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What's your motivation?

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  • bodymindmusic
    bodymindmusic Posts: 118 Member
    my motivation is not to die an early death from being obese my entire adult life and sitting on my lazy butt. add me
  • LumberJacck
    LumberJacck Posts: 559 Member
    I won't date until I reach goal weight and I am quite lonely so that's my motivation, to not be lonely
  • Altagracia220
    Altagracia220 Posts: 876 Member
    Superficial reasons. I want to look good naked. I want to be smaller and slimmer. I want to confidently rock a crop top. I already know what it's like to be sized XX-large and now want to know what it's like to be sized medium.
  • midge_m
    midge_m Posts: 1,085 Member
    LumberJacck wrote: »
    I won't date until I reach goal weight and I am quite lonely so that's my motivation, to not be lonely

    Life is too short! You are worthy of love regardless of the number on the scale.

    For me - I am sick and getting sicker. It's become "lose weight or die."
  • wanderinglight
    wanderinglight Posts: 1,519 Member
    * I want my jeans to be as comfortable as my yoga pants.
    * I want to live in Paris a few months of the year and not be a fat American.
    * I am tired of wearing Spanx. I'm tired of smoke and mirrors and buying clothes that camouflage this area and minimize that area. I just want to pull on a pair of jeans and a cute T-shirt and not worry about bulges and bumps.
    * I have had two back surgeries and I know that the lighter I am, the better my joints will feel. Especially in 10 or 20 or 30 years.
    * I want to wear boots that zip up over my calves.
    * I want to wear all my gorgeous lingerie



  • nyqueensguy
    nyqueensguy Posts: 100 Member
    I have a unique one. I suffer from extreme cramping of my muscles when I do any physical labor after remaining sedentary for awhile. Its a problem that has gotten worse with age, and the only cure I have found is regular exercise. Then there are of course the other hundred reasons I want to stay in shape, not the least of which is to be able to support my family.
  • missjones513
    missjones513 Posts: 345 Member
    1. Feel more confident
    2. Being more active
    3. Avoiding diseases that run in the family
    4. More clothing options
  • SpleenThief
    SpleenThief Posts: 293 Member
    I'm going to leave my wife. I want to look good once I'm back on the market.
  • LastMinuteMama
    LastMinuteMama Posts: 590 Member
    I just want the clothes that I have to fit me again. I'm tired of having to wiggle into them and suck in my stomach to button them. I'm always throwing on a sweatshirt or sweater to cover myself. Enough already!
  • bigme3505
    bigme3505 Posts: 85 Member
    There the obvious reasons (look better, feel better, etc) but in the back of my mind is always my family history. Dad is diabetic with a host of health issues, mom has struggled with weight for many years, and both parents have had both knees replaced and suffer with arthritis. My genes seemed stacked against me, so I am going to do all I can to stay active and healthy.
  • powellnut
    powellnut Posts: 5 Member
    I want to look good on my wedding day, whenever that is. I want to be healthy enough to have children. Most of all, I want my kids to be healthy.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Most of it is about performance for sports. Beyond that I would love to have quality in life as I grow older and be around to see my boys have their own families.
  • MarinaSmithx3
    MarinaSmithx3 Posts: 38 Member
    SpleenThief wrote: »
    I'm going to leave my wife. I want to look good once I'm back on the market.

    Woah
  • wanderinglight
    wanderinglight Posts: 1,519 Member
    MarinaSmithx3 wrote: »
    SpleenThief wrote: »
    I'm going to leave my wife. I want to look good once I'm back on the market.

    Woah

    Stopped me in my tracks too!
  • Big5BigChange
    Big5BigChange Posts: 56 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    I want to be shocked when I look in the mirror by the wrinkles that belie the way I feel.

    Love this in our botox obsessed world!
  • Big5BigChange
    Big5BigChange Posts: 56 Member
    KingsGirl4 wrote: »

    The appearance is an added benefit but it's more important to ALWAYS love what you look like.

    I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment here. However, I think it is also important to be realistic. I'm all for being kind to yourself, but "head-in-the-sand" is potentially unhealthy.

    Always love YOURSELF....yes. Always love what you look like....debateable.

  • Juniper3411
    Juniper3411 Posts: 167 Member
    Went in to see the doctor for an annual physical and to talk to him about some health issues I was having. I knew I'd been putting on a few pounds but they told me my BMI had set off a trigger :(

    They suspect that I have an autoimmune disease so I looked up diets that would help that and since I've been eating that way I feel TONS better in the sickness department and added side note I'm only 4 or 5 pounds away from being in the "normal" weight range wahoo! So really the motivation to eat healthy is not feeling like utter CRAP all the time, but can't lie that I'm excited to get back into some of my old clothes!
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Big5BigChange wrote: »
    KingsGirl4 wrote: »

    The appearance is an added benefit but it's more important to ALWAYS love what you look like.

    I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment here. However, I think it is also important to be realistic. I'm all for being kind to yourself, but "head-in-the-sand" is potentially unhealthy.

    Always love YOURSELF....yes. Always love what you look like....debateable.

    I agree with this. Loving yourself doesn't mean you have to love being fat. Being overly fat increases the risk for many diseases. It seem logical that part of loving yourself should be wanting to care for yourself.
  • Kim_K88
    Kim_K88 Posts: 37 Member
    edited October 2015
    I have a 3 year old, and some days I can't even keep up with her! I want to be able to enjoy these first years with her and maintain a healthy, happy family.
  • casandra_zamarripa
    casandra_zamarripa Posts: 133 Member
    My motivation is those who don't believe in me! They push me to do better work harder and be stronger just so I can prove to them I am more of a person then just some chubby chick! Can't wait to get healthy again and prove them all wrong!
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    I was in the process of becoming a suicide girl years ago and let me just say - its not worth it , the pay is *kitten* the people are *kitten* but yea just a heads up to you OP

    my motivation is to continue to feel healthy & gorgeous but mostly just healthy & how much better i feel now
  • IconStillFree
    IconStillFree Posts: 262 Member
    My past
  • NerdieMcChub
    NerdieMcChub Posts: 153 Member
    MarinaSmithx3 wrote: »
    So, I've always been interested in this. What's your motivation to get healthy? Something that you're excited to achieve that keeps you motivated. Maybe an outfit that you have hanging from your closet that you will be able to wear? Something that you want to be able to do? Let me know!

    Once I meet my target, I'll be applying to be a suicide girl. Because why the f*** not!

  • NerdieMcChub
    NerdieMcChub Posts: 153 Member
    I want to feel comfortable with myself for once.
    I also want to prove to myself and others that autoimmune diseases aren't a "be fat and miserable forever," sentence. I have Hashimoto's (hypothyroidism) & celiac disease and am a mom of 4.
  • stircrzy
    stircrzy Posts: 47 Member
    Pictures of me at my wedding 10 years ago. I know I can get there again!
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