So someone had suggested I write down my motivation. Something happened yesterday that made me think of this and so I wanted to write it down.
I was having a conversation with a friend over twitter – She recently started her own weight loss journey and was doing Insanity. I gave her MAJOR props because I can barely do Power90 let alone P90X or Insantity.
My general tweets were as follows:
“Time to get back with the life change. :) 35-40 pounds to go to first major goal #1.”
Followed by:
“Not as good as the 20 pounds to go a few months back, but it beats the 75 pounds I had when I VERY first started. :)”
Her tweet back to me?
“I am using you as inspiration for my own weight loss journey. #exercise is easy, its the #diet that I fail on.”
Do you KNOW how much of a motivation that is????
Even though I have not been on the right track since Christmas (five months ago), someone is using my weight loss as their inspiration to get moving.
HOLY CRAP is all I have to say.
I love her to death, but at this moment I also very much hate her: Because she’s using me as inspiration, I don’t want to let her down. I want to show her that it is hard but we can do it.
Damn her. :)
So other than that, here are some of my other inspirations/motivations:
Jeff
The man is awesome I tell you. He has lost over 175 pounds doing P90X and diet and exercise. His motivation? Me. He has finally found someone he loves and wants to be with and he wants to make sure that he’s around long enough to enjoy it.
Yes…Really. :)
My life, our lives, are finally going in a good direction and I want to be able to enjoy it. I won’t be able to do that for long at my current weight/fitness level.
Turning 30
Turning 30 was not NEARLY as difficult as I perceived it to be. The big part of this is because everything I wanted to do is done (or being done) and I met my 10 year plan from when I was 20.
Yes, for those of you who don’t me, my 10 year plan did not include marriage or kids. :)
I got my Bachelor’s degree from GVSU in August 2011, I’ve started and made it to the middle of my career, I’ve moved across the country for a job I love, and although he wasn’t a part of the plan, I met an awesome guy that I’m going to spend a lifetime with. :)
Our debt is finally getting paid off and we hope to be debt free within three years. Then we will be able to send Jeff to school, which he’ll be in for a couple of years. (Once he’s done with that, THEN we might start planning a wedding).
Life is going in a GREAT direction and I have set myself up to do some amazing things…If I stay healthy and stick around.
Other:
I have really gotten into Pintrest – Both the good things and the bad things. My “Unhealthy Recipes” is FAR more populated than my “Healthy Recipes”. :)
That said, I have a board called “Fitness Goals” and it’s basically my motivations for losing weight.
These are some of the highlights on this list:
To have the lung capacity to be able to play the bagpipes...
To be able to go horseback riding without feeling bad for the horse...
To be able to sit comfortably in a booth (though I really prefer a table anyway). :)
To be able to walk into most stores and find something that fits, for a decent price...
To be able to compete in my first 5k, no matter what variety...
To go to Cedar Point and fit on EVERYTHING.,..
To be able to do a rope climb...
To be able to go skydiving…
To go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and fit on EVERYTHING...
A couple have already been accomplished, such as these two:
To be off of all my asthma medications
To be able to wear a seatbelt comfortably.
They won’t be “accomplished” for long though if I keep up the way I’m going. I probably should be back on my asthma medication but I’m stubborn and fear the “S” word (for steroids). That is probably one of my biggest fears right now – I’ll talk about that in another “motivation”.
Medication
I was taken off all of my asthma medication because I was doing well, my breathing was not QUITE great, but it was a lot better than it was, and my doctor agreed to let me try to be off the medication.
I’ve been off it now for a while but my biggest fear is that I will have to go back to the doctor because my asthma will be out of control and they’ll have to put me on steroids.
Steroids probably contributed to about 50 pounds of weight gain. I’d always been fat, but with the steroids, I BLEW up. This is one of my main motivators to get healthy – To NOT have to be on medication.
I think these are the big ones for now. I may add to this list on the blog but chances are I’ll just add a “pin” to my Pintrest page. Feel free to check it out and follow me.
http://pinterest.com/saratague/things-i-want-to-do-fitness-goals/
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