what motivates you?

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I dont mean ideas of what you want to be like, but what gives you the motivation to get up off your hiney, and actually do it. Sometimes i lack that bit to this whole diet exercise deal, and im quite aware of that, but what really pushes you to get up and take that first step?
 
To be quite honest, the thought of me feeling more attractive towards the fairer sex, not feeling like death is around the corner after running after the bus, and all the horribly scary stuff I've learned about veins and the heart and such during med school :)
 
haha i guess that would be an inspiration, but see the funny thing is i smoke and i know the bad things cigarettes can do to you, but i keep on with it i know its different smoking is addicting, and i know eating can be addicting to, but is lazyness addicting? Its the whole change of pace thing i use to be so much more active 7 years ago and once i fell into a long term relationship i became VERY comfortable with whatever i was and am.
 
Sometimes I don't even know what motivates me. Working out and passing up the fast food is just something senseless that I have to do "just because". But I enjoy it somehow. I'm 19...vanity is 99% of the reason I'm trying to lose weight. But the other 1% is because obesity runs in my family and I want to nip it in the bud - prevention is better than cure I suppose.
 
On a normal day when I have a lot to do and have eaten healthy I don't feel bad if I don't work out.

But when I just don't FEEL like working out, I make a point of doing it no matter what. Why? Because every time I beat it and work out anyways, it's like constant positive reinforcement...I feel proud that I got off my butt when I begin my workout, which then energizes me to do more and then more because I'm feeling so good about myself and before I know it I have had an awesome workout - better than on a normal day. When I'm done I'm on cloud nine. I NEVER look back and think, gee I wish I'd just stayed on the couch and hadn't worked out. But when I don't work out, I always have regrets.

The more you get off that hiney of yours the less you will feel lazy because you will no longer think of taking a day off working out as a reward - you will think of being active as a reward with so many more benefits-physically and emotionally, that can become as addictive as overeating and laziness used to be. That's what gets me off my butt!
 
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Whenever I decide to do something and don't follow through, it's my character on the line. I don't like what it says about me if I fail, and I don't want to be that kind of person.
 
Oh wait, also I would like it to be easier for me to identify with all the good looking doctors on various doctor tv-shows, and batman. I mean... sort of hard daydreaming about kicking the bad guys ass and like... jumping around and being all brooding and scary... with this gut anyways :) I would so much more enjoy walking around listening to acdc imagining me being some random superhero if I lost some weight.
 
Death.

I have type 2 diabetes. If I can't lose the rest of this excess weight, I'm dead. That's some pretty good motivation. But in spite of even that, sometimes I still eat a little too much. But so far have not backslid. I would very much like to make it to my 50th birthday.

Right now that's not likely. I still need to lose about 40 more pounds and make sure they stay off for good, then lose 10 - 20 more and perhaps I can even see 60?

That would be grand.
 
Jacklinger said:
Death.

I have type 2 diabetes. If I can't lose the rest of this excess weight, I'm dead. That's some pretty good motivation. But in spite of even that, sometimes I still eat a little too much. But so far have not backslid. I would very much like to make it to my 50th birthday.

Right now that's not likely. I still need to lose about 40 more pounds and make sure they stay off for good, then lose 10 - 20 more and perhaps I can even see 60?

That would be grand.
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Well keep your chin up, it looks like you've already lost a lot of weight and you're headed in the right direction. That's good to hear.
 
For me it's mostly because I need to feel comfortable with people looking at me.

As I am right now I can't stand it when people look at me. I feel uncomfortable and just gross when people look at me. I hide it by being a little loud and smiling a lot...basically I can tell myself that they are looking at me because I'm being boisterous instead of flabby. Or I just don't talk at all in the hope that no one will notice me.

But if I'm going to work in the legal field I have to get used to people looking at me. And as long as I know I'm grossed out when I look at myself I won't ever feel comfortable with an entire courtroom looking at me.

The various full length mirror glued to the walls in this crappy rental house don't hurt either. No matter what room I'm in I have at least one bad view of myself. That's a heck of a motivator.
 
I find just the music i listen to helps when i feel lazy. The beat helps me to keep up my speed when power walking.
I also have a pair of smaller sized pants i fit into a few years back and i would love to wear them again.
 
DerbyDoll said:
I dont mean ideas of what you want to be like, but what gives you the motivation to get up off your hiney, and actually do it. Sometimes i lack that bit to this whole diet exercise deal, and im quite aware of that, but what really pushes you to get up and take that first step?
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Just waking up in the morning and looking deep inside myself has been doing it for me. Either I hate it and I use it as a motivator....or if its a good day, I might feel good about a subtle change and use it as a motivator.
I don't use a mirror. I just think about how I feel...about what I did the day before that was good or maybe bad...maybe what I ate.

If I did bad, it gives me a reason to improve. If I did good, it makes me feel better and it doesn't take me much to go work out, or eat right if I am happy and know I am on track.

My biggest problem was always never being honest with myself. I made excuses for all my faults and I actually believed them. I learned I was in trouble. Now I know I have to do it. No excuses. I hold myself accountable.
And so far...so good. (Wish I would have been smart and figured this out years ago.) lol
 
I find that i let things bring me down a lot, and in my situation i feel its okay to briefly feel bad about things, i just seperated from my husband of 6 years a month ago, he cheated on me and ive been having a heck of a time because i try and be nice because we have a son and im just nice natured anyways, but i let it get me down its hard to bounce back. even though i have a great support system and a friend whos turned into something very important to me recently, he deffinately motivates me to be better for myself first and foremost. My next act from motivation will be monday i will walk up to the gym pay for my membership and work out for an hour or so. that makes me excited.
 
My two huge motivations right now are Airsoft and Halloween!

Airsoft because I want to be able to play better and actually get out there and run instead of just finding the awesome hiding spots for a surprise attack (which I am awesome at by the way, LoL). So that's all about being healthier and able to do more physically.
And when I get to where I think I can use it the most effectively I am getting something like this as a reward for all my hard work:

Yep, $650 for a toy
And Halloween because I AM making this costume this year.


If all goes well, I can post before and after pictures with me wearing that costume in the after shot.

And yea, I'm almost 27, I am such a geek. :smilielol5:
 
#1 My kids. My daughter is old enough to realize I don't look like everyone else and I like that she knows I take the time to workout each day. Sometimes if she doesn't nap, she'll even do some of it with me. We don't ever talk about weight, just about having healthy strong bodies.

#2 My TV shows :blush5:. I DVR the couple of shows I enjoy and watch them during the kids naptime. But I don't allow myself to watch them until AFTER my workout. If I don't workout that day, I don't get to watch them until after my workout the next day. That helps get my butt in gear during the couple hours I would normally spend just "vegging" while they nap.

Oh and just the memory of how crappy and run down I used to feel every day compared with how much energy I have now is a big help too!
 
Vanity is a big part of it for me. I don't want to look the way I did on my 20th birthday this year, on my 21st next year.

How I feel when I've lost weight is also a motivator. During sixth form, I lost nearly two stone. I didn't reach my goal weight, but I was certainly fitter than I had been, and felt a lot better for it. :) Unfortunately, I then put on about 3 1/2 stone when I came to uni. Whoops :(

Clothes are another one for me. Last summer, when I was at my lowest weight after that weight loss, my parents paid for a dress for me to wear to my uncle's wedding. It's a gorgeous dress, flattered me in all the right places etc and made me feel brilliant, and seeing as I like to buy clothes mainly on a "cost-per-wear" basis, I'd like to fit into it again so I can wear it when I go out.
Another dress drama... I got a ticket to go to a ball at uni just before Easter, and so asked my parents to send up my prom dress to I could wear it. Of course, the prom dress doesn't fit anymore, which I found rather embarrassing to have to explain to my mum when she asked how the ball went (though obviously she could see for herself how much weight I've put on).

Ah well... I'm working towards losing the weight now, at least. :)

Another thing that motivates me is how great I feel after exercising. For example... I went on a walk earlier today. When I got back, I felt so good that a few hours later, I went for another walk. :)
 
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