My Motivation, whats yours?

bikermike5094
bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
edited October 1 in Motivation and Support
One of my motivations can be seen in my profile pic. When my wife and I ride together (I'm 300+, she's 120), she doesnt have much room behind me. It's hard on her legs and knees to have to move them out so far. This pic was taken last week at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and you can see how squished she is. She made a deal with me that if I lose 80lbs, I can buy a new Harley Ultra Classic Limited. Now THATS got my fire lit!!!

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  • thickstar247
    thickstar247 Posts: 5 Member
    I want to be healthy and stronger. Whats the point of looking young if Im to fat tired and slow to play ?
  • ashley0616
    ashley0616 Posts: 579 Member
    You have a beautiful family, and what a great wife to reward you with such an awesome bike! :happy:

    My motivation is that I have two daughters and I don't want them to have to struggle their whole life with their weight. It's all consuming, and I want them to be consumed by something much more appropriate for girls, like clothes or boys or magazines or something! :wink:
  • amberlineilene
    amberlineilene Posts: 153
    I want to look good..
  • CarlaDye
    CarlaDye Posts: 17
    I qualified for the Dressage Championships in my region and am taking the plunge and going. Since the judging is much more stringent and the competition tougher, I decided, I needed to lose 25lbs and 2 sizes. I figured I needed all the help I can get to be competitive. I also get the benefit of feeling better, being fitter and just plain looking better on the the back of my horse. I'm already down 1 1/2 sizes and on track to 25lbs off by the competition in September.
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    I want to be healthy and stronger. Whats the point of looking young if Im to fat tired and slow to play ?
    Exactly!!! Excellent outlook!
  • thickstar247
    thickstar247 Posts: 5 Member
    oh I almost forgot ... I congratulate you in advance ! I know you will lose weight fast ! A beautiful wife and a new bike ! I know you will do it ! What lifestyle change have you choosen ? Me and some of my male friends did high protein and they loss weight so fast I was pissed !
  • cindy0716
    cindy0716 Posts: 135
    That's awesome motivation ! Wishing you well on your journey.

    And the wife wins twice. She gets a healthier hubby and a more comfortable ride !!! We got an Ultra Classic last year and it is so nice to ride.
  • neva4saken
    neva4saken Posts: 300 Member
    Hey man I say go for it! That is quite the motivation, my motivation was literally life or death, doc said i would die in my sleep, dx as morbid obese with sleep apneia and at the time was married to a woman who found me so disgusting that she wouldn't even hug me. I got depressed after losing the one job in life for 12 years and seemingbly everyone loved me because of the money i made. After the doc insulted me i had a "turning point" and said i will do this for myself and prove to everyone that i am somebody so i started and in a year i went from 345 to 240 size 50 to 36 and my children have their father back (my biggest motivation) they were the only ones who never cared how i looked and they are the ones who get me 100% .. good luck on you alls journey just know that no matter what YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!
  • JessG11
    JessG11 Posts: 345 Member
    What's not my motivation?! :) This is why I'm changing my life: I want to have children without all the health risk in the next few years. I want to be healthy and here for them as long as possible when I do have them. I want to hike, canoe, play tennis, kayak, ride bikes, jog, climb mountains...ha....anything outdoors with my fiance, instead of spending our weekends sitting in front of the tv or looking at all the beauty around us from a windshield when we take our drives. I want to be strong, physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally and I want to be confident because all this fat as squished it out...and I want to reach my goal and be able to help others who struggle like I do/have....whew...when I read this makes me think: "where's my treadmill and weights!"

    Good luck to you!
  • xo_jewel_xo
    xo_jewel_xo Posts: 696 Member
    Hiya!! My motivation is to be a trophy wife!! :laugh: Seriously though, it is to feel better physically and emotionally. I want off my meds for diabetes and high blood pressure. I want to be the one who inspires instead who is constantly reading the inspiring stores and thinking to myself "I wish I could to that" or "I wonder how they did it" especially when it is laid out in front of me in black and white. I'm tired of being tired all the time, I'm tired something on me hurting all the time.

    Anywayyyy...welcome to MFP, feel free to add me as a friend! :drinker:
    jewel
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    oh I almost forgot ... I congratulate you in advance ! I know you will lose weight fast ! A beautiful wife and a new bike ! I know you will do it ! What lifestyle change have you choosen ? Me and some of my male friends did high protein and they loss weight so fast I was pissed !
    Right now just MFP and light walking. I work for the DOD at and Air Force Base so I get an hour a day 3 days a week paid to workout so trying to take advantage of that. I have a slightly herneated disc in my neck I'm nursing right now so dont want to make it worse. Would like to try to incorporate some P90X I've had for 2 years and never done it.
  • DeenaSteelerGirl
    DeenaSteelerGirl Posts: 421 Member
    Great motivation. Mine is just looking and feeling better... and turning 40 in November I want to feel hot not old and outta shape. :wink:
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    That's awesome motivation ! Wishing you well on your journey.

    And the wife wins twice. She gets a healthier hubby and a more comfortable ride !!! We got an Ultra Classic last year and it is so nice to ride.
    Nice, now your just teasing me!!! ha!
  • peteb79
    peteb79 Posts: 386
    Riding is one my motivations as well. I ride a 550, so I know my small bike will thank me for it when I lose 100lbs.
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    Hey man I say go for it! That is quite the motivation, my motivation was literally life or death, doc said i would die in my sleep, dx as morbid obese with sleep apneia and at the time was married to a woman who found me so disgusting that she wouldn't even hug me. I got depressed after losing the one job in life for 12 years and seemingbly everyone loved me because of the money i made. After the doc insulted me i had a "turning point" and said i will do this for myself and prove to everyone that i am somebody so i started and in a year i went from 345 to 240 size 50 to 36 and my children have their father back (my biggest motivation) they were the only ones who never cared how i looked and they are the ones who get me 100% .. good luck on you alls journey just know that no matter what YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!
    Awesome man!!!! Love....Those...GUNS!!!!
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    Hiya!! My motivation is to be a trophy wife!! :laugh: Seriously though, it is to feel better physically and emotionally. I want off my meds for diabetes and high blood pressure. I want to be the one who inspires instead who is constantly reading the inspiring stores and thinking to myself "I wish I could to that" or "I wonder how they did it" especially when it is laid out in front of me in black and white. I'm tired of being tired all the time, I'm tired something on me hurting all the time.

    Anywayyyy...welcome to MFP, feel free to add me as a friend! :drinker:
    jewel
    Awesome.. sounds like you have a lot of ammunition in your toolbag!
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    Great motivation. Mine is just looking and feeling better... and turning 40 in November I want to feel hot not old and outta shape. :wink:
    The big 4-0. I did that 5 years ago. Your right, start now because it gets tougher and tougher the more mature( i like that better than older) you get.
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    Riding is one my motivations as well. I ride a 550, so I know my small bike will thank me for it when I lose 100lbs.
    Happy bikes make happy riders!!!!
  • novalh42
    novalh42 Posts: 102 Member
    Hey man I say go for it! That is quite the motivation, my motivation was literally life or death, doc said i would die in my sleep, dx as morbid obese with sleep apneia and at the time was married to a woman who found me so disgusting that she wouldn't even hug me. I got depressed after losing the one job in life for 12 years and seemingbly everyone loved me because of the money i made. After the doc insulted me i had a "turning point" and said i will do this for myself and prove to everyone that i am somebody so i started and in a year i went from 345 to 240 size 50 to 36 and my children have their father back (my biggest motivation) they were the only ones who never cared how i looked and they are the ones who get me 100% .. good luck on you alls journey just know that no matter what YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!



    You go!!! Good luck on your journey!!:smile:
  • lgwmab
    lgwmab Posts: 274 Member
    My motivation is me! I have guys hitting on me, but not the right kind, the dirty icky guys. My motivation is my health, my family has a history of health issues that stem from obesity. My motivation is I'd like to try and do some modeling, maybe try and make some more $, and be independent from a crap situation, that always seems to bring me down.
  • montana_girl
    montana_girl Posts: 1,403 Member
    My motivation? I don't ever want to feel as I did when I was morbidly obese. I love, love, love the energy and enthusium I have now. I love knowing I can walk for hours, run, hike, and just move.

    And most importantly, I want to be healthy and happy as get older. I think a lot of motivation comes from the fact I don't want to have all the health issues my mother is dealing with. If she would just eat healthy and move a bit a more, she would be feel so much better...
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    I retire in about 5 years. I am taking BP medication. Other than that I am pretty healthy. I want to be off all medication by retirement.
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    I retire in about 5 years. I am taking BP medication. Other than that I am pretty healthy. I want to be off all medication by retirement.
    I'm right there with ya! BP, 2 kinds of cholesterol meds, diuretic etc. My dad had a heart attack at 38, died on the table having double bypass surgery at 39. My doc says he wants to treat me as if I've already had a cardiac event, which I havent, due to my family history. I'd like to take that off the table with good health.
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    My motivation? I don't ever want to feel as I did when I was morbidly obese. I love, love, love the energy and enthusium I have now. I love knowing I can walk for hours, run, hike, and just move.

    And most importantly, I want to be healthy and happy as get older. I think a lot of motivation comes from the fact I don't want to have all the health issues my mother is dealing with. If she would just eat healthy and move a bit a more, she would be feel so much better...
    your results have been nothing short of spectacular! congrats!!!
  • xo_jewel_xo
    xo_jewel_xo Posts: 696 Member
    I retire in about 5 years. I am taking BP medication. Other than that I am pretty healthy. I want to be off all medication by retirement.
    I'm right there with ya! BP, 2 kinds of cholesterol meds, diuretic etc. My dad had a heart attack at 38, died on the table having double bypass surgery at 39. My doc says he wants to treat me as if I've already had a cardiac event, which I havent, due to my family history. I'd like to take that off the table with good health.

    We;d like you to be off the table in good health :)
  • jah7700
    jah7700 Posts: 276 Member
    My motivation is being healthy for my wife and kids....By the way, my goal gift is a new Harley! May see you at Sturgis in the future some day!
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    My motivation is being healthy for my wife and kids....By the way, my goal gift is a new Harley! May see you at Sturgis in the future some day!
    That would be awesome!!!
  • xo_jewel_xo
    xo_jewel_xo Posts: 696 Member
    With absolutely no offence intended:

    http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/48096
  • emmamme1979
    emmamme1979 Posts: 29 Member
    I don't want my girls to grow up and have no pictures of us together.

    I want them to be proud to say that's my mum!

    Em x
  • queenofcaffeine
    queenofcaffeine Posts: 15 Member
    My first grandchild will be arriving next month and I want to be able to keep up with him when he starts moving around! I also want to be healthy so I can spend many years spoiling him :) Another thing is, my husband is 14 years younger than me. When we met, I was 35 pounds lighter than I am now. The last thing I want to do is give him a reason to leave me for someone simply because she's in better shape than I am.
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