What motivates you to excercise?

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Registered: 11-11-2005
What motivates you to excercise?
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Mon, 11-14-2005 - 11:28am
What motivates me to excercise-right now its really hard, but I keep thinking about a pair of diesel blue jeans bought at a normal store.
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Mon, 11-14-2005 - 7:53pm

I like pushing myself until I'm light-headed, and feeling loopy and loose like jello. I also enjoy knowing that with every work-out, and a healthy day of dieting, I'm 1/4 to 1/2 a pound down! I don't know how I figured that out, but I did. It makes you want to move more and more.

Renee
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Mon, 11-14-2005 - 8:05pm
The thing that motivates me to work out is knowing that if I don't I'm going to be a bump on a log drag all day.
 
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Tue, 11-15-2005 - 6:52am

I really lack motivation for exercise. I know that it will accelerate weight loss and tone up my body. But I really haven't found this one thing that clicks.

But I should follow what I did with dieting. I wasn't motivated to change my diet, but I followed this rule: "Motivation doesn't matter. Think consistency and not motivation. Once you start seeing results, motivation will kick in". It worked with the diet. Now I need to drag my butt and force myself to exercise.

Mary
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Tue, 11-15-2005 - 12:48pm
I keep thinking about how difficult it has been losing weight that I have re-gained. I remind myself how much I never want to regain weight, and how hard it will be to lose it if I regain it again. It also motivates me to take my measurements and see that even if the scale isn't moving, I'm still losing inches. ~Tasha :)
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Registered: 10-27-2005
Tue, 11-15-2005 - 7:38pm

I got a Fredericks of Hollywood catalog and picked out one of the sexiest dresses. I'm going on a cruise next fall, and I'm wearing that dress!!! I've promised myself that if I lose 20lbs by the end of December I'm gonna go ahead and buy it. I carry that catalog along with me everywhere so I'll always have the picture to look at.

Oh, and I went to virtualmodel.com and made a model of me in the future. I look pretty good!!!! Looking at that also motivates me. It's great.

Julie
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Lady Jewel

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Registered: 11-04-2005
Wed, 11-16-2005 - 10:50am
Not only am I motivated by the health benefits, but it has become a stress reliever for me as well. After a long day of work and school, sometimes it's helpful to just sweat your butt off.
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Registered: 10-16-2005
Wed, 11-16-2005 - 3:46pm
Music is what really gets me going. If I put on some rockin' tunes, I just can't help but get up and dance. Only in my own living room though, because my dancing is something that shouldn't have to be witnessed by innocent bystanders. *lol* Also, the picture I have up in the hallway of my brother and I when I was 14. I wasn't exactly skinny, never have been. But at least I was healthy-looking. And I could fit into a much smaller pair of jeans. I figure, I was only 2 inches shorter than I am now, so it isn't really unreasonable to want to look like that girl in the picture again. OK, so now I have a few wrinkles and a few *cough* gray hairs. :)
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Registered: 07-18-2004
Thu, 11-17-2005 - 2:33pm

right now?
it's the fact that my bf said i'm getting "fluffier".... i didn't believe him, but when i weighed myself, i HAD gained 12 lbs back. :( so that's motivated me to get back in a regular exercise routine.
i gotta admit i kinda let my routine slide since i realized just how much i dislike my current job. i come home exhausted, emotionally and physically. so, i need to change that too.

vesselle

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Registered: 10-25-2005
Mon, 11-21-2005 - 11:58am

Oh, to fit into a size 12 again!!! That's a good one that keeps me coming back to trying again.

Deb
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Registered: 09-23-2005
Mon, 11-21-2005 - 6:20pm
it is hard to find motivation... for me really great music makes me want to dance (which I can't really do that well b/c of my hip problem) but it leads to activity.