What is your motivation?

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  • Roxiegirl2008
    Roxiegirl2008 Posts: 756 Member
    Health...I really hated the way I was feeling and I was not able to do things that I once enjoyed.

    Also, a little bit of vanity because I hated the way I looked in pictures.
  • noobletmcnugget
    noobletmcnugget Posts: 518 Member
    To feel happy when I look in the mirror.
  • pavingnewpaths
    pavingnewpaths Posts: 367 Member
    All of the above. I have a vision for the where and how I'd like to be ten years from now...being overweight is not included.
  • sheepotato
    sheepotato Posts: 600 Member
    It's really habit that keeps me going at this point.

    When I still need a little motivation I just look at old pictures of myself (either at my goal weight or highest weight, depending on which way I need to push myself that day.)
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    1 - health...I was heading down a disastrous path when I started out here...literally, my doctor told me if I didn't turn it around I would at minimum find myself very ill in my 50s and into my 60s if not dead. So that was very motivating.

    I have since gotten off of all of my meds except my hypertension (which I have reduced my prescription, but it's largely hereditary) and all of my blood work is in the optimal to normal range. I'm just glad my dad was around and able to see my turn around before he passed on at the ripe old age of 60 last year...I was heading down his same path.

    2 - Certainly there is an element of vanity involved, particularly at this point. I'm at a perfectly healthy weight and BF% and pretty darned fit, but I'm shooting for about 10% BF now and even greater fitness.
  • jacobt90
    jacobt90 Posts: 2
    Believe it or not but when people appreciate for your hardwork, it is the best type of motivation you can ever get. I remember, 4 years down the lane I was a very fit guy although I never got into much of physical exercises all I did was running and I never felt like doing anything else but later on I was a potato on the couch. The clothes I used to wear were not able to fit my body. I remember I ordered a new V-neck T-shirt from district clothing and I planned that to wear on my birthday but in matter of 20-25 days, I got so fat that it was not able to fit my body.

    I said to myself, this is really bad, I look pathetic, I really need to get myself back in shape, for which I began the quest by running followed by going to Gym daily and some Yoga too. After about 4 months, I started to see the difference in me. And within next two months I was back in shape. The motivation I got was that I was able to wear that T-shirt which I once was not able to. Apart from that I got great compliments from a lot of girls which made me feel nice and ofcourse motivated.
  • foodiscomplicated
    foodiscomplicated Posts: 85 Member
    Cause now I can finally obsess up about things unrelated to health and fatness.
  • ErinK09
    ErinK09 Posts: 687 Member
    To be happy with myself and my health.
  • amphilion
    amphilion Posts: 89 Member
    Health is the most important! Going to Cuba in April and being in a bikini gives me rhe motivation to go to the gym everyday also :)
  • drabbits3
    drabbits3 Posts: 140 Member
    To be a healthy middle aged mom, not a frumpy mom. At age 44, it could have gone either way!!!!! Both my sons are athletes and I was tired of being tired and sedentary. And now I look good at the beach with them!
  • dawn0293
    dawn0293 Posts: 115 Member
    Wanting to live long enough to see my kids grow up.
  • dizzydomino37
    dizzydomino37 Posts: 4 Member
    First and foremost for me, it's all about health and being able to be active with and just being there for my three year old little guy. I feel sad that I was a bit of an embarrassment to my oldest son who is now 22 while he was growing up.

    There of course is a vanity factor, it's nice to see less blubber and more muscle and nice to fit in a UK 10 and 12 but the best feeling ever is being able to lift heavy, spin like a demon and finally feel alive :) I have 12 kg's to go and I'm struggling a little at the mo, posting on here has made me realise that I need to just crack on with it and get those last kg's off.
  • SteveMFP123
    SteveMFP123 Posts: 298 Member
    Rid myself of back pain
    Look good
    Feel good
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