Superficial Motivation

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  • christalouigi
    christalouigi Posts: 14
    Non-superficial motivation is that I want to get healthy and want my kids and me to live long, healthy happy lives, Lord willin. My fitness background is that I've never liked exercising in front of people, and always thought myself too uncomfortably bouncy to run, but knowing a friend who runs and seeing her in my mind makes me want to do it too, looking all hot and fierce. (Enter superficial.) I want to get a sexy body where I can wear a tank or heck just a sportsbra that shows off my fierce tattoos and makes other people want to be a runner when they see me going, like I feel when I think about Jamie (my friend) running. I want to look so good that all the dudes who've took a dump on me (not literally, thank God!!) will be sorry they lost me. (Way superficial I know, but I have 2 ex husbands who made me feel insignificant and cheated on me, not to mention at least one ex boyfriend who must think he's God's git to women... but ANYWAY...) I hear songs all the time that motivate me, much as others have mentioned. Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Rhianna, Black Eyed Peas, but for me, especially Nickelback. I want to run to songs like Animal and Side of a Bullet and feel STRONG!! And Strength isn't superficial. :-)
  • jessradtke
    jessradtke Posts: 418 Member
    I missed this thread yesterday, but it's totally worth resurrecting! I frequently run a wooded trail where it's all too easy to imagine that I'm in a horror movie. However, I am *NOT* one of those stupid girl who wore high heels to a party in the woods, because we all know they end up being chased through said woods by axe wielding mass murderers. I'm more motivated by being the girl who fights back - Neve Campbell, Heather Langenkamp, Jamie Lee Curtis. It helps that my favorite running music is almost all Rob Zombie.

    And now, thanks to this thread, I've got Silence of the Lambs and images of being sprayed with a hose to add to my list of motivators. "It rubs the lotion on it's skin..." *shudder* then run FASTER
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    I missed this thread yesterday, but it's totally worth resurrecting! I frequently run a wooded trail where it's all too easy to imagine that I'm in a horror movie. However, I am *NOT* one of those stupid girl who wore high heels to a party in the woods, because we all know they end up being chased through said woods by axe wielding mass murderers. I'm more motivated by being the girl who fights back - Neve Campbell, Heather Langenkamp, Jamie Lee Curtis. It helps that my favorite running music is almost all Rob Zombie.

    And now, thanks to this thread, I've got Silence of the Lambs and images of being sprayed with a hose to add to my list of motivators. "It rubs the lotion on it's skin..." *shudder* then run FASTER

    There was a specific time on Wednesday when I was running and I thought, I'll just take a wee break, and suddenly I could see the creepy Silence of the Lambs guy being all...creepy and I suddenly was like, "hmmm I think I can run."
  • nhill2733
    nhill2733 Posts: 20
    Your post is hilarious - I've got to start running so I dont fall over a leaf and get killed by Jason in the woods lol!
  • ShanaDarling
    ShanaDarling Posts: 97
    I'm gonna have to go with surviving the zombie apocalypse.

    The main point would be to outrun the zombies and live BUT! in the unlikely event that I get my brains eaten and turn into a zombie myself... I don't want to be the overweight zombie in the back not getting any brains because all the fit zombies beat me there.

    Oh, the horror!
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    I don't need to run from zombies - I can handle a shotgun like nobody's business. BUUUUUT, I wouldn't mind shooting zombies in the face while wearing an American flag string bikini. That is my superficial motivation.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    1. Silence of the Lambs! The creepy guy making a suit of skin from women he's killed...if I'm fit he can't use my skin. What a win.

    5. Any horror movie ever the girls can't freaking run in the woods, I trail run, I won't trip over a leaf and get killed by Jason bc I am getting AWESOME at running in the woods.

    I LOVE these. LOVE.
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    I don't need to run from zombies - I can handle a shotgun like nobody's business. BUUUUUT, I wouldn't mind shooting zombies in the face while wearing an American flag string bikini. That is my superficial motivation.

    ^ I think I love you a little bit.
  • goquiltersgo
    goquiltersgo Posts: 23 Member
    A trick I use when I feel like I might want to quit is...I can do anything for XX minutes. So when you get to the 26 minute mark, tell yourself, I can run for 4 minutes. For some reason, when broken down, it sounds so much more doable!!!

    Keep it up!
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    I don't need to run from zombies - I can handle a shotgun like nobody's business. BUUUUUT, I wouldn't mind shooting zombies in the face while wearing an American flag string bikini. That is my superficial motivation.

    ^ I think I love you a little bit.

    *BLUSH* I pretty much have the hugest forum-crush ever on you.. :D
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    My best friend/former roommate and I were addicted to The Walking Dead
    My good friend was an extra in this show...you can see him clearly in a couple scenes. He can't be an extra this season b/c they're all supposed to be super skinny cuz they're starving.
  • Jennyisbusy
    Jennyisbusy Posts: 1,294 Member
    This is really weird - but if you can handle Silence of the lambs you can get this. Sometimes I try to figure out how someone else would take care of my body (maybe aliens). The main reason is because they wouldn't care about what I WANT, they would just be trying to get me healthy. (so I can care for their active alien offspring. lol)
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    This is really weird - but if you can handle Silence of the lambs you can get this. Sometimes I try to figure out how someone else would take care of my body (maybe aliens). The main reason is because they wouldn't care about what I WANT, they would just be trying to get me healthy. (so I can care for their active alien offspring. lol)

    I freaking LOVE this.
  • judykay05
    judykay05 Posts: 34
    Wow, great thread. What motivates me is music! A heavy fast beat makes my heart race and I can't sit still anymore. Check out my playlist:

    Burn it to the Ground, Nickleback
    Dragula, Rob Zombie
    Indestructible, Disturbed
    More Human than Human, White Zombie
    Never Gonna Stop, Rob Zombie
    Next 2 You, Buckcherry
    Personal Jesus, Marilyn Manson
    Rein Raus, Rammstein
    S.E.X., Nickleback
    Something in Your Mouth, Nickleback
    Stand Up, Trapt
    Voodoo, Godsmack
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