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When I was a sophomore in college, I rolled the dice and scored a roommate who was everything I wanted to be—21 years old, skinny, cute boyfriend, one year shy of a degree in interior design, hair like Bon Jovi, super cute… Et cetera. Christy quickly made friends with everyone in our hall. (I didn’t.) Christy had a fancy little car. (I didn’t.) Christy worked out at the gym every day. (I was in the marching band, which really seemed like exercise. Especially when we were running faster than full speed to our pregame formation. Gheez, I hated that.) Okay, so yeah. I DIDN’T exercise.
One day after band practice, I invited a friend over to my dormitory for dinner. While I was changing out of my muddy shoes to go down to the cafeteria, we came up with a plan for me to attend my very first fraternity party. (Although that was over twenty years ago, I remember the following conversation as if it took place yesterday.)
Me: I don’t even know if I have the right kind of clothes for a fraternity party.
My friend (Caryn): I’m sure we can find something.
My roommate (Christy): You can wear my clothes!
Me (Suddenly feeling like the big girl in the room. Because I was.): I don’t think your clothes would fit me, Christy.
Christy: Well, my shirts would! Angie, you’re not fat. YOU’RE JUST VERY WIDE.
VERY WIDE. VERY WIDE. VERY WIDE. (Keep reading that Very Wide thing while you spin around in circles and pretend that everything in your world is suddenly getting darker and smaller. There. That’s exactly how I felt.)
Caryn: Okay then. Let’s go to the cafeteria!
Me (Speaking in a tiny voice.): NoThankYou.
A few nights later, Christy and I found ourselves studying after midnight. When she asked if I wanted to go for a quick walk for fresh air, I jumped up and threw on my shoes. (That whole Very Wide thing motivated me to make better choices for quite some time. Walk vs. Not Walk? Walk! Baked Potato vs. Ice Cream with Fruit Loops? Baked Potato!) We walked from the dorm down College Avenue to Broadway (maybe a half mile? I have no concept of distance.) When we got to the intersection of Broadway and Ninth Street, Christy said, “I feel like running!” So she took off, leaving me standing at the intersection of Broadway and Ninth Street at about one o’clock in the morning.
Very Wide + Alone at 1:00 = Motivation to Suddenly Take Up Running.
My main goal was to never lose sight of Christy, but I failed because Christy was a stinking gazelle. After running for about two blocks, I ended up getting all winded and had to do that thing where you bend over to try to catch your breath. Stupid Christy. Stupid stinking Bon Jovi haired pretty designer with a car. Stupid cute boyfriend and cheetah-like running leaving me alone on this street in the middle of the night. Gasp. I’m dying.
I walked home. When I got to our room, there was Christy—drinking one of my apple juices and talking on the phone to her boyfriend about how she was going to come home for the weekend and would see him in a few days.
Christy (now off the phone): Angie! I was getting worried about you! I told myself if you weren’t home by 2:00, I was going to go looking for you.
Me (going with “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all”): Heh. Yeah. Something (or other) about shin splints…
I started going to the gym the very next week. AND, I started walking across campus to eat at the faraway dorm cafeterias. AND, I never went anywhere on foot with Christy again.
Confession: When she left town to go home for the weekend, I raided Christy’s closet. I was (barely) able to squeeze my VERY WIDE butt into her jeans for the fraternity party, and those jeans were washed (with HER detergent, so as to avoid the “Why do my jeans smell like YOUR detergent?” conversation) and placed back into her closet within minutes of her return. Brilliant. The photo below is the only remaining evidence of VERY WIDE squeezing into Quite Small (and stonewashed)! By the way: Bolero!!!
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149 responses so far ↓
1 Lori // Oct 11, 2010 at 1:32 pm
The only thing that motivates me to work out is the scale. It is my worst enemy!
2 Liz // Oct 11, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Putting on that snug pair of jeans is usually worth a few good days of exercise.
3 The Coffee Lady // Oct 11, 2010 at 3:52 pm
I am so not telling you anything, because you won’t give me $150 dollars because I am in the wrong country. Pah. And I had exciting crap to share, believe me.
4 The Coffee Lady // Oct 11, 2010 at 3:52 pm
It was a lie about the exciting crap.
5 elandsimom // Oct 11, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Nothing motivates me to exercise. I am too sedentary. Periodically I have a burst of effort, based on “should” or a pair of pants seeming tight – or the belief that THIS will be the thing I love to do that I will do regularly and with gusto- but I do not have the “commitment” that is apparently necessary….I do not like sweating or hurting or jiggling…..it never lasts.
6 Erin // Oct 11, 2010 at 5:16 pm
I’m motivated to run because its the only way I can get 20 minutes (somedays as many as 22 minutes!) to myself. Those solitary 20 minutes motivate me to continue running even though no one REALLY likes to run.
7 Virginia // Oct 11, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Fiddledeedee recommended you post and I’m still laughing.
I don’t think you were very wide at all. Not wide in the least bit!
8 Nancy R // Oct 12, 2010 at 8:18 am
I fist-pumped in the air to learn you borrowed her jeans. BOO-YAH!
I am generally not motivated to excercise…mostly I look at as something I ‘should’ do for better health…like showering and brushing my teeth. Even then, I can’t seem to get moving more than three times a week.
9 Milissa // Oct 12, 2010 at 8:47 am
Special events motivate me to excercise. Like weddings, or baby showers or birthday parties. Knowing that I need to squeeze into that dress or skirt in a few weeks make me head to the treadmill.
10 Stephanie V. // Oct 13, 2010 at 10:20 pm
What motivates me is my little boy and the fact I am fighting cancer right now.
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11 Adrienne Gordon // Oct 14, 2010 at 6:13 am
My kids are great motivators to exercise.
12 Tari L. // Oct 14, 2010 at 7:31 am
One day I was out with my boys at a community yard sale. We were walking from house to house when my youngest got tired. I carried him on my back. He decided to play a game and began pretending to shoot the bad guys. When my older son asked him who he was he answered him and proudly said “mommy is the tank”. Nothing like motivating mom to lose a few pounds…lol.
13 Heather S // Oct 14, 2010 at 7:49 am
I get motivated by seeing myself in the mirror and thinking oh my look how big my thighs are getting. After the initial shock then I start exercising.
14 Nadine L // Oct 14, 2010 at 8:42 am
I am motivated by my fear of gaining weight again. I was always super skinny and ate what I wanted, barely exercised. Then I hit 30 and it all caught up to me, I gained way to much weight and it took forever to get it off. Now I know I have to move everyday, even a short walk.
15 Lori Hart // Oct 14, 2010 at 12:42 pm
I’m motivated by a set goal like a vaction or a birthday. I need to have a date to shoot for
16 Jennifer Short // Oct 14, 2010 at 12:51 pm
What’s motivating me to work out is letting a guy see what he COULD have had! lol
17 allyson ayala // Oct 14, 2010 at 1:01 pm
what motivated me was seeing all those clothes in my closet i caouldn’t wear any longer..and no money to buy new clothes that i wasn’t squeezing into
18 Andrea S. // Oct 14, 2010 at 1:29 pm
The fear of ripping jeans, or being out of breath when out and about is enough to motivate me!
19 Susan S // Oct 14, 2010 at 2:54 pm
I have never motivated anyone to work out. Knowing I need to go to the Y puts me in a sour mood, but when I am done, I always feel bettter. I wonder what year of my life the endorphins I hear about will kick in!
20 Mary Marlatt // Oct 14, 2010 at 3:05 pm
I wish I knew the answer to this question. Unfortunately, NOTHING seems to motivate me to exercise. My 30 year high school class reunion is coming up in seven months (28 weeks, give or take a week…) and I STILL cannot motivate myself to lose weight and/or exercise… even though I will once again be the fattest person in the room. To be honest, though, even if I started this very day and lost 2 lb. a week for that entire 28 weeks, I would STILL be the fattest person in the room in May…
21 EMMA L HORTON // Oct 14, 2010 at 4:19 pm
WHEN THE JEANS START GETTING TOO TIGHT THAT IS A GREAT MOTIVATOR FOR ME
22 Kelly // Oct 14, 2010 at 4:37 pm
When I first started working out, I’d get out of bed and give myself 2 options: Go let Jillian Michaels yell at me from the TV and cry while doing jumping jacks or stay fat. Funny how I always chose torture over fat! ;) 9 months later, and I’ve dropped 3 jeans sizes and am still going. Now I can’t start my day without depositing some sweat on the carpet by the TV! ;)
23 mickeyfan // Oct 14, 2010 at 8:28 pm
We were in Colorado this summer. A large group (including my 4yo niece) decided to go hiking in the mountains. I said I’d go–thinking that when the 4yo got tired, I’d be the martyr and take her back down. :) Oh heck no, she practically ran up and down the mountain. Meanwhile I was sucking serious air. Motivation? You betcha.
24 donna // Oct 14, 2010 at 8:28 pm
sign me up
25 Janna Johnson // Oct 14, 2010 at 9:14 pm
I have been attending water areobics and have been losing weight. A few weeks ago I noticed that the other people in my class were staring at me. I looked down and my chest had come out of my suit while jumping around! So embarrassing! Worth it for the weight loss though.
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26 Joy Bennett // Oct 14, 2010 at 9:41 pm
My stroller broke and i was forced to pull my DD age 3 in a wagon when I exercised. It was really tiring and in the south TX sun and heat the resistance is draining. One day after pulling her for 2 miles while she reclined on a pillow in the wagon we finally reached home. I was so tired and then my DD says, “Mommy you will have to carry me inside, I’m too tired to get up.”
27 Cynthia C // Oct 15, 2010 at 7:14 am
My doctor motivates me to exercise. She’s a scary lady!
28 Sarah Hirsch // Oct 15, 2010 at 10:40 am
I put a tv set in front of the treadmill and I only allow myself to watch my favorite reality show guilty pleasures if I exercise while doing so. And since, of course, I can’t resist these ridiculous shows, at least my body gets a workout even when my mind doesn’t. :)
29 Holly // Oct 15, 2010 at 3:55 pm
I get motivated when going up the stairs makes me huff and puff. After a few days of morning runs I still huff and puff up the stairs, but at least I can blame it on being worn out from the exercise!
30 elizabeth p // Oct 15, 2010 at 8:34 pm
I got motivated when we got our English Bull Terrier and my youngest told her Meme, “We got a dog, she’s a short, fat dog like my mom”. Yep that will do it.
31 Christine // Oct 15, 2010 at 9:10 pm
What’s motivating me to work out is a vacation
32 Amy B // Oct 16, 2010 at 3:13 am
what motivates me is my son told me I look like Big Momma off of Big Momma’s House movie..He, who is 4 and me being 185 pounds at 5foot5inches), says that I look like him/her when he/she is running on the beach on the Big Momma’s House 2 movie..lol..I am not quite that big yet but in his eyes I guess I am and he makes sure to remind me and tell me you need to do like those people do who makes their body disappear in a few seconds. He is talking about the people on the weight loss shows..lol..
33 betsy // Oct 16, 2010 at 11:51 am
Being pregnant motivated me to exercise. Notice the use of the past tense. I had gestational diabetes, and so in order to be able to eat the enormous amounts I was hungry for, I walked MILES every single day. I was the healthiest pregnant lady in the world.
I am not the healthiest mom of a 4-year-old.
34 Emily N. // Oct 16, 2010 at 12:19 pm
I buy DVDs of my favorite comedies and watch them while I use the elliptical. I know that I will want to keep watching so I end up exercising more.
35 jana // Oct 16, 2010 at 4:05 pm
The memory of a picture of someone from the neck down, pushing my children on the swings. From a distance I thought that neck-down someone was my mother, who is a lovely woman but is not…thin. Or really very healthy. As I focused more on the picture, I wondered why my mother was wearing my scoop-necked gray shirt and cargo pants. I think you can see where this is going.
That picture is BURNED onto my retinas, and it is what I see when my alarm goes off at 5:55 a.m. MWF and I don’t feel like getting up and running.
“You look like your MOTHER” my scarred retinas hiss. I lace up my shoes, and off I go.
36 Judith // Oct 17, 2010 at 10:23 am
I am 65 and female and work out daily. I love the look on the face of the yougster when I lift. It brings a smile to my face.
37 Judith // Oct 17, 2010 at 10:24 am
http://twitter.com/sodahoney/status/27646675017
38 Melissa O. // Oct 17, 2010 at 11:45 am
Feeling gross motivates me to exercise!
I took a Cardio Zumba class at my local YMCA and it was my first one. I assumed that it was similar to most group classes where the instructor gave step-by-step instructions…but the class was 99% Latino and it was actually just a dance party with sneakers! Random people would feel moved to get up in front of the class and dance and one guy was older, paunchy, and balding…he led a dance with some funny movements and the lyrics: “Sobando El Coco (Rubbing the Coconut). It was fun, but I couldn’t stop giggling!
39 Jane // Oct 18, 2010 at 10:09 am
Nothing motivates me to exercise. Money might, but it would have to be cash, not just “you’ll save money on healthcare, meds, etc. because you’ll feel better.”
One of my college roommates (housemates, is more correct) told me that I had good childbearing hips. Which I do, but it’s not something you tell someone.
40 mjb // Oct 18, 2010 at 10:48 am
Yeah, I don’t exercise. Generally don’t believe in it if I can help it. Although I don’t mind going for walks with people or my dog (which will soon be the baby) and I like the sense of accomplishment I get from multiple miles.
41 Brenda // Oct 18, 2010 at 11:08 am
The dog is my motivation. She’s fat, she’s bored and she knows how to make a “please take me” face really well. She acts like she’s won the lottery every time she gets to go on a walk.
42 Ani // Oct 18, 2010 at 2:45 pm
8 years ago I was shopping and mentioned my baby and someone asked me when I was due. I was not pregnant. Motivation!
43 beyond // Oct 18, 2010 at 4:51 pm
when i am not comfortable in my jeans, it is motivation. consistency is my big problem.
44 No Minimom // Oct 18, 2010 at 5:51 pm
I’ve actually just motivated my coworker to join the gym with me. She’s not at all overweight, but she wants to tone up. Plus, who doesn’t like to work out with a girl who outweighs you by 100 pounds? You’ll always be the skinny one! At least until I catch up with her, right? RIGHT!??!
45 Kerri Anne // Oct 18, 2010 at 6:49 pm
I totally buy “motivation jeans/tops/dresses/etc”, items of clothing I want to look hot in, to help me visualize reaching my goals. Also, just getting out there and doing it really helps me KEEP getting out there and doing it, daily.
46 Sal's Girl // Oct 18, 2010 at 11:55 pm
We don’t have any big mirrors in our house so whenever I go somewhere where they have big mirrors (like my Mom’s house) I get motivated!!!
47 Pat // Oct 19, 2010 at 10:35 am
2 things motivate me to exercise. My family and all of them adorable outfits in the store I want to wear but would look completely ridiculous in if I wore them now.
48 simone // Oct 19, 2010 at 6:30 pm
My husband motivates me – when he exercises, I do and visa versa. Thanks! thebubbledies(at)gmail(dot)com
49 Janice Wright // Oct 20, 2010 at 8:09 am
Actually my bank account gets me to exercise. If I don’t use my membership, I still have to pay it, so I may as well use it!
50 marianne // Oct 21, 2010 at 12:56 pm
The only thing that motivates me is trying to get into shape to do something active like a trip where I know I’ll be walking a lot. Otherwise, pass the cookies, I’m laying down now!
51 Carroll // Oct 22, 2010 at 11:25 am
Does scrolling through 50 of other people’s comments count as exercise? I was hoping to recognize at least *one* form of motivation among your readers that might inspire me to follow suit. Sadly…
52 PastormacsAnn // Oct 22, 2010 at 11:35 am
What motivates me to exercise daily is a dislocated knee. Never. want. to. do. that. again. exercise = knee health.
53 Chelsea // Oct 22, 2010 at 11:41 am
Currently? My prepregnancy jeans!
54 Aly // Oct 22, 2010 at 12:33 pm
My skinny jeans give me motivation.
55 Liz // Oct 22, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Knowing I’ll have to get on a plane soon. I hate the feeling that I’m crowding someone and/or being crowded and grazing (okay, fine, smashing into) the arm rest for 5 hours is mortifying.
56 Jenny // Oct 22, 2010 at 3:12 pm
My motivation? My husband weighs less than me.
Asshat.
57 Linda W // Oct 23, 2010 at 10:53 am
I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I’m doing.
58 Linda W // Oct 23, 2010 at 10:55 am
Tweeted!
http://twitter.com/nobimbo1/status/28512327004
59 shel // Oct 24, 2010 at 3:50 pm
I hate exercising..seriously, I’d rather rub crap in my hair that break a sweat. But here’s a funny story for you…
My daughter has a stuffed llama she keeps on her bed..his name is “Karl”. Our dog Bailey loves any stuffed animals and constantly sneaks into Danielle’s room and tries to steal her “babies”. The other day, Bailey got Karl and took off running with Danielle right behind her. Danielle yelled “Stay strong Karl!!!!” I think she chased that dog for 10 minutes straight, with me giggling the whole time, before she finally got Karl back.
60 shel // Oct 24, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Tweeted:
http://twitter.com/auntiethesis/status/28627554818
61 jennifer // Oct 24, 2010 at 4:06 pm
The best thing in the world to get me motivated is the fact that I have to walk my dog at least twice a day and he is not okay with a little walk. He requires that I walk with him at least a half mile each time!
62 Georgia // Oct 24, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Why don’t dogs make good dancers?
Because they have two left feet!
gmissycat@yahoo.com
63 Georgia // Oct 24, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Tweeted here too!
http://twitter.com/gmissycat/status/28634163043
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64 Ravzie // Oct 24, 2010 at 6:13 pm
The mirror tells me that I need to exercise. And it isn’t even magic…
65 ashley // Oct 25, 2010 at 12:11 am
im motivated to exercise by my skinny roommate as well! she eats super healthy and works out all the time and it makes me want to do the same
66 Krista // Oct 25, 2010 at 12:42 pm
I can say that in the past I was motivated just for the nice relax (release of endorphines) that came after and the benefit of eating more and even for a while to do my personal best times. THOSE days are over, so these days in order to find motivation I must lie and fake myself out. I tell myself to start–and after 15 minutes if I don’t feel like it, I can quit. I never do quit. I also fake myself out and say I can do the lowest level and take breaks if needed (but I never do!).
67 Amy Nabors // Oct 25, 2010 at 8:53 pm
It’s only in my adult years have I been motivated to exercise and only because my sister is the athlete which motivates me since i have never been considered one.
68 Carla Calloway // Oct 26, 2010 at 12:05 am
I have always been motivated because high blood pressure and diabetes run in my family. So i do my best trying to stay active and eat health
69 Margaret (Nanny Goats) // Oct 26, 2010 at 1:29 am
Every time I find myself the only one in the room who has NOT run the Ironman, I go home a little more motivated than the day before.
70 Margaret (Nanny Goats) // Oct 26, 2010 at 1:33 am
I tweeted it!
http://twitter.com/#!/nannygoats/status/28765901846
71 Tracy Robertson // Oct 26, 2010 at 2:40 am
Getting the chance to go swimming motivates me a lot. For some reason, swimming is the only exercise that feels like recreation rather than pure effort to me when I do it. The small pool in my apartment complex just closed for the winter. Now I need to find something to motivate me to go to the gym instead.
72 Tracy Robertson // Oct 26, 2010 at 2:41 am
I tweeted
http://twitter.com/tracylr233/status/28768902682
thanks!
73 Karen // Oct 26, 2010 at 9:07 am
I will let you know if anything ever motivates me to exercise. I was blessed with a good metabolism, so I’ve never been overweight, but my doctor keeps reminding me that I still need to exercise to stay healthy. I’ve tried joining a gym, going with a pal, buying exercise equipment and videos, etc. Nothing works. I hate to exert myself and I hate to sweat. I am lazy.
74 Sarah Eliza // Oct 26, 2010 at 9:50 am
I work out to get rid of negative energy… I think I’d go crazy otherwise!
75 Jessica // Oct 26, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Nothing is more motivating than muffin top! OMG, that makes me pop in a Jillian Michael’s dvd and sweat my butt off (literally)!
Also, my son is 2 1/2 and I must work out in order to keep sane. It’s my stress reliever!
76 An Authentic Life // Oct 26, 2010 at 3:18 pm
What motivates me to exercise?
My sweet Grandma Helen dying from a heart attack and my dad’s double-bypass at 58 years old.
A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do – for heart health.
77 Lisa Woods // Oct 26, 2010 at 4:52 pm
I recently went to Six Flags and had a hard time fitting into the seats for the rides. I fit but it was tight and that motivates me because I love riding roller coasters and want to go back next season and fit into the seats comfortably.
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78 Kirsten // Oct 26, 2010 at 8:13 pm
I hate exercise. Nothing motivates me. Well, that’s a lie. I was motivated and went gungho on the treadmill.! And now I can barely walk. I pulled a tendon. And my foot is in a brace. No pain, no gain, my butt. I will start again when I can walk. Sigh…
79 Nichole // Oct 28, 2010 at 1:26 pm
The only thing that motivates me to exercise is the prospect of having an hour to myself. That sounds really horrible. But it’s true.
80 M.A. // Oct 28, 2010 at 2:06 pm
I’m motivated by a husband who pushes me out the door and off on an invigorating walk day after day after day after day after…
81 Suzanne K // Oct 28, 2010 at 8:56 pm
I’m motivated to work out to look better to show an ex what he’s missing! Petty, but oh, such motivation! LOL!
82 ANGEL JACKLYN // Oct 29, 2010 at 2:09 am
I LOVE THE FOLLOWING “SAYING”!!
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83 ANGEL JACKLYN // Oct 29, 2010 at 2:09 am
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84 susitravl // Oct 29, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Being the biggest person in the house is motivation for me. And I now have some dogs that love to go on walks so they make sure I get out and work it every day!
susitravl(at)gmail(dot)com
85 Kerry // Oct 30, 2010 at 7:37 am
Trying to look good in my favorite pair of jeans motivates me. I have the Wii fitness coach and if you don’t log into it for awhile….well, she has a snarky tone that scolds you about it. My kids always remind me that she’s going to be mad if I don’t do the Wii pretty soon! I guess that’s one way to get motivated. At least she can’t reach out and slap me!
86 Patricia // Oct 31, 2010 at 4:22 pm
What motivates me is seeing my mom and dad still active in thier 70′s.
87 Jill H // Oct 31, 2010 at 5:18 pm
I ran right off the back of the treadmill at the gym watching a cute guy walk by and yes, he noticed me too as soon as I did that. Argh!
88 Jill H // Oct 31, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Tweet
http://twitter.com/jillyrh/status/29315779803
Thanks!
89 Laura // Nov 2, 2010 at 2:00 pm
What motivates me to exercise is wanting to set a positive example for my kids. I hate it, I dread doing it, but I keep at it with a smile on my face to be a good role model. Then I eat cake.
90 catherine copeland // Nov 2, 2010 at 6:14 pm
what motivated me was stepping on the scale and seeing I weighed as much as I did when I was pregnant. I hand’t been pregnant in years.
91 Betsy Marchand // Nov 3, 2010 at 9:19 am
I am motivated by the wonderful man i married. He fell in love with fat betsy and loves me no matter what (even though i know he would love it if i was thinner). I want to reward him with healthy slender betsy. He’d love to be able to sweep me up in his arms, as would I. I’m determined to get there one day…hopefully between the beautiful babies that are populating our livers right now. Chasing adorable rugrats is a good motivation too. :-)
92 Melissa D // Nov 3, 2010 at 1:10 pm
I am motivated by knowing that if I can just force myself to start a workout and stick it out for ten minutes, the endorphins will kick in to keep me going and I’ll feel great afterwards!
93 Happi Shopr // Nov 3, 2010 at 2:50 pm
I am motivated by my husband and family to exercise, eat right and take care of myself.
94 Mary // Nov 3, 2010 at 8:34 pm
What did the volcano say to the other volcano?
Stop erupting me.
marybug2@yahoo.com
95 Mary // Nov 3, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Tweeted too!
http://twitter.com/#!/marybug2/status/29627809557
marybug2 at yahoo dot com
96 Shawnna // Nov 4, 2010 at 4:06 am
Good music always motivates me
97 Brad Murray // Nov 4, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Getting out of breath keeping up with my quadruplet 3 y/o boys got me motivated to exercise and get in better shape 2 years and 35 pounds ago. I still have another 20 to loose, but feeling so much better!
Also, our kids poking my rolls and laughing, not cool.
98 Debbie // Nov 5, 2010 at 12:33 am
Having the back seam of your skirt suddenly give up and split wide open on a day when you’re wearing only panty hose to cover your backside….
that’s a diet-starter on steroids.
99 rebecca // Nov 5, 2010 at 3:29 am
Pain and injury limit my activity, sure miss the long walks that leave ya feeling good.
100 marci p // Nov 5, 2010 at 7:29 pm
I lost 40 pounds in the last year and honeslty, I have a bad back and can’t really exercise.
I was a size 1 in college and a size 5 after my daughter was born 13 years ago.
I’m down to a 10 and while I want to be a 1 again, I”m realistic that won’t happen but I am losing it and gaining confidence.
What motivates me is I don’t want my daughter to see me either fat or on some crazy crash diet.
She’s watcfhed me lose it with good old fashioned hard work and a change of lifestyle
101 Aisling // Nov 5, 2010 at 8:12 pm
A couple of special events coming up next Spring got me motivated and I’ve been using the treadmill regularly. I don’t know why it’s so easy to get out of the habit, because I always feel better when I exercise.
102 Tammy Darling // Nov 5, 2010 at 8:42 pm
My kids are my motivation!
103 julieh // Nov 5, 2010 at 9:35 pm
My motivator is a pair of jeans I always keep to gauge how my weight is doing. When they get tight, I get on the treadmill.
104 Craig Johnson // Nov 5, 2010 at 10:34 pm
my motivation is to keep up with my girl (wink)
105 Vicki // Nov 6, 2010 at 12:18 am
An impending class reuinion!
106 MamaKat // Nov 6, 2010 at 9:58 am
My kids and I like to go ice skating. It is good exercise and a fun family activity. We recently went to a Boy Scout Yard Sale that said they had a lot of winter sporting goods on sale. My kids all need new skates, so I thought this would be a great way to get some without paying full prize. Ha! They had the sorriest looking selection of skates. They all looked like they’d been worn to death and they were selling them for $10 less than retail! We walked out.
107 lisa // Nov 6, 2010 at 11:20 am
You know my best motivation is knowing I’ve earned extra calories.
108 Paula Hafner // Nov 6, 2010 at 12:10 pm
My kids motivate me to stay in shape. There are 4 of them so they outnumber me :) Also, I like the fact that my teen daughters like to borrow my clothes. Well, usually. It is annoying when they try to claim something as theirs.
109 Leslie Price // Nov 6, 2010 at 12:51 pm
I’m motivated to exercise when I find myself being tired and lazy all the time. I hate that feeling!
110 hazel hunt // Nov 6, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Would love to win!!
111 PauleyD // Nov 6, 2010 at 3:24 pm
My funniest diet story is my period of experimentation with diet food. Apparently, most low cal, sugar free foods have an unwelcome side effect. Suffice it to say, without getting graphic, that I took many trips to the restroom.
I have learned that for me, it is better to eat balanced meals with “real” ingredients rather than food laden with sugar or fat substitutes.
My wife motivates me to exercise. If one of us starts to slack off, the other calls on it, and vice versa.
pauleyd68 (at) yahoo (dot) com
112 PauleyD // Nov 6, 2010 at 3:25 pm
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113 Rosey // Nov 7, 2010 at 12:42 am
The first time I got a stair climber (back in the 80′s) was at a gym. I was happy and being uber competitive, trying to outdue my sister-in-law who was with me (I’d already smoked her with endurance and speed on the treadmill). She got on the stair climber and began to workout. I got on and couldn’t make it go. Every single time I tried to get it to go up, I’d sink down. It was hilarious, and just what I deserved for being such a geek. Luckily, she (my s-i-l)still loves me. :)
114 Alicia // Nov 7, 2010 at 4:05 am
Spending a LOT of money on this Medical Weight Management program I’m on motivates me to keep exercising. I’m not willing to risk the time & the money I’ve put into it.
Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<
115 addrienne mertens // Nov 7, 2010 at 8:37 am
when i walk and feel the fat moving around my middle, oh my. i dont exercise all the time, but when i feel that, time to go!
116 valancia // Nov 7, 2010 at 10:21 am
well for a diet story I remember the time I was on this cooked spinach kick. I had spinach for like 3 months straight every day and I think even my (poo) was turning green, ugh sorry
117 Erica C. // Nov 7, 2010 at 11:55 am
My guy and I started a crazy workout program not too long ago. We did it outside during the stink bug problem we had on the east coast. When we went inside later, I freaked out after finding a stink bug in my shirt!
118 mineola // Nov 7, 2010 at 12:20 pm
What motivates me to exercise is knowing how much better I feel after I do it- both because of endorphins, because I’m looser & more relaxed & also I like the feeling when my muscles are more toned than when they are flabbier because I’ve been a mouse potato. I also find I usually do have the discipline to get out of the house, but I like to take a good multivitamin about 20 minutes before I go- something with a lot of B vitamins in it because while I dislike starting out, I start to enjoy myself about 15 minutes into a long walk.
119 Heather W // Nov 7, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Not fitting in my jeans anymore sure motivated me to start excersising!
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120 Betty C // Nov 7, 2010 at 2:20 pm
The shock I get from looking in the full length mirror after I shower is enough to get me motivated.
121 Sarah L // Nov 7, 2010 at 2:34 pm
I have Rheumatoid Arthritis (not funny) and my doctor recommended swimming as good exercise for me.
I hadn’t been swimming for many, many years and had forgotten how to swim and still keep breathing. I managed to inhale a bit while under water and came up spluttering. I now swim 3 times a week and love it, but it was a hard beginning.
Thanks for the contest.
122 Mistysunrise // Nov 7, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I get motivated by my 8 year old daughter. She one time told me, that she wished I was little, so I could run around and play with her. LOL. I dont know if she meant a little kid, or smaller in weight. Ahhh from the mouths of babes! :)
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123 Mistysunrise // Nov 7, 2010 at 2:38 pm
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124 Sarah L // Nov 7, 2010 at 2:54 pm
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125 Sarah L // Nov 7, 2010 at 2:54 pm
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126 Harriett Daniel // Nov 7, 2010 at 3:53 pm
The scale is my biggest motivation. And I know that it will not lie to me.
127 Harriett Daniel // Nov 7, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Delete The Previous Comment Please:
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128 Aaron Bretveld // Nov 7, 2010 at 4:17 pm
I have trouble getting motivation to exercise. About the best thing for me is watching The Biggest Loser where big people like me are succeeding in losing weight.
129 Diane Baum // Nov 7, 2010 at 4:19 pm
My motivation…having a huge stomach that makes me look pregnant.
130 Aaron Bretveld // Nov 7, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I tweeted about this giveaway. http://twitter.com/#!/elangomatt/status/1383123350724608
131 dddiva // Nov 7, 2010 at 4:31 pm
What motivates me is competition. Ha the girls and I love to play wii sports and sometimes I’ll be yelling at the tv swearing up and down that it cheats (especially bowling- you know you have that baby dead center and it only knocks down 3 or something) so even though we all want to win we fit in tons of laughs.
132 Susan Smith // Nov 7, 2010 at 4:56 pm
I was so proud of myself because I was going to start walking and get into shape. My husband was skeptical I could do it. I left the house after dinner and started walking saying I would walk for 1 hour. I admit I got worn out about 1/2 through so I stopped at the park to rest and started talking to someone I knew for about 1/2 hour then I went back home. My husband said he was impressed that I acutally walked 1 hour. I said see I told you I could do it, untill my son pipes up that he saw me at the park sitting for the last 1/2 hour. I was busted.
133 Susan Smith // Nov 7, 2010 at 5:02 pm
http://twitter.com/susan1215/status/1393934299303936
134 Kerrie Mayans // Nov 7, 2010 at 5:30 pm
I have a christmas dress that I am motivited to fit into even though it is a size smaller than I usually wear. Seeing it in my closet makes me make better/healthier choices about what to eat.
135 susan // Nov 7, 2010 at 5:44 pm
My hubby motivates me, It is so tough to diet all the time! When I eat something it goes right to my hips! And when I diet I get irritable. But it has to be done! suelee1998@ gmail.com
136 Michelle Tucker // Nov 7, 2010 at 5:47 pm
What motivates me right now is not ending up in the hospital with kidney failure again. Really, once something like that happens to you, you sorta realize that you’ve been very stupid.
michelle (at) harrisbb (dotcom)
137 April // Nov 7, 2010 at 6:57 pm
I’m working on getting my exercise schedule going. I don’t mind exercising – but it is like going to work, I enjoy my job while I’m there but dread getting up and going. And after I exercise? I feel wonderful. If only I could get that feeling beforehand to get me there more often.
Okay, funny story:
In one of my former jobs, we were given access to the local Y for free. A coworker and I would go several times a week. It was the best I’ve felt and looked all my life. Anyway, one day we went and discovered that our class was cancelled but there was another one starting next door – a MUCH SMALLER ROOM. As it happens, I had eaten black bean soup for lunch. While I never made any embarrassing sounds, the air was sure thick in that tiny room and my face was flaming red the whole time.
138 carol lewis // Nov 7, 2010 at 7:12 pm
My health motivates me! I ahve arthritis and can’t use druys so this is what I do and have hubby do it, too. Everyday!
My story is when my granddaughter asked me the other day “Nana, why are your teeth yellow?” I need White Strips! LOL
139 mimi // Nov 7, 2010 at 7:26 pm
It’s this huge wedding that is happening early next year that I really need to lose a good few LB’s .
140 Brandy Byrne // Nov 7, 2010 at 10:16 pm
What motivates me is my mom was recently visiting and we walked every day. She walks everywhere! So after a few days I really felt more energetic and have been doing it ever since! I’ve lost about 7 pounds so far and will keep going…
141 Chrysa // Nov 7, 2010 at 10:41 pm
My husband losing 50 pounds this year motivates me to work out. I have always been the skinny one in our relationship and I can’t let him change that!
142 Justine // Nov 7, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Feeling fat makes me motivated to exercise..and seeing a hot guy, now that really makes me want to! Now I don’t care to be in shape for anyone else but myself, but still it’s nice to be noticed :D
143 Liza // Nov 7, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Doing something I enjoy, such as a family walk after dinner!
144 Geoff K // Nov 7, 2010 at 11:52 pm
My main motivation to help me keep on track with my diet and exercise would be anticipatory regret — I anticipate getting down on myself at the end of the day if I indulge in junk food or skip out on a workout, and since my general philosophy is to try to go to bed pleased that I did my best with the day, that usually works pretty well. Sorry, not the funniest story, though I bet I look pretty odd in the candy or chips aisle at the grocery store with a serious, torn look on my face when I start thinking of how I would feel a few hours later if I ate that chocolate bar or bag of chips!
145 Geoff K // Nov 7, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Tweet: http://twitter.com/guettel78/status/1497421397889025
146 Auriette // Nov 8, 2010 at 12:04 am
What motivates me to exercise was my doctor telling me that I have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and if I don’t lose weight, my liver will fail. I still don’t exercise as much as I should, but I am working hard to lose weight in other ways.
147 Sand // Nov 8, 2010 at 12:39 am
I used to be 100 lbs heavier and seeing myself now, that motivates me to exercise.
148 janet // Nov 8, 2010 at 1:40 am
I’m motivated by friends and family who loose weight. Also by reading happy true wt loss stories.
149 R Hicks // Nov 8, 2010 at 2:07 am
I try to workout at least twice a week maybe 3. I do aerobics, stretching, and light weights.
About a month ago, my two cats were more than frisky one morning. No matter what I could not get them to leave me alone while doing some situps. I then proceeded to do leg stretches and lo and behold there they were thinking it was play time. I decided I would hold one in each hand and used them as weights. It only lasted less than a minute and they must have thought I was nuts.
ardy22 at earthlink dot net
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