought to myself, there's no reason I can't have a defined body....so, I started exercising and eating better! Strange story...

Anger. I was mad at myself for a long time for not making the changes that I so badly wanted. The two things that took it over the tipping point were 1) my dad getting sick and 2) seeing pictures of myself and my chins out with my friends.

My largest pair of jeans were getting tight and I said..."Hell NO" and started counting calories and exercising. So far I'm down 26 pounds and feel sooooo much better about myself. I have more energy and my clothes fit and look better :-) Don't give up!