What is your motivation to lose weight?

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  • Sith78
    Sith78 Posts: 9 Member
    edited July 2017
    To piss my ex off lol! No but seriously thats one reason, for my daughter. I hate feeling winded and weak. So i started exercising and she works out with me. ♥️
  • brookielaw
    brookielaw Posts: 814 Member
    My #1 motivation is my tiny human. She's two now and at that whole monkey-see, monkey-do stage. I want her to see an active and healthy Mama who makes good choices. I don't want her to have the health problems that I have had. I have to do everything I can so that I can be around for her (*& her sister and her dad) as long as possible. I want to be able to keep up with her and lead her by example.

    *While I love my husband and stepdaughter very much and they motivate me as well, the littlest one is the biggest motivator because she is watching ME in these formative years. I of course encourage my husband and big girl to join me in my efforts and want to make them proud as well.
  • trackercasey76
    trackercasey76 Posts: 781 Member
    Not Orphaning my kids!
  • KirbySmith46
    KirbySmith46 Posts: 198 Member
    Got divorced a couple of years ago and I want to look good so I can attract the right person. And when I say the right person, I mean someone who is healthy, fit and active.
  • Sith78
    Sith78 Posts: 9 Member
    Brookielaw, right on!!! Thats so cool! So sweet, yeah a year ago i would've been so lazy, i cant see myself like that no more i definetly dont want her to see me like that.
  • tofiggy
    tofiggy Posts: 44 Member
    High liver enzymes, doctor says I need to lose weight.
  • pariskleesha
    pariskleesha Posts: 7 Member
    I thought of another one of my motivations and it can seem a little vain but oh well. I want to be back to my curvy self the woman my man fell in love with. He tells me now that he will always think I'm beautiful no matter what. But I don't feel I am and it gets in the way of my confidence, and when I met him I was so confident and playful and I want to have that version of me back and I'm pretty sure my man would love to have her back too.
    Feels so good to finally say it and have it off my chest
  • _NicLovin_
    _NicLovin_ Posts: 121 Member
    I want to be more kind to myself, which is much more than just weight loss for me. This is a piece of a larger mental/physical/spiritual overhaul that involves accepting myself where I'm at, and also knowing that I can make positive changes in my life.

    I also want to look banging in my wedding dress next October.
  • noah49822
    noah49822 Posts: 61 Member
    WOW There are so many inspiring stories on here!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    When I went in for my 38 year checkup 4 years ago, I came out with a bunch of nasty blood work and the doctor told me that if I didn't get it together I'd likely be very sick, if not dead by 60. At the time I had a 2 year old and a new born and the thought of not being around to watch those little boys become men was unacceptable.
  • KelGen02
    KelGen02 Posts: 668 Member
    congratulations on your new home! My motivation was my husband coming home from the dr's with cholesterol meds after I had to be taken off mine because it was causing joint damage. Something clicked in me, I was like that is it, we need to change our eating habits so that we can be around long enough to spoil future grandbabies and to live long enough to actually enjoy all the plans we have for our retirement years. So I guess for health reason... So we set out to be healthy and fit and 8 months into it we are doing just that!!! B)
  • TreyWebb1994
    TreyWebb1994 Posts: 7 Member
    I saw a photo of myself about 12 lbs up ago, and was disgusted. Since then push push push. Healthy is handsome, healthy is beautiful, healthy is inspiring.
  • JerryWaybright
    JerryWaybright Posts: 5 Member
    I want to be able to stand up out of a chair on my own when I'm 100 years old. This means I need to be healthy and strong. I have a desk job, and a predisposition to blood clotting fighting against me.
  • uniquesoul73
    uniquesoul73 Posts: 151 Member
    I have several motivating factors, however my health is the primary factor. Gotta get rid of the hypertension.
  • TheresaMPorto
    TheresaMPorto Posts: 3 Member
    I am determined to run all four of the Gasparilla races, 5K, 8K, 15K, & Half Marathon. Maybe not all in one weekend, but within the next few years I want to have finished all four of those races, I've already run the 5K. If I'm ever going to be able to get through a half marathon, I need to drop some pounds. I'm less concerned about the number on the scale and more concerned about my fitness level. Since they go hand in hand, I'm focusing on both.
  • queerpenix
    queerpenix Posts: 47 Member
    Depression and anxiety from leaving an abusive relationship caused me to become a lazy eating machine. Now I'd rather lean myself up and gain some muscle so it can be good weight rather than just fat.
  • sapphicgoth
    sapphicgoth Posts: 7 Member
    edited August 2017
    i'm in a long distance relationship with the girl of my dreams... she already loves how i look, but we're meeting in person for the first time three months from now, and i want to look the absolute best that i can for that! i'm not displeased with how i look, but i know i looked REALLY good when i was 40lbs lighter than i am now, and i really want to knock her socks off.
  • lynn6241
    lynn6241 Posts: 15 Member
    Trying to avoid knee surgery. When the orthopedic surgeon told me that for every 1lb lost it is 4 lbs of pressure off my knees, that was like a light bulb going off over my head. I have lost and re-gained the same weight for so many years, I'm hoping this time, as it is really about my health, I can do it and keep it off. So far I've lost 46lbs of the 97 I need to lose. I'm walking without a cane, going up and down stairs without a problem, and best of all free from pain for the first time in 5 years.
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