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I am motivated by...
Topic Started: May 24 2007, 01:57 PM (219 Views)
shygemini	May 24 2007, 01:57 PM Post #1
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	I am motivated by seeing the differences in my level of fitness, how much harder i can push myself while exercising. I am motivated by the differences i see in myself, how i look in the mirror, how my clothes fit, being able to wear clothes that i could not zip/button up before. I am motivated by compliments i receive from others, particularly when it is someone i would never expect to receive a compliment from. I am motivated by seeing my weight drop on the scale, and my measurements decrease. I am motivated by knowing that i am becoming a healthier person, and that the changes i am making now will help me avoid potential health problems in the future. I am motivated by how the changes i am making in myself are affecting my confidence level. I am alot more open and true to myself now then i ever was before. And lastly (for now)...i am motivated as i will become an Auntie in Sept of this year and i would like to be a healthy and fun aunt who is able to keep up with their niece/nephew



TeachX3	May 24 2007, 02:23 PM Post #2
Elite Posts: 3,534 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	CONGRATS on becoming an Auntie!! WOOOT!!
	My Beliefs & Opinions (Public Blog) ► Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


shygemini	May 24 2007, 06:24 PM Post #3
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	yeah i'm pretty excited about it Hopefully everything goes well.



Cherriterri	May 24 2007, 11:11 PM Post #4
Advanced Posts: 1,273 Group: VIP Member #7 Joined: May 21, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Kiwi Favorite Vegetable? Brussels sprouts Favorite Exercise? walking, biking and swimming Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Hmmm, to complete and olympic length triathlon.	congrats on being an Auntie. From experience I can tell you it is great. You get to do all the fun stuff but give them back to mom and dad when they are bad!! Also, great motivation Shy. It is great that you find motivation from so many places.



shygemini	May 25 2007, 09:18 AM Post #5
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	thank you cherri!! Yes exactly, i can be the fun friend without having to discipline hehe :P



sapphire	May 26 2007, 05:54 AM Post #6
Advanced Posts: 809 Group: VIP Member #5 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Custard apple, pomelo, orange Favorite Vegetable? Cucumber Favorite Exercise? kickboxing, cross-trainer, rowing Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To eventually be at 140 lbs with muscle tone, and to run my first 5k race.	Congratulations, Shy! (I love the list, by the way)



shygemini	May 26 2007, 09:14 AM Post #7
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	Thanks sapphire!



triscuitwafer	May 26 2007, 06:12 PM Post #8
Regular Posts: 290 Group: Friend Member #12 Joined: May 25, 2007	I really love this post! Very encouraging! Congrats on being an auntie! It is so much fun! Thanks so much for sharing with us. I love reading your posts! Huggs I will also be an auntie to a new nephew this August! My sis is pregnant! It is bittersweet because my sis found out right after my mom passed:( But the baby did get to be in my moms presence because my sis had lunch with her when she was pregnant, she just didn't know it yet!
	God said it. I believe it. That settles it. Katrina, age 29, 5'5", married, mom of 2


shygemini	May 26 2007, 11:58 PM Post #9
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	awww thanks kat :wub: you'll be an auntie too!!! how fun! even though it happened at a difficult time, it will give something for your family to look forward to which is great



Righ	May 31 2007, 10:28 AM Post #10
Regular Posts: 300 Group: Friend Member #6 Joined: May 21, 2007	Auntie Shy
	Carl 6'1" 43 weeks weighing in


shygemini	May 31 2007, 11:25 AM Post #11
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	hehe yep B) Dance Party



stormgirl	Jun 1 2007, 01:08 AM Post #12
Regular Posts: 464 Group: Friend Member #19 Joined: May 31, 2007	Great post Shy...I agree whole heartedly! Another thing that has motivated me is regaining my self respect. Whether it was right or wrong, I lost my self respect and felt so bitterly disappointed in myself for letting my body get the way it did. I have that back now and have learnt so much about who I am through losing the weight. It has been quite a journey!
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Righ	Jun 1 2007, 02:47 AM Post #13
Regular Posts: 300 Group: Friend Member #6 Joined: May 21, 2007	I agree completely, self-respect and confidence. Knowing you are fitter and healthier and look good too, it makes a huge difference. to how you feel when you get up in the morning My motivator is remembering how good it felt when I slipped into those 38 jeans and found em baggy b ( I was being cut in half by 42" expandable waist trousers - Wearing 36s comfortably now ) and hang onto some old clothes and slip em on and be blown away. Walking into a clothes shop and finding yourself confined to a tiny selection of clothes - no more. Seeing ( and shuddering over ) old photos. Seeing "that look" in someones eyes when they see you especially when they havent seen you for a while - very nice. Lots of things motivate me, RL just gets in the way sometimes so thats why we have this forum, to remind us and help us get where we are going..
	Carl 6'1" 43 weeks weighing in


shygemini	Jun 1 2007, 10:26 AM Post #14
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	great points storm and righ! i totally agree about the self respect, and the confidence. I can only imagine that i'll get more of "those looks" as i keep losing, as i am reaching the realm of weights i haven't been for 10 years or so. It is an exciting feeling.



NicC	Jun 7 2007, 09:17 PM Post #15
Elite Posts: 2,442 Group: Moderator Member #9 Joined: May 22, 2007 Favorite Fruit? cherries, grapefruit, mango, fresh pineapple, in season apples Favorite Vegetable? cucumber, red peppers Favorite Exercise? cycling	Great thread Shy. Have fun being an auntie. What motivates me: - coming here (especially when I need a kick in the butt) - my husband thinking he has a new wife - my teen daughter now being willing to give me fashion advice - my mom and best friend having trouble finding me in a crowd because I don't have the same shape I had for the past 13 or so years - seeing my blood pressure drop to "good" level - trying on pants from last year and realizing that maybe there is hope for my legs - my 5 yr old telling me to cycle "slower" because the bumps are making her ill (in the cycling trailer) (btw her 10 year old brother was also in the trailer - lol)
	FALL CHALLENGE PARTICIPANT WALK FAST, EAT SLOW


shygemini	Jun 9 2007, 09:42 AM Post #16
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	wow nic, great motivators! i am impressed you are able to cycle pulling a 5yr old and 10 yr old...how much weight would that be? I am not basing the weight on what i weighed at those ages (i was always big lol ) i really like "my husband thinking he has a new wife" and "my mom and best friend having trouble finding me in a crowd" :WoooHooo:



Righ	Jun 9 2007, 10:07 AM Post #17
Regular Posts: 300 Group: Friend Member #6 Joined: May 21, 2007	Excellent NicC can see you smiling from here
	Carl 6'1" 43 weeks weighing in


NicC	Jun 10 2007, 02:57 PM Post #18
Elite Posts: 2,442 Group: Moderator Member #9 Joined: May 22, 2007 Favorite Fruit? cherries, grapefruit, mango, fresh pineapple, in season apples Favorite Vegetable? cucumber, red peppers Favorite Exercise? cycling	LOL -Shy I think they weigh about 140 together (+ another ten for all the school bags etc). RIGH - (you were right!)
	FALL CHALLENGE PARTICIPANT WALK FAST, EAT SLOW


flowerfluffgirl	Jun 10 2007, 07:17 PM Post #19
Advanced Posts: 511 Group: VIP Member #18 Joined: May 30, 2007	A cycle trailor, what a neat idea! I want one! - (Actually maybe I should think about getting a bike first).
	Age: 30 Height: 5'6"


TeachX3	Aug 12 2007, 10:19 PM Post #20
Elite Posts: 3,534 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	This is a great thread...
	My Beliefs & Opinions (Public Blog) ► Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


stormgirl	Aug 13 2007, 08:46 AM Post #21
Regular Posts: 464 Group: Friend Member #19 Joined: May 31, 2007	..seeing my good friend finally getting to a place where she can start losing her excess weight. She came round last night and has already lost three pounds and has joined a weightloss group. I am so excited for her and hope we can start exercising together when she gets fitter. It was so cool to see her being so open about weight and chatted to me about it for a couple of hours :wooohooo:
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Downtown	Aug 13 2007, 09:29 AM Post #22
Regular Posts: 102 Group: Friend Member #15 Joined: May 27, 2007	...feeling like i'm in control of my life and my health for the first time in years!!!
	29 yrs. 5'9 EVEN POPEYE DIDN"T EAT HIS SPINACH UNTIL HE ABSOLUTELY HAD TO


Downtown	Aug 13 2007, 09:31 AM Post #23
Regular Posts: 102 Group: Friend Member #15 Joined: May 27, 2007	By the way I love this thread,it's neat to see how many different things keep us going!! and Stormy I'm so happy for you and your friend, it's always nice to have someone to share those goals with!!!
	29 yrs. 5'9 EVEN POPEYE DIDN"T EAT HIS SPINACH UNTIL HE ABSOLUTELY HAD TO


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