what's the silliest or most ridiculous thing that motivates you?

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  • maoribadger
    maoribadger Posts: 1,837 Member
    Being competetive with my sister. Ive always been the biggest of the 3 of us, not for much longer, Im within a stone of my baby sis now

    Ive got a gorgeous pair of animal jeans in a uk 14

  • brynnsmom
    brynnsmom Posts: 945 Member
    mamadon wrote: »
    I am actually in maintenance, but one of the things that helps me is to imagine if I were to gain weight back, all the people who would say, " I knew she would gain it all back." 10540940.png

    Same here. In no way is it my only motivator, BUT I hate that there is a part of me that cares about what other people say/think.
  • KameHameHaaaa
    KameHameHaaaa Posts: 837 Member
    1) I don't want these back boobs anymore
    2) Sick of granny panties!
    3) Competition with sisters (largest out of all 5 of us)
    4) Zombie apocalypse
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    Walking by Victoria's Secret.
  • daisyverma
    daisyverma Posts: 234 Member


    my mom "reminding" me about my weight gain ... :s
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    as a turtle I just want to be able to come out of my shell
  • 50sFit
    50sFit Posts: 712 Member
    I like the way just about everybody I meet asks me about fitness instead of recipes.
    It's just nice to be noticed in a good way.
  • beautifuldisasta
    beautifuldisasta Posts: 89 Member
    Love everyone's answers, there is a few in there that I feel the same about! But my silliest one would have to be that I'm always trying to dodge cameras, it will be nice when I actually want to be in the photos! :p
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
    There's lots of them. I was so excited when I discovered I had ribs...I can't wait to discover what other body parts have been hiding from me all these years! I also want to be able to comfortably fit in one of those student desks (you know, the desk and chair that's all one piece). They are all over at work and I'd like to be able to sit in one. I'd also love to be able to share clothes with my sisters. Not that I want to wear their clothes, but I'd love for them to be able to borrow a sweatshirt from me on a chilly evening and have it not drown them! And my 20 year high school reunion is coming up in about 3 years. I intend to show up being SMALLER than I was in high school. Everybody else puts on weight after high school. I want to be the one who lost it!
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    I think the silliest thing is seeing how far around me my belt is wrapping.
    In January, it was barely in the first loop in front.
    Now it's almost to the middle back loop.
    I'm thinking it will probably reach one more past that by the time I'm done losing.

    And the long-shot thing I hope will happen is that next summer (or maybe fall) when I've reached my healthy goal weight (which will be at least 110 lb down from when he last saw me) I can call a friend I don't get to see very often and say, "let's get coffee", and when I walk in he won't recognize me at first.

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  • city_southernbelle
    city_southernbelle Posts: 57
    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.
  • hortensehildegarde
    hortensehildegarde Posts: 592 Member
    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! :)
  • SlimToBeSara
    SlimToBeSara Posts: 35
    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 x
  • Shewolfgurl
    Shewolfgurl Posts: 31
    Showing up at my ex-husband's house to visit my son and having him say "Holy S$!t"...lol
  • Analiz76
    Analiz76 Posts: 4 Member
    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!
  • RunningRoundParis
    RunningRoundParis Posts: 14 Member
    justcat206 wrote: »
    To convincingly cosplay River Tam some day....

    Awesome. My goal is to cosplay Harley Quinn :p
  • AmandaLeighisme
    AmandaLeighisme Posts: 110 Member
    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 mate
  • CariJean64
    CariJean64 Posts: 297 Member
    I want to be able to sit in those silly plastic outdoor chairs without worrying about the weight limit.
  • LionessWhispers
    LionessWhispers Posts: 69 Member
    briandarr16 wrote: »
    Gerard Butler.
    Umm... I didn't know this was an option but sign me up! o:)
  • AllTheNoms
    AllTheNoms Posts: 135 Member
    To be fit enough to only date men with abs. I don't want to date the C team...I want the A team! :)
  • colleenrutledge6
    colleenrutledge6 Posts: 3 Member
    to be the "fit" or "skinny" one in my family
  • MegzC321
    MegzC321 Posts: 152 Member
    I want to shed pounds so that I can take a pole dancing fitness class!!
  • juliatindell
    juliatindell Posts: 5 Member
    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!"
  • SbetaK
    SbetaK Posts: 400 Member
    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.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    i want to be a hot piece of eye candy on my man's arm for the rest of our lives together.
  • suppakana
    suppakana Posts: 307 Member
    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.
  • fobs13
    fobs13 Posts: 1,080 Member
    I have really lovely dresses in my wardrobe that I want to wear again soon!
  • lilmisfit1987
    lilmisfit1987 Posts: 183 Member
    edited October 2014
    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!
  • jrose1982
    jrose1982 Posts: 366 Member
    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.
  • teranga79
    teranga79 Posts: 202 Member
    *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!)

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