What is your best Motivation?

jeffisbig

jeffisbig

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What do you think of when the going gets tough, or what kicks you into "I need to lose" mode when you encounter it?


Its shallow and maybe creepy, but the biggest motivator I have is beautiful women. I see them and I think "God, I wish I was thinner."

How about youse?
 
Looking back at what I have already accomplished has always motivated me to move forward... I remember that I'm stronger than I think :)
 
I have a ton of clothes in my closet that I can't fit anymore, so my motivation is having more clothes to wear lol. Oh and for people to stop asking me if I'm pregnant.
 
I don't have any "thin" clothes, as I throw out EVERYTHING that I can not wear.

I do, however, have a thin friend, and she had some "too big" clothes... (she's a frikkin ballerina... her too big means nothing!)

They are 2 sizes down, basically where I wanna be... so I've got 'em hanging in my closet now... can't WAIT to wear them!!!!!
 
I'm an extremely competitive person... especially with myself... so my biggest motivator is gettig a better time or more distance or more weight lifted than I did before...

clothes and sizes are still somewhat of a motivator -but in all honesty once i could fit into the normal sizes - that became less important -though a single digit size would be nice...
 
My biggest motivator is a picture of myself just about 2 years ago 30 lbs lighter and 10 lbs away from my goal weight that I never reached. If I looked and felt that great then, I know how great it will be to finally reach my ultimate goal.
 
I have several things that randomly act as motivators.

I have a pic of a woman from a magazine hanging in my closet. She is not a super model, but looks like a fit mom. I want to be that.

I have goal clothes.

I have the fact that my mom would love for me to fail and be fat for the rest of my life.

I have the fact that my husband is so proud of me...and shows it.

And I have the fact that I know the competitor in me will never let me be happy as a fat lady anyways, so I can either get rid of the fat or be miserable in it and have it consume my thoughts for the rest of my life.

I skip through which of these works for me at various times...
 
Are we being honest? Because, if we are, they are:

1) vanity
2) big tittied beautiful naked ladies
3) martial arts/general performance
4) vanity
5) vanity
6) popularity
7) health
8) vanity
9) DDR
10) Megan Fox
 
I'm looking forward to the gils heads turnign again, or the smiles from strangers.

It's sad, but when I was fitter, I got a hell of a lot more smiles from strangers.
 
Oh, I also bought 2 shirts that are too small to wear now in hopes it would motivate me. It didn't really, but I just happened to get motivated 3 weeks later at random. I'm glad I did.

Its just like something clicked inside my head.
 
Seeing beautiful, thin (but not twig-like) women, being able to fit into lovely clothes and look amazing in them, the fact that diabetes runs in my family and every adult on my mother's side of the family has it...

Those are the first three, and I have a million more that I could come up with, I'm sure. I have every reason in the world to get to my goal weight and not a single, logical reason not to.
 
I have some clothes that I really really want to get into, and I have to lose another 15 or so lbs I'm sure for that to happen...

What also keeps me going is realizing that I am closer to my goal than I have ever been, so why give up now? I have probably the best body I've ever had in my adult life at the moment, so why not keep working on it and reaching new goals...?

I am pretty competitive as well, and now I know it is up to me to decide and work towards the the kind of body and the physical shape I want to be in for the rest of my life...

-Sam
 
For me, motivation is my biggest challenge. I find it and go with it, and some how, some time, the motivation is lost and all progress stops, and in the worst case scenario after a long period of no motivation, I end up gaining.

A few weeks ago, I had gotten back on track and worked hard at eating right and exercising, but after that week the scale did not reflect all the work I put into it. After venting here on the boards, I was forced to take a deep breath and really sit back and think.
I did alot of soul searching:
-why do you want to lose the weight/get in shape?
-how do you plan to get there?
-when to you plan to get there?
-what are the obstacles in your way?

The answer I found was that I am the only one that can do this, or not do this. I need to keep moving forward, making positive changes along the way and the end result WILL be a healthier, thinner, more fit me. I began imagining what I will look like with the weight gone. I want that- I DESERVE that.

That's when the motivation hit (and is what is currently driving me):
"I'm gonna look so good by Christmas- what an awesome gift to myself."
I think about new clothes I'll get for Christmas, in smaller sizes of course.

Reminding myself of this gets me up and working out everyday, and making the right food choices. I am planning ahead of time for days that I know will be hard to stay on track. I am commited to sticking with the current DVD program for at least 30 days (and re-evaluating what exercise changes may need to be made). This time feels different. This time I am actually excited about the journey.

 
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