Members Speak - What Motivates You!
Hey Everyone 
We are declaring March as Motivation Month
What motivates you with your weight loss and life in general 
My motivational factors are:
Family
Health
Victoria Secret
Come on in and share with us what motivates you. Your post may appear in our March ObesityHelp Newsletter.
Take care,
Kathy
We are declaring March as Motivation Month
What motivates you with your weight loss and life in general My motivational factors are:
Family
Health
Victoria Secret
Come on in and share with us what motivates you. Your post may appear in our March ObesityHelp Newsletter.
Take care,
Kathy
HW:330 - GW:150 - MW:118-125
RW:190 - CW:130
Hi Kathy!
I have to admit one of my biggest motivations is looking better. I know the more popular answer is to be healthy, to live longer, etc., and of course those are all motivations for me too, but I really, really hated being severely obese. I was embarrassed to be seen in public, I stopped singing in church because I didn't want to get up in front of people, I just hated being seen. I didn't really feel all that bad (except for knee pain, which is GONE), but I was just constantly embarrassed by the way I looked.
The ability to lap swim again, go for walks (I had stopped that, too, because I didn't want to go outside and be seen, and I CERTAINLY didn't want to be seen at the gym), and just participate in life again are wonderful rewards. My motivation to continue to work out and watch what I eat is mainly that I never, ever want to go back.
Jenny
I have to admit one of my biggest motivations is looking better. I know the more popular answer is to be healthy, to live longer, etc., and of course those are all motivations for me too, but I really, really hated being severely obese. I was embarrassed to be seen in public, I stopped singing in church because I didn't want to get up in front of people, I just hated being seen. I didn't really feel all that bad (except for knee pain, which is GONE), but I was just constantly embarrassed by the way I looked.
The ability to lap swim again, go for walks (I had stopped that, too, because I didn't want to go outside and be seen, and I CERTAINLY didn't want to be seen at the gym), and just participate in life again are wonderful rewards. My motivation to continue to work out and watch what I eat is mainly that I never, ever want to go back.
Jenny
My main motivators -
staying the size I am now
setting and achieving new goals all the time
health
upcoming bathing suit season
the rush of success!
staying the size I am now
setting and achieving new goals all the time
health
upcoming bathing suit season
the rush of success!
Read my blog, BARIATHLETE I run because I can.
First 5K race October 4, 2009 (34.59) PR 5/22/11 (27:26)
First 5 Mile: January 1, 2011 (50:30)
First 10K: July 4, 2010 (1:03.26) New PR 4/10/11 (1:01.14)
First 10 Mile: April 11, 2010 (1:46.15)
First 1/2 marathon: June 13, 2010 (2:22.21) PR: 5/1/11 (2:17.30)
First Marathon: October 16, 2011: 5:47:20
Goofy Challenge: January 7-8, 2012
If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right. - Mary Kay Ash
First 5K race October 4, 2009 (34.59) PR 5/22/11 (27:26)
First 5 Mile: January 1, 2011 (50:30)
First 10K: July 4, 2010 (1:03.26) New PR 4/10/11 (1:01.14)
First 10 Mile: April 11, 2010 (1:46.15)
First 1/2 marathon: June 13, 2010 (2:22.21) PR: 5/1/11 (2:17.30)
First Marathon: October 16, 2011: 5:47:20
Goofy Challenge: January 7-8, 2012
If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right. - Mary Kay Ash
My motivational factors are:
~ Being a healthy role model to my young childern
~ Being as fit and trim as I can be for my amazing army soldier hubby that works out EVERY DAY
~ Feeling comfortable in clothing and liking how I LOOK in something.
~ Living a LONG healthy life.
~ Being a healthy role model to my young childern
~ Being as fit and trim as I can be for my amazing army soldier hubby that works out EVERY DAY
~ Feeling comfortable in clothing and liking how I LOOK in something.
~ Living a LONG healthy life.
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan
My Goals:
1) 200lbs ACCOMPLISHED
3) 170lbs
4) Run 5K
"Unneeded food is not any less wasted in a body that doesnt need it, than it is in the trash." ~Brandilynn
"Those that will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." ~William Penn
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan
My Goals:
1) 200lbs ACCOMPLISHED
3) 170lbs
4) Run 5K
"Unneeded food is not any less wasted in a body that doesnt need it, than it is in the trash." ~Brandilynn
"Those that will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." ~William Penn
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My motivation?
Being an able resource as a husand and father.
I had become a liability that had to be accommodated; other than as the primary income source and with my obeseness, the longevity of that was probably in jeopardy.
- Now I enjoy officiating HS football and basketball that also supplements my primary income to support my family and friends and keeps me active.
- I am here 4 yrs post-op, teaching my youngest daughter to drive as I did the older two previously (one of my why-have-surgery goals).
- I was able to do the work to convert part of our downstairs to a bedroom and walk-in closet for my oldest daughter to move back home after enrolling a Masters degree program so she does not have to worry about paying rent while attending school full-time.
- I am able to provide service to friends and family; like I led the design and building of a custom bi-directional handicap ramp with a landing porch halfway down for my Mom, followed a month later by building her a 10x14 aluminum barn-style storage shed in her back yard.
- Doing the local annual 10K with my brother and brother-in-law
- I ran for and was elected to local city council (Nov 08) to have a greater involvment in local and community quality of life. (RNY Sep 06)
It is far more rewarding to hear my kids tell their friends, "My dad can help with that" than being the target of the numerous fat jokes they endured before.
Trying to maintain this new quality of life and involvement, that is my motivation.
Joe
Being an able resource as a husand and father.
I had become a liability that had to be accommodated; other than as the primary income source and with my obeseness, the longevity of that was probably in jeopardy.
- Now I enjoy officiating HS football and basketball that also supplements my primary income to support my family and friends and keeps me active.
- I am here 4 yrs post-op, teaching my youngest daughter to drive as I did the older two previously (one of my why-have-surgery goals).
- I was able to do the work to convert part of our downstairs to a bedroom and walk-in closet for my oldest daughter to move back home after enrolling a Masters degree program so she does not have to worry about paying rent while attending school full-time.
- I am able to provide service to friends and family; like I led the design and building of a custom bi-directional handicap ramp with a landing porch halfway down for my Mom, followed a month later by building her a 10x14 aluminum barn-style storage shed in her back yard.
- Doing the local annual 10K with my brother and brother-in-law
- I ran for and was elected to local city council (Nov 08) to have a greater involvment in local and community quality of life. (RNY Sep 06)
It is far more rewarding to hear my kids tell their friends, "My dad can help with that" than being the target of the numerous fat jokes they endured before.
Trying to maintain this new quality of life and involvement, that is my motivation.
Joe
My motivators are:
I am afraid to go back to the weight that I was (315 lbs.)
Shopping "off the rack"
traveling (is easier -no seat belt extensions and the tray lets all the way down)
staying off the "****tail" of medicines (mainly hypertension)
not having to go to the doctor every other week
having the ability to run 3 half marathons and train for a full
Frederick's of Hollywood
wearing heels comfortably for several hours
C-PAP machine
I am afraid to go back to the weight that I was (315 lbs.)
Shopping "off the rack"
traveling (is easier -no seat belt extensions and the tray lets all the way down)
staying off the "****tail" of medicines (mainly hypertension)
not having to go to the doctor every other week
having the ability to run 3 half marathons and train for a full
Frederick's of Hollywood
wearing heels comfortably for several hours
C-PAP machine
Without struggle, there is no progress.
I have been entrusted to take care of a fabulous little dog. We do agility together and she is a rocket on the course and has great potential to do great things. Her only problem is that I am her team mate and I do not do her justice. In order to be the best team mate I can be, I have to lose the weight and be able to run with my dog.
My first dog saved my life in that she brought me out of my completely introverted life and introduced me to a whole new world.
My current dog is here also to save me by giving me a reason to get healthy.
My first dog saved my life in that she brought me out of my completely introverted life and introduced me to a whole new world.
My current dog is here also to save me by giving me a reason to get healthy.
Emily
HW/SW/GW/CW
249/236/135/133.6
HW/SW/GW/CW
249/236/135/133.6
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