Finally Getting Fit

A year ago I wrote these as my motivations:

I have my rewards as motivations, but dieters need more than just rewards. What do I want out of this? Why am I doing it?

• I want to be able to shop in the same section as my friends.
• I’ve been overweight for as long as I can really remember. I want to know what it’s like to be at a healthy weight.
• I want to be able to do all the things my husband does without being winded.
• I want to be able to bear children in a healthy body.
• I don’t want to sweat as much as I do now because I’m carrying all this extra weight.
• I want to be able to eat in public without getting bad or funny looks.
• I want to feel good about myself.

Back then my big concern and motivation was sweating. I hated how much I sweat even though it was a nervous habit as well as just a reaction to the heat. Keeping up with my husband was a close second followed by a curiosity about what it would be like to be thin coming in third.

A year has now passed and my priorities have switched.

Bearing healthy children in a healthy body is what has come to be most important to me. The welfare of my future children is already becoming a priority in my life. After that comes wanting to feel good about myself followed by keeping up with my husband (which I am better at doing these days).

Though the priorities have switched around, the motivations are still the same, and I’m glad for it. I want motivations that will ring true no matter how long it takes me to do this.