what's the silliest or most ridiculous thing that motivates you?
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My Cinderella Moment...the moment where the guy you've been crushing on for ages notices you or the guy that broke your heart begs for you back
and yeah I know thats both cliche and silly to want to lose weight for a guy and I am not but sometimes when I am hard down in the gym, it pushes me to go further.0 -
these are all great and so many I can relate to!
I think we are all working on good reasons to want to change, and to do it for ourselves, but it's nice to see other people have some not-so-reasonable motivators as well.
Whatever keeps you going, sometimes the rational good-thinking reasons might not cut it and being less likely to be eaten by a zombie is all you got to cheer you up that day. I find that perfectly reasonable!0 -
I think what is motivating me at the moment is a photo of me on my phone, taken back in 2011 when I was on holiday and sporting a smaller figure. I look at that and say to myself "I did it then I can do it now". Plus...I want to get back into my favourite skirt that I last wore on said holiday x0
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Showing up at my ex-husband's house to visit my son and having him say "Holy S$!t"...lol0
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Just in case I run into my hubby's evil, nasty, witch of an ex-wife at another family event.....
Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with their divorce. We met a few years AFTER his divorce but she still shows up at a few family functions because of their daughter. Very pretty woman but sooooooo mean & snooty!0 -
justcat206 wrote: »To convincingly cosplay River Tam some day....
Awesome. My goal is to cosplay Harley Quinn0 -
Oh I have a few of these:
- getting to shop in regular sections of the mall not the fat girl section (esp wide calf shoes)
- Wanna look better than I ever did in HS as a big finger to those who never gave me the time of day
- I want a guy to be able to scoop me up like in those movies without breaking the poor guy's back/alternatively, weighing waaaay less than any potential mate0 -
I want to be able to sit in those silly plastic outdoor chairs without worrying about the weight limit.0
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briandarr16 wrote: »Gerard Butler.0
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To be fit enough to only date men with abs. I don't want to date the C team...I want the A team!0
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to be the "fit" or "skinny" one in my family0
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I want to shed pounds so that I can take a pole dancing fitness class!!0
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I'm definitely on the pictures train. I HATE it when people take photos of me, and that makes them sad and it makes ME sad. I want to feel more comfortable in my skin.
I also feel kinda silly about the whole running-into-people thing. I love the idea of running into somebody who can't help but say "Wow!"0 -
Haha..Like the OP, I had a hideous jacket given to me by someone who thought it was wonderful. Actually bought it for herself but too small. I wore it once to please her when visiting her home (not a public place). We both lost weight, and I gave it back to her to "celebrate" her success with something she liked. Sadly she regained her weight, and then moved away. I discovered I was the surprise recipient of the jacket, left in my work cubby upon her departure. I promptly graced a local thrift store with it.
On another note, I have WAY too many clothes, and it is a pleasure to get rid of the bigger unflattering ones, and fit into the ones I have liked but been unable to wear. Who needs shopping-it's right there in my closets.
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i want to be a hot piece of eye candy on my man's arm for the rest of our lives together.0
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I was always one of the bigger kids in school... and had low self esteem for it. There were a lot of other "ladies" who would tease me relentlessly for it. Since graduating, I've shrunk - and some of them have *ahem* grown. I'm quite excited (when I finish losing) for my high school graduation. It's gonna be... fun.0
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I have really lovely dresses in my wardrobe that I want to wear again soon!0
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There's a pinkie and the brain shirt from hot topic that I bought knowing it was way too small for me over SIX YEARS AGO! I have kept it the back of my drawer because I was convinced that some day I would be able to wear that shirt. I STILL WANT TO WEAR THAT SHIRT! It's so utterly ridiculous and childish I know, but MY GOD I want to wear that damn shirt!0
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I have many motivations, but here's the silly one:
A while ago I read that NASA is now hiring civil engineers (that's what I do) to be astronauts. In the past they only hired electrical, mechanical, or computer engineers. All a civil could for them was design the launch pad. Now they want to train civils to potentially go to Mars and study the properties of the soil and water.
So I realized that if I could lose 100 lbs, shift my career a bit, and wait for them to drop the height requirement (I'm 2" too short), I could be a fricken astronaut!
Suddenly my fantasy of being an astronaut looked somewhat attainable. I mean, I can't make myself grow 2", but losing 100 lbs and learning geology is still easier than learning electrical engineering.0 -
*goes to google NASA requirements....* I'm pretty sure that the chance of being an astronaut would motivate me
Currently I just want to stay smaller than my sister (shame!)0
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