What Got You Motivated?

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  • jend114
    jend114 Posts: 1,058 Member
    to better myself for my 2 year old daughter.
  • djhavoc
    djhavoc Posts: 43
    The mirror motivated me and my gut sticking out in pictures (yet the rest of me was okay) I can honestly say that I cannot wait till I reach my goal of at least a flat stomach this Summer will be my healthiest one yet!
  • Angiebug1969
    Angiebug1969 Posts: 152
    I've seen my Mom's health deteriorate over the past 15 years... obesity, arthritis, heart disease & stroke... I don't want to go through what she's had to deal with! I know we all make our own choices, but I don't remember ever once seeing my mother exercise. She was "busy", and we lived in the country raising animals... so exercise just wasn't part of our lives.

    Now that I see what the dietary & lifestyle coices my folks made have done for their health... well, I have to do more & BE more for myself, my children & grandchildren!

    I've lost 50+ lbs since 2003 (and kept it off)... now I"m working on getting the last 15-20lbs gone permanantly! It's a struggle, but I'm healthy! I've become a marathoner (never running anything until I was 35 years old!), and have watched my children follow suit... becoming involved in all sorts of sports! THAT keeps me motivated... THAT keeps me focused! Now, if only my weight would cooperate!! LoL!
  • Pangea250
    Pangea250 Posts: 965 Member
    For me, it was simply TIME to do it. Sorry for the novel I'm about to subject you to...

    Specifically, though: for years, I have felt horribly about myself. I deal with a chronic, clinical depression on a daily basis, and I have for years. Make that decades. For about two years, my doctor and I tried medication after medication and then combinations of medication after combination. If you've never gone through it, you can't imagine. You try a med, have to wait a month to see if it works. No? Try another, wait a month. On and on. I'd gone on meds when I was younger for this, and never had such a hard time.

    After two years, I woke up one day and realized that the heavy wet blanket on me that slowed me down every moment of every day (how I describe my depression) was somehow a little lighter. I knew I'd found the medication that worked. Finally. I still didn't like myself very much or care about me at all. But something was just a teensy bit better.

    A few months later, I realized that maybe I had this whole weight thing backwards. I was waiting to feel better about myself in order to start losing weight. Who said that was the right order? I realized that maybe, just maybe, I was supposed to start LOSING THE WEIGHT FIRST. Maybe the feeling-better-about-me part would come later.

    Around that same time, I had an encounter with a mirror that I couldn't ignore. See, I have never been overweight until about 8 years ago. I've piled only almost 100 lbs in that time. In my mind, I'm still thin. I still look awesome. The problem with that is that every time I pass a mirror, I'm shocked and horrified at what I see. I'm reminded again at how disgusted I am with myself. I've done the best I can at covering this with clothing. But one day, I needed to attend mass in my dress uniform (I'm volunteer EMS). I had no choice: shirt tucked in. I was embarassed at how I looked.

    I started here at MFP just a few days later.
  • mericksmom
    mericksmom Posts: 222 Member
    On new years when I was out with my son and my friend my son decied to pipe up all of a sudden and repetedly throughout the day would say "mama, you fat" "mom you need to lose weight" Doesnt help when I was with my friend who is very tall and very thin. I was mortified.

    I was happy at where I was with my weight but for my son (7 yrs old) I decided that I would try to lose weight for him as long as he kept supporting me. He is now not really worried about what mom is doing or how much I lost but he is more concerned about what he puts into his body. He still requests for fast food, but I keep remind him on how many more calories and salt and process stablizers in it that it isnt as healthy and that if I make a burger at home it would be much better than that.
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