What motivates you...

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black_butterfly

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Hey everyone.. What motivates everyone? What motivates you to want to lose the weight? What motivates you when you are at the gym, to go that extra mile or go that extra 5 minutes? What do you tell yourself to keep you going everyday.

My main motivation is my daughter. She is 6 years old. I want to be healthy so I can share my life and be active with her. I coach youth cheerleaders and I want them to look up to me, not only as a coach, but as a role model to be healthy. My boyfriend and I have been together 7 years. When we do get married, I want to be happy with the way I look.

When I am at the gym, my motivation is know that I am doing something good for me. Not only to look good, but for my health. I have high blood pressure and I am on medicine for it. I get motivated by telling myself that I am on my way to being of the medication.

When I am on the treadmill or bike... I tell myself just 5 more minutes. I tell myself that I can do it, I have already been on it for 30 minutes (for example)..what is 5 more minutes.. Then after 5 minutes comes and goes, another 5 minutes seems so easy and fast.

I hope everyone gets motivated either by what they do themselves or what another member can help them with.

Good luck to everyone!!!
 
My motivation is that tho I'll still have health problems, they wont be AS bad and I can accomplish some of my life long goals!
 
My motivation to start this whole thing was made up of all the health problems on my mom's side of the family...diabetes, heart issues, stroke, etc. All of the problems they had were made worse by the fact that ALL of them are overweight. My mom died very suddenly in January 2004, and her mother, father, two sisters and a brother all died from similar problems with their hearts and diabetes complications.

When the others died, it never really hit home. I just ate more food to deal with the emotional issues. But when my mom was in the trauma unit, attached to tubes to keep her alive...when we had to make the decision to turn off life support...that was it. I decided then I wanted to do something...but didn't for a few years.

After that my sister began gaining weight like crazy. Right now she's my height (5'9") and weighs in above 350 pounds. She's 29, but she's already having SO many problems with her health and physical abilities because of her weight. Hearing her problems earlier last year was another step in the right direction. But I still waited.

Then I got married. They say that getting married has the opposite effect...a woman's "supposed" to stop taking care of herself and GAIN weight, people say. Well, I decided when I got married on July 4, 2007, that I wanted to be around for my husband, and be in shape for if/when we decide to have children. I started working out on July 31, and have done so 5 days a week ever since. I won't say I eat great but I DO eat better. I've lost 80 pounds.

My motivation to keep it up now is staying healthy, for the future.
 
I'm motivated by many thoughts. When I exercise and and soon as I tire I think of my husband. I think of my children. I think of the example that I am setting for them.

I imagine myself in beautiful clothes, laying in the sun at the beach, living a healthy and gorgeous life.

If I want to pig out, I just tell myself simple words. You can eat that, but just deal with the health consequences, deal with your physical state and eat it honestly with the thought that you will never complain or feel bad. I say it out loud if I have to.

I'm not overweight, but it's not hard for it to happen. Everyday is challenging to stay this way. But it is worth all the hard work.
 
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