What was everyone's motivation?

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  • loumrn
    loumrn Posts: 63 Member
    Getting out of breath trying to put on skinny jeans. Properly out of breath.
  • RWayne48
    RWayne48 Posts: 68 Member
    heading towards my 50th bday and knowing I'm in the worst shape of my life. High blood pressure and obesity run in the family and the holiday get together definitely showed me examples of what I don't want to become.
    We also have a couple gardens (veg, berries and flowers) on the property that I would like to be able to help with rather than laying the burden of yard work on the hubby
  • joemac1988
    joemac1988 Posts: 1,021 Member
    Used to be: Hated my chubby self
    Now: Love the changes I've made, hungry for more. Also, if you're not improving, you're going backwards. I ain't going back.
  • dantew04
    dantew04 Posts: 73 Member
    Mine stems from:

    Being very skinny as a child and getting teased really impacted my view of who I was to others. I learnt to despise that about myself and though I got past the extreme hatred of it, my slim frame, over the years has led to many assuming/still assuming I was/am a walk over (which, actually, in my kickboxing days I would use to my advantage). Or weak and okay to push past.

    Also, while I learnt to like my slim frame and low percent body fat, I wound up critically ill in 2012 to the point I was hospitalised and borderline malnourished. Seeing my skeletal looking frame freaked me out and clothes hung off me for ages afterward so I have always had a deep fear of going back to that (even though it couldn't be helped).

    Lately though... I do this because I like the challenge. I'm so used to being no more than 10 stone, having a lean, vascular, toned look and being super speedy that the thought of consuming loads of calories and bulking up more kinda scares me, as well as intrigues me. Part of me is also like 'surely I could never go above 10 stone?' so I am setting about proving myself wrong and going against my normal routines. Weight gain has always been a huge challenge for me... and well...I like a challenge. So time to break the mould!

  • maggiepz
    maggiepz Posts: 141 Member
    HeyaBerg wrote: »
    ShinySkyShaymin1994 wrote: »
    HeyaBerg wrote: »
    My motivation was a doctor who said I'd never be fit or flexible (I was very overweight and I have fibromyalgia) .. That I was supposed to workout with the super old people at the pool..
    I told him to shut it and signed up for pole fitness lessons

    She just gotta push through the pain. It'll be worth it. Hurts like hell the first 2-3 months... then it starts to get better.. I don't feel any symptoms unless I forget to take the medicine that help me sleep but then I just can't sleep and I get restless leg syndromex10. But all the other pain.. gone :)

    I am so glad the pain will be worth it. I also have fibro, and degenerative discs, syndrome X, sleep apnea and a triglyceride level so high they couldn't even do the complete profile. The Lipitor they have me on magnified the pain to the point of me being almost nonfunctional but since I'm so high risk I'm told I need to stay on it. I did my first "old people" water fitness class on Wed and thought I wouldn't survive the first 10 min with all the spasms but kept with it and I'm glad I did. I hope over time it will help I am sure. I have gained some flexibility, more than I have had in YEARS, by going to the local beauty school and getting a firm massage, it's only $20 for 40 minutes and the cost is definitely doable especially since I used to spend double that every week on fast food. It has allowed me to get some range of motion back because I can then stretch. Have you tried a heated mattress pad? It does help at night but I still sleep little because of the pain.
  • ale527
    ale527 Posts: 95 Member
    I hated feeling so lazy, depressed, and sluggish every day. I started over so many times but my whole world changed last year when I signed up for pole fitness classes and started being around people that kept me motivated and were fit.
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    I like looking good in clothing
  • Miz_T
    Miz_T Posts: 150 Member
    edited January 2017
    Mine was a variety of things. I had quit smoking the year before, had gained weight and wanted to do something about it. I also lost a friend who was a few years younger than me which totally freaked me out. People around my age were getting heart disease, having strokes, kicking the bucket, it was spooky. FTR, I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of the act of dying.
  • Justjayde1984
    Justjayde1984 Posts: 187 Member
    Recently had a hysterectomy got no children. Went through depression piled on pounds. Sock of feeling sorry for myself, been out of breath when walking etc. .....so new year healthy mind healthy body..Need to do this to get in better frame of mind.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    ShinySkyShaymin1994 wrote: »
    I was interested in finding out everyone's motivation to lose weight or gain muscle.

    I felt like crap.
    Looked like crap.
    I couldn't do the things I wanted.
    Quality of life was effected by laziness and self-righteous overindulgence.

    I corrected that.

  • Sumiblue
    Sumiblue Posts: 1,597 Member
    I was in my mid-40s and I felt old and invisible. I didn't like that. I decided I would work toward becoming the most fit version of myself I could be. And I did!
    My active lifestyle has improved my life in myriad ways.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    Being hot again
    Not dying of a heart attack and or getting diabetes

  • DiamondCookies
    DiamondCookies Posts: 93 Member
    Trying to learn self-care beyond brushing teeth and having a decent skincare routine.
    Giving myself control over my mental disorders.
    Having a fictional character based upon a dead author believe that I'm hot.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I don't like drugs. My doctor said I could either lose weight or take more drugs. So I lost weight. Now I don't take drugs.
  • Jimb376mfp
    Jimb376mfp Posts: 6,236 Member
    In 2012 I was 65 yo and weighed 376#.
    My youngest son was concerned about my health and gave me THE TALK. He said whenever the family talked to me about my weight I just blew them off.

    That brought back memories of how my siblings and I would talk to my Mom about her drinking but she never changed and died at age 54.

    I promised him I WOULD do something. I joined WW 1/17/13. I have lost -149.4# and weigh 226.6. I gained a whole new Lifestyle, including water aerobics, lap swimming, long walks with Sadie (dog) and now do volunteer work at LPGA event and at local SPCA.

    My son just called me tonight and I Thanked him for that talk. When I began I was only 24# away from 400#? Two more pounds off and I will be only 24# away from 200# Then ONEDERLAND
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    girls.

    *shrug
  • FeraFilia
    FeraFilia Posts: 4,664 Member
    I'm the one on the left. I want to be the one on the right.

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  • _Captivated_
    _Captivated_ Posts: 5,669 Member
    edited January 2017
    To, at the very least, be back here before June.

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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    jtegirl1 wrote: »
    I have been lifting since I was 17, with years off due to life. I got back into working out not long before my divorce and lost about 10 lbs due to the stress of going through the divorce. I love lifting and it's my biggest stress relief, so I don't see myself stopping anytime soon. My goal is not to lose weight, but to be fit AF.

    Nails.

    And....


    Mad Re5pext !
  • mattg5566
    mattg5566 Posts: 16 Member
    When I was in the military all my joints took an extreme amount of abuse, and developed OA. After my last visit with the orthopedic: he said if I didn't lose about 30 pounds and start exercising I would be a prime canadate for knee, shoulder, hip replacements, and at my age it would be multiple times. So with 23 pounds gone and in nearly as good in shape as when I was in the military and feel much better, I think I will continue with this exercise thing.
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