What is your WHY?

My reasons to loose weight would be;

-To feel more healthy
- To gain confidence
- to feel good wearing normal size clothing
-To enjoy life better, without feeling judged
-To look as much better as I can possible
-To reduce chances of developing health problems

Once you've got the right mind set and motivation you can conquer your goals, it takes time and effort but it really does pay off. Having a goal gives me something to work towards and makes me want to push myself further.

My reasons to loose weight, My WHY would be,

-To feel more healthy
- To gain confidence
- To feel good wearing normal size clothing
-To enjoy life better, without feeling judged
-To look as much better as I can possible
-To reduce chances of developing health problems
-To be more active and social

Once you've got the right mind set and motivation you can conquer your goals, it takes time and effort but it really does pay off. Having a goal gives me something to work towards and makes me want to push myself further.

My why is many reasons:

*I want to feel comfortable in my own skin again
*I am pre-diabetic and do not want to suffer any consequences of not dealing with this disease such as loss of vision or limbs, being at an increased risk of having a heart attack, etc.
*The most why to me though is being here for my kids. They are both in college now and I want to see them graduate and get into the professions they love, I want to see them get married and have families of their own, I want to be the grandma that runs and plays with her grandchildren and I want my children to be proud of me for setting my goals and reaching them. I have always supported my children in all they have done with school, sports, church and making sure they were happy and healthy while letting myself go. Now it is my turn to get healthy for them but more importantly for ME!! They tell me "Mom we love you no matter what size you are" but I can honestly say I don't love me at the size I am. I am not a vain person so looks are not what motivates me the most, but I do want to be able to go and buy REALLY cute clothes at a smaller size!!

1. To be healthy
2. Look incredible for my wedding
3. To watch my niece and nephews grow up
4. To motivate my friends and family to change
5. To be happy
6. Be able to buy clothes without feeling I look terrible
7. To play team sports again
8. To have some serious muscle
9. Prove people wrong
10. Most importantly to prove to myself that I can do it

This is a great post...just what I needed today. You see, I have tried and quit...tried and fell off the wagon...tried and failed so many times before. I woke up this morning and decided to try it again...I always decide to try again...for a few weeks and then lack motivation and find excuses not to exercise or justification for stopping at the fast food joint on the way home because I had a really tough day at work and do not feel up to cooking when I get home.

I never REALLY thought about Why.

I too, like many have responded to this post before me, have a family history of diabetes and high blood pressure (along with heart disease, strokes, cancer). While I do not have diabetes, almost exactly five years ago (at age 35) I was diagnosed with high blood pressure. I am on a very low dose of medication and it is now testing normal, but my doctor has told me that if I can change my eating habits and lose the extra weight, I can throw away those pills. I really have not lost any weight in those 5 years, but I have maintained and not gained any additional weight. Then last week, I went to the doctor and my triglycerides were very high - which caused my liver enzymes to be elevated. I think that was a major wake up call - if I do not get serious about this...I am going to have some major problems.

I watched my husband go through this several years back...about 12 years ago he was diagnosed with diabetes and had to take oral medication to regulate it. The diabetes medication affected his blood pressure and soon he had to add another oral medication for blood pressure. These combined, affected his cholesterol and now he takes medication for all three. He never had issues with blood pressure or high cholesterol before starting the diabetes medications. And he has had to switch diabetes medications a couple of times because they caused problems with his kidney function.

I will be forty this October, I do not want to be taking pills - some of which have worse side affects than what they are treating - for the rest of my life. A big part of my problem is my sedentary daily activity. I have an office job and literally sit at a computer all day...I was never overweight until I started working a desk job. Then over the years, the pounds slowly crept on.

I can do this...I will do this...these are my reasons WHY:

1. I want to be healthy and medication free.
2. I want to be able to keep up...like walking up the stairs without feeling like I am gonna fall back down them!!
3. I want to be around to see my niece and nephew grow up.
4. I want to feel better about they way look.
5. I want to be forced to go buy a new "skinny" wardrobe. I love to shop...what can I say??

I want to wear a bikini and feel hot in it.

I want to be able to drive my car without a shirt on and not feel fat.

I want to be able to remove my shirt at the beach and not feel fat.

I want to stop feeling fat.

Pretty much it

My WHY started out for me. I was tired of feeling so sad, bored, and depressed. I recently moved to Chicago and started getting really bored with the same routine of getting home from work and watching tv until it was time to go to bed. I tried being fit last year and lasted until I went on vacation and then blew it all. This time, I wanted to be less ashamed of my body, enjoy my life, and say that I could do something athletic.

Now, my WHY has migrated into something larger than myself. I love the changes I'm seeing in my body. I love being able to run 1.2 miles without stopping. More than that, I love seeing my family inspired to change. My sister, at first, told me she didn't want me to lose weight because then she'd be fat alone. She changed this into wanting to lose weight together. Now, we motivate each other much of the time. As long as I keep thinking that it's about more than me, it's about my family, who I value more than anything, I know I can keep going forever.

to whipe away most insecurities of my body and be happy with myself for a change