What inspire's you to lose weight?

[Guest guest]

Hey guys,

I was wondering if you could help me out. I was just wondering what drives you

too lose weight? What inspires you to keep going or to start in the first

place??

It is different for everyone. Just tring to get some other people perspective.

If you want to email me me please feel free to on morrissarah@...

Cheers

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

What a great question! I have enjoyed reading people's responses to this one

and was especially moved by the response about the death of a friend.

Man, I started at 170kg without even realising I had gotten that heavy - as I

had refused to step on the scales for many years. For me, it was seeing two

close friends get bands and sucessfully lose weight. It gave me the hope that

something might actually work for me. After years of failed diets, failed

exercise plans and just feeling like a failure - I finally had some real hope.

It started for me the day I signed up for health insurance and started my 12

month wait. It began with small changes to my diet such as reducing the amount

of soft drink I consumed each day and eventually quitting it altogether.

Exercise started small too...Curves 3-4 times a week for 30 minutes.

What has been hard is finding the motivation to keep going with the weight loss

efforts. I knew that the band " was only a tool " , but have been amazed at how

much individual effort has been required. I suppose that with the band, the

effort is finally paying off and I'm winning the battle (slowly). Without the

band, I would not have been able to lose 48kg.

The thing that keeps me going is the smaller goals and milestones. I reward

myself with something meaningful and important at every 10kg goal. My 40kg pink

saphire ring is something I wear proudly - and when I put it on, I am making a

promise to myself to never go back there again. It's like a constant positive

affirmation. I'm less than 2kg away from my 50kg goal - and I can hear the

beautiful swarovski bracelet calling me from it's box. I can't wait for the day

when I can proudly wear it too!

I am also finding my wedding next year to be a great motivation to try and get

some more weight off for the wedding dress. But I guess that's a pretty common

motivation.

The other thing that really inspires me is the feeling of my bones. To breath

deep and feel my ribs for the first time that I can remember. To be amazed by

my elbow. The cool way the clavical bones look when I'm on the treadmill. The

feel of the muscles in my calves. I find all of that just so amazing. It's

like I'm finally discovering and connecting to my body after years of trying to

pretend that it's not really there.

Thanks for asking something so thought provoking. It was nice to take the time

to stop and think about why I'm working at this so hard. And to hear other

people's reasons...it is just so encouraging.

Love

Kate

[Guest guest]

You're right Kate it has been great to read the replies.

I'd been overweight since early adulthood. Actually I used to think it was from primary school, but looking back that was just the way others made me feel about my weight!

Being around longer for my faimily is my greatest inspiration. I had tried, I think, just about every non surgical option available to loose weight and I'd been very successful a number of times - just not successful at keeping it off. As a parent (I think) I need to take responsibility for ensuring my health is good (or even excellent) so I can set an example, keep up with any activity my child chooses to be involved with and most of all up my chances of being around for years longer. Now 20 months down the track and 35 kilos less the weight comes off slowly but it does continue to come off and I know if I was as manic about the exercise as I was at the beginning (was walking each morning and 4 sessions at the gym) now I walk twice a week and get to the gym twice. We eat much better meals now, I plan and shop with a list, and my daughter can put her arms around my whole waist - with her hands overlapping now. And I no

longer take the blood pressure tablets that I started when I was pregnant.

On the vain front, what keeps me going is the fact that I've replaced my wardrobe a couple of times and I still haven't brought any investment pieces because I hope to loose some more before I feel that this is the size I will be at forever. I do love it when people notice I've lost weight, a friend walked up behind me the other day and didn't recognise me till she was standing beside me (I see her all the time)! I also love the reaction from friends I haven't seen for ages. Colleagues are a different story, they usually say something like "you are looking healthy" and I'm yet to reply, yes thanks loosing the weight makes me feel really good. I also love that I have the ability to swap clothes with friends. Need an emergency jacket to wear to a upmarket dinner? - I can ask people if they have something and be confident that it might fit!

I'm planning a pink diamond at the 50 kilos lost mark which is around where I hope I will be happy with the new me.

Thanks .

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[Guest guest]

Wow– so very well put Kate – keep

up the good hard work – so proud of you

cheers

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[Guest guest]

I was embarrased by my weight... I was embarrased that I could not control myself. I was embarrased that I couldn't buy clothes. I was embarrased when I went to the beach, when I went out socialising, when I looked at myself in the mirror I was distressed. I had no option... I had to do something to help myself because I was getting bigger and bigger.