What is your WHY?

kacione
kacione Posts: 68 Member
edited October 2 in Health and Weight Loss
I have recently been doing a lot of personal searching and the question that I am asking myself is Why? Why am I doing this? Why do I want to lose the weight? What is in it for me?
I know all the health and phyical reasons but I am asking us to dig deeper and come up with answers from your heart. What drives you? What is your goal for you?
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  • lizsmith1976
    lizsmith1976 Posts: 497 Member
    More than one ok?

    1 - to not dig my grave with a knife and fork (be around a long time to enjoy my life)
    2 - to be happy with the way I look and feel (I have always been my harshest critic)
  • Krohnie
    Krohnie Posts: 286 Member
    I want the woman in my head to match the woman in the mirror. I'm athletic, strong, tall, beautiful and smart- in my head. In my mirror I'm an average size 12 mom with mom jeans and a muffin top. That disconnect is what is driving me. The lady in my head is pounding to get out, and I'm going to let her!!
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Because I want to be healthier and stronger and I want even more people to want to have sex with me than already do. Everyone should want to have sex with me. I won't want to have sex with everyone, but they should want to.
  • MrsRadder
    MrsRadder Posts: 207 Member
    I am tired of feeling bad about my body and how I look. I hate saying thinks like 'I was' and 'when I' Tired of living in the past.
  • 2bFitNTrim
    2bFitNTrim Posts: 1,209 Member
    To NOT be like my Mom is one. She is pretty much house bound & can't do much anymore. She is pretty overweight & has had 2 knee replacement surgeries, and despite pleadings from her doctor to get moving, she doesn't. The lower blood sugar, good cholesterol levels, etc are all great of course, but I want to take weekend trips, walk a trail, go shopping, and do ordinary daily things for as long as possible while I'm on this Earth.

    P.S. and to NOT be like my hubs who is overweight, diabetic, high BP & cholesterol, with heart issues too, but God bless him, he's making baby steps to changing his ways.
  • Gwooh
    Gwooh Posts: 80 Member
    #1 to look and feel better! I want to be a size 12 or how about a size 9!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    It's my job, vanity, I still want to be physically active for sports, to one up males who are my same age, pride.
  • lucky1ns
    lucky1ns Posts: 358 Member
    Because I have been bouncing around between 193 and 208 for 3 years and I am tired of it.
  • sunshineshica
    sunshineshica Posts: 277
    1. because I know I've been my ideal weight before so it is possible to achieve.
    2. i don't wanna see a muffin top anymore in anything i wear
  • brewingaz
    brewingaz Posts: 1,136 Member
    Because I want to feel better about myself. Plus, while it rarely happens, when I catch a girl looking at me, it makes my week.
  • mcdonl
    mcdonl Posts: 342 Member
    1 - My health (My family)
    2 - A cruise in March
    3 - My FF/EMS work
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I have recently been doing a lot of personal searching and the question that I am asking myself is Why? Why am I doing this? Why do I want to lose the weight? What is in it for me?
    I know all the health and phyical reasons but I am asking us to dig deeper and come up with answers from your heart. What drives you? What is your goal for you?

    Health is the reason I keep my weight down, eat right and exercise. What better reason could there possibly be?

    I won't lie and say I don't like to look thin and fit, but given the choice of looking good and being unhealthy, or being fat and healthy, I'd still take healthy.
  • stacyrhoades11
    stacyrhoades11 Posts: 50 Member
    I think a big reason for me other than health is my children. I see my middle daughter making really unhealthy food choices and begining to be overweight. I dont want that for my kids, i've delt with it all my life and i know how hard it is. Children do as they see though so i hope by changing our eating habits and showing them that i'm determined to stay healthy and fit then they will make those choices as well.
  • CaptainMFP
    CaptainMFP Posts: 440 Member
    I am an older parent (I'm 37; my boys are 5 and 2 1/2). The men in my family rarely penetrate their deep 70s and health problems related to obesity (diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke) are the reason. I want to see my boys grow up. I want to see them start families of their own. I want to hold my grandchildren some day. I know that living a healthy lifestyle does not guarantee longevity. (Anyone who thinks it does has not done very much research.) But I know that if I do not improve my health now the odds are much less favorable for me. My own extended family disintegrated due to squabbles so intense that even deaths in the family could not foster reconciliation. I want to create a new extended family of my own, and to do this I need to be healthier than I was. I think I'm on my way, I think I'm getting there, and I'm not going to stop until I'm done with my life's journey...that's all that really matters to me.
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
    Because I want to be healthier and stronger and I want even more people to want to have sex with me than already do. Everyone should want to have sex with me. I won't want to have sex with everyone, but they should want to.
  • KeepItOff4Life
    KeepItOff4Life Posts: 62
    I want to feel the way others perceive me. People tell me I look good and I portray such confidence...it's all fake! I want to be happy with me, and getting in shape, not necessarily just being skinny, will make me happy.
  • Bonita_Lynne_58
    Bonita_Lynne_58 Posts: 2,794 Member
    To NOT be like my Mom is one. She is pretty much house bound & can't do much anymore. She is pretty overweight & has had 2 knee replacement surgeries, and despite pleadings from her doctor to get moving, she doesn't. The lower blood sugar, good cholesterol levels, etc are all great of course, but I want to take weekend trips, walk a trail, go shopping, and do ordinary daily things for as long as possible while I'm on this Earth.

    P.S. and to NOT be like my hubs who is overweight, diabetic, high BP & cholesterol, with heart issues too, but God bless him, he's making baby steps to making changes.

    I can see myself becoming the Mom and it's not what I want for my life. I hurt constantly, I want to feel better and enjoy the everyday things. I want to go shopping and have fun trying on clothes again. I want to walk with my sister and not know that she's slowing way down for me ( and I'm still having trouble keeping up ). Add our family history of heart disease and the possibility of diabeates to all the above. I'm 53 now so the question I ask myself is: If not now, when?
  • 1goodymom67
    1goodymom67 Posts: 125
    :laugh: The big WHY questions.

    1. B/c I can. :glasses: :bigsmile: I am being snotty. Let me explain. I started running after 40. I am exctied that I can. I have enjoyed trying on clothes again and shopping!! I just want to ride this train as long as possible. If I am able to do this when I am 90 fantastic but until then I just want to enjoy this as long as possible.

    2. I enjoy exercising. Yes, I did just say that.

    3. I like the way I look. (I am in no way being conceited)

    4. I like the way I feel. (on a good day or bad day)

    5. And lastly, I am healthier now than just about any time in my life. I can out run my 20 year old!! :laugh: I can out walk him too!! He is not overweight just out of shape.
  • AimingHighWeighingLow
    AimingHighWeighingLow Posts: 192 Member
    I am about to start University, the sector I wish to go into is extremely superficial, if you don't look the part you will fail! Sad but true. So I am getting fit and completely remodelling everything about me in the way I dress and look.

    Out with the old.....in with the new!!
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    Honestly all my WHYS are for vanity reasons only,if I get healthier in the long run thats cool but I could really care less about being strong and fit I just want to fit back into my clothes
  • Sezmo83
    Sezmo83 Posts: 331 Member
    Health and fitness are my biggest motivators. I don't want to cross that line and be diabetic. I don't want high blood pressure. I don't want my face to be post box red when I have to walk up a gentle slope. Nor do I want to be gasping and wheezing like someone who's smoked 60 a day for 50 years. I want to be able to go on long walks with my dog without being absolutely knackered for the next 3 days after doing so.

    I won't lie, yes I want to look good. But the main reason I'm doing this is to get fit and healthy and be able to enjoy life again instead of being too fat and unfit to do much.
  • k2thaj
    k2thaj Posts: 41
    I recently quit smoking and decided that I need to be really focused on being healthy so that in the future I can start a family and be healthy for my children. I also wanted to motivate my boyfriend and he works out with me everyday, he has become my inspiration instead :)

    I also certainly wouldn't mind to get into a bikini sometime within the next few years.
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    I have so much to offer the world. I am a smart professional woman who is embarrassed of how I look and feel. I feel out of place and like people don't see what I have to offer because I am too big. I want my only limits to be real ones, not the ones that are perceived. I have had enough of that in my life.
  • gsenriquez
    gsenriquez Posts: 181 Member
    I want to be healthy and stay healthy for my 4 yr old daughter. I want to feel sexy, I want to have more energy to play and run around with my daughter. I want to fit into my old smaller clothes. I want to be able to make love to my special someone with the lights on :-p
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    More than one ok?

    1 - to not dig my grave with a knife and fork (be around a long time to enjoy my life)

    I like that! :heart:

    To be here to raise my daughter.
    To not need to take blood pressure meds.
    To not be ashamed of how I look.

    To name a few. :smile:
  • RedMuse
    RedMuse Posts: 50 Member
    Why??? I want to be healthy .. ok that's part of it.
    I want to be sexy, I want to grab attention when I walk by.
    I want at 36 to be sexier then i was at 26.
    I want to hear my son complain about his friends saying I'm Hot..

    I want to be able to to grab any thing and put it on and not worry how it makes me look.

    I want to feel and look as good as I can...
  • Leigh_b
    Leigh_b Posts: 576 Member
    To NOT be like my Mom is one. She is pretty much house bound & can't do much anymore. She is pretty overweight & has had 2 knee replacement surgeries, and despite pleadings from her doctor to get moving, she doesn't. The lower blood sugar, good cholesterol levels, etc are all great of course, but I want to take weekend trips, walk a trail, go shopping, and do ordinary daily things for as long as possible while I'm on this Earth.

    Me too. My mother has never been overweight, but has not led a healthy lifestyle. She smoked most of my life, has never eaten healthy food, and has NEVER been active or participated in any sort of sport or exercise. Now at 68 she is paying the price for those decisions. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2007 and while she has beaten the cancer, she has never fully recovered from the treatment and is generally housebound and too weak to hold or play with her grandchildren. If you were to meet her and guess her age, you would probably guess that she was somewhere in her 80's. My father on the other hand is a spry 70 and still very, very active. It's funny because my 4 year old daughter is always explaining to me that grandma can't do this or that because she is too old, yet thinks nothing of grandpa taking part in whatever activity she is explaining and he is actually older than grandma. My mother has never been able to help me with either of my children who are still quite young. My inspiration to be healthy and stay healthy is to be there for my girls when they have children. I want to be able to hold them and care for them and to be able to help. So many of my friends have mothers that come over to watch their kids and/or keep the kids overnight. Thankfully, my mother-in-law is able to do this, but it is disappointing that my own mother cannot be there to help.
  • ziggy67
    ziggy67 Posts: 351
    I am driven by a desire to be fit and healthy and my goal is to live to be a ripe old age. I am 55 and I honestly believe that I am a lot healthier and fitter than a lot of 20 year olds I know. Sad but true.
  • skinnywithin
    skinnywithin Posts: 1,392 Member
    Im 42 and its past due !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    To hopefully find peace within my self and find my soulmate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • yanicka
    yanicka Posts: 1,004 Member
    My main reasons are my health , my kids. Bu t there is a little part of me that want to have men look at me as if I was a big decadent triple chocolate cake :tongue:
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