QOTW! What Is Your Motivation????

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QOTW! What Is Your Motivation????
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Mon, 04-26-2004 - 9:40pm

I'm so glad the board is in a more positive place right now.

 

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 04-26-2004 - 9:53pm
Hmm what is motivating me right now....Just feeling good about being on plan and finally making goal.

  Shawna-- Proud Cl for 100 Pounds or More to Go 

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Registered: 09-12-2003
Mon, 04-26-2004 - 10:04pm
Hmmmm, my motivation is I'm actually losing weight! Tomorrow will be my last day on induction, so I get to weigh tomorrow (lost eight pounds the first week). I'm feeling really good and I'm looking forward to moving into the ongoing weight loss phase (hello fruit!). Since it seems like I've found something that works for me, and it was doctor recommended, I'm excited about it. I'm sure there will be times where I'll get frustrated, but being in the "honeymoon" phase is great right now, and a real motivator.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 04-26-2004 - 11:10pm
Good luck tomorrow on weigh in Ivy!

  Shawna-- Proud Cl for 100 Pounds or More to Go 

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Tue, 04-27-2004 - 12:34am
I have several things that motivate me. My children have started to notice that I am "fat". Just the normal child observation, but it still hurts. I don't want them to be ashamed of me as they get older.

Last fall, during my pregnancy, I got really sick for about 6 weeks. It had nothing to do with my weight, but it got me started to thinking about my health. I felt so horrible. I dreaded walking a block because I was in so much pain. Once I got better I stepped on the scale afraid of what I would find and I had lost 40 pounds.(the hard way) Seeing that drop encouraged me to keep it going.

I keep on going now because I love how good I feel about myself when I lose weight. I look at pictures from last Nov. and I am huge. I don't want to get that big again. I also want to surprise my Dh when he comes home and look great when we move this summer.

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Registered: 04-14-2004
Tue, 04-27-2004 - 4:12am
three reasons

one. i want to be a healthy active momma for seth

two. i want to be a runner. i LOVE running, but i get shin splints and my knees hurt when i run at this weight. i gotta lose weight to run.

three. for my husband. he loves me as i am BLAH BLAH BLAH etc. etc. yadda yadda. i still want to lose weight for him. i think he would enjoy it.

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Registered: 04-19-2004
Tue, 04-27-2004 - 5:31am
My Motivation Is(No particular order):

1. Having lost one hundred and one pounds.

2. Fitting into a pair of size 14 jeans again and they look great.

3. Wearing a string-tie halter top WITH the jeans and not having to suck anything in.

My belly is gone, replaced with hip bones. (I have BONES???)

4. Getting looks.

5. Making Mom squeal when she saw me the other day.

6. Impressing my family when I go down to MA this weekend.

7. Impressing MYSELF.

8. The smirk on Kyle's face when we're out together in public, or introduces me to people.

9. Knowing that no matter what, I can post my losses and gains here and be supported.

10.Not being embarrassed by my body anymore. Even naked.

Amy

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Registered: 05-20-2003
Tue, 04-27-2004 - 6:46am
My greatest motivator, right now, is my health. I don't have any major problems right now, but, the problems I have always had (like reumathism) are getting stronger and more difficult to deal with. I'm afraid my blood pressure is getting higher than it should... so, I know this is the moment to take an action.

I also don't want to undergo any kind of surgery, and, people (family, friends) have started to suggest me to do so... and I don't want to. I'm sure I need discipline and will power; I belive that a surgery wouldn't be able to change my motivations to eat and all. It's a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnggg way, but... I'll take it.

Clothes are a last and kind of least motivation, but they are. I must have a number so that I can plan on buying clothes and look at them as something steady, and not just an emergency solution,if you know what I mean...

:)

Naia
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Registered: 01-07-2004
Tue, 04-27-2004 - 9:11am
I can't say what is motivating me now. In the beginning it was health. Now I just enjoy it. I can't wait to get out and walk.

Hmm, me weird I guess.

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OK, see what happens when I don't think about it.

As I said on the prayer post, my motivation is to make this temple that I am into what it needs to be. His Spirit dwells within me so I need to have it looking and FEELING at it's best. I may not be losing weight like others and I may never get to my goal, but I am becoming healthier and that is vastly important.


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Tue, 04-27-2004 - 9:36am
My biggest motivator is that I'm getting closer to being able to buy clothes in "regular" sizes. I'm now in an 18W. Now you know that there are TWO size 18's. The regular misses 18 and the woman's 18 (18W). SO to get to the coveted size 16, I have to actually drop to a misses size 18. Ok I'm rambling, I'll stop now!

Anywho, Clothes are a BIG motivator. I used to dress so nice, but it's too expensive to do so in the larger sizes.

I also am motivated by how much better I feel now. I have more energy, I DO more with my DS, and I feel quite literally like a weight has been lifted off me.

I am going through some tough times right now and I'm hoping that it doesn't de-rail me. Last night I was too depressed to exercise, but I bit the bullet today and did it. I feel better now...I think I need to get one of those blow-up punch clowns that you buy for kids at Toys-R-Us and beat the snot out of it.

Deb

270/228/140ish

--next weigh-in: End of May.

Deb 270/228/145ish  (updated 4/19/04. Next weigh-in: 6/1/04)

 

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Tue, 04-27-2004 - 11:44am
I just had this whole post typed out and then lost it. Grrrr...I hate when that happens! Let's see what I can remember.

Last year, at the age of 38, I had a colonoscopy done. My mother died of colon cancer when she was only 53, so I knew I was at risk of getting the disease. I just didn't know how close it was. Most people don't have to get a colonoscopy until they turn 50. My doctor sent me to have one because I was having some bleeding in that area. He checked me out, and it turned out the bleeding was from a swollen hemmeroid. Because of my family history, he sent me to have a colonoscopy *just in case*. He said they wouldn't find anything, but he wanted to make sure (he's good about that, he's not a doctor that just dismisses things). Well, they found 2 polyps which they removed, and one was pre-cancerous. I am sooooo glad that I had the procedure! If I hadn't had that bleeding, then I wouldn't have had the colonoscopy and then I would have had cancer! That was a big wake up call for me. Even though it had nothing to do with my weight, it made me realize that I need to take my health very seriously. And the best thing that I can do for that is lose weight.

Of course, I'm also motivated because I want to look and feel better. I'm so sick of not being able to do things because of my weight. I haven't gone swimming in years because I'm too embarrassed to wear a bathing suit in public. And I love to swim. I also want to try new things like rollerblading and maybe cross country skiing next winter. I also want to buy clothes in the "normal" section of the store instead of going to the plus size section.

Good question, Rely!

~~Linda

~~Linda

 

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