I'm often inspired by wanting to be a runner, wanting to climb stairs, wear a sweater without looking like a yeti, have a smaller pant size.
Lately I've been re-inspired by the Suicide Girls. I have also been inspiring myself to exercise by pretending that in ten years my favorite fantasy characters are going to come out of the ground and need me to help them save the world. You know, by running and fighting and stuff. Weird? Whatever gets my butt moving.
Huh... that's an interesting way of putting it...
I mean, initially, I thought running was horrible and that'd be one thing I'd never be, but here I am, running, training for a 5k one day. And I don't even know why I started... To lose weight and feel more comfortable in public and to myself?
When I'm losing ground, I like to look up fan art, see how thin everyone is drawn, and be re-inspired to look like that... Silly, I know. Maybe even counter-productive to some people.
Bad a$$ women who lift heavy, and have muscles, inspire me! I aspire to be like that and now that I am closer to my goal I actually feel like it's possible.
I've always wanted to be a runner, and run a marathon.
I love watching any show or documentary about people who have lost a lot of weight, or accomplished any kind of crazy physical feat -- like that one about those guys who ran the Sahara, or people who climb Mount Everest.
I love running... I do a lot of running in Central Park and when I'm coming down the park drive on the west side of the park and catch a glimpse of the skyscrapers at dusk and all the lights of the buildings are starting to twinkle... It's absolutely AMAZING!!! and it ALWAYS INSPIRES ME...
And of course running in the park I always see incredibly beautiful people out and about, but when I see some incredibly gorgeous person running and they look like they are just FLOATING on air as they whisk by... that still always leaves me in awe and inspired... Makes me pick up my pace a little bit and I float along for a little while too....
I inspire myself I used to be an avid runner.... I've run a half marathon and I used to do 8 milers and 5k's almost on a weekly basis. I wasn't super thin. But I aspire to be that healthy again. To be able to look forward to rigorous activities. To be that happy person who had no problem making healthy food choices because it's the only thing I craved. And the icing on the cake is that I was a good role model physically, mentally for my 8 year old daughter. For her to be proud of my achievements and to see her mommy take such good care of herself. That's where I want to be again. No matter what weight or dress size that puts me at.
I'm often just inspired by nature. I believe we aren't meant to carry so much extra weight and part of living life is going out for a run, or a walk, or a bike ride, or a hike. Even if we come home to our houses, car and electricity, we're still living beings.
I'm really inspired to begin the C25K. Too bad winter is coming fast. I will be running indoors, but I've been wanting to learn how to cross country skii because it's something that a lot of people do here that's fun and a good workout.
BTW TripSwitch--we've probably passed each other before! I usually run on the West Side by the water, but I'm a fe blocks from the park. If you see a girl with a ponytail and blue shorts with a white stripe on the side, that might be me! ;-)
I'm with you girls on the clothes. I don't think it's shallow at all. And shoes! It's just easier wearing high heels the less I weigh, that's definitely motivating and inspiring.
I'm with you girls on the clothes. I don't think it's shallow at all. And shoes! It's just easier wearing high heels the less I weigh, that's definitely motivating and inspiring.
im such a shopaholic when im at my goal weight. ive been buying some things for when i hit goal. i did it last time also and it felt SO good to finally fit into those clothes. unfortunately... getting too fat for them was even MORE depressing. its ok tho, someday ill get back into them and the new ones ive bought. ill do a naked happy dance around my front yard that day too!
Last edited by juliastl27; 09-23-2012 at 05:26 PM.
Mostly wanting to feel strong and athletic, but also definitely wearing cute clothes and shoes, I'm not technically overweight anymore but the majority of my cute clothes fit me -10lbs so I'm not back in them yet. I just turned 22 and I'm finally at a point where I feel happy and confident and comfortable with how I look, after a lot of problems through my teens. So I feel like I just want to be the best I can be and enjoy things like wearing a nice outfit with confidence.
Fashion mostly. There are so many trends out right now that I can not let pass with me being too big to rock. Crop tops, high waist jeans, double split maxi's...
i've had major back problems since i was a teen, due to a fall...my lower back is twisted, vertebrae pushed inward, and several discs that rupture and then heal...i went through two years of ruptured discs several years ago and the corresponding chiro work to untwist portions of my spine...it was h*ll and painful and through it all, i worked full time, kept up house chores and raised my kids with DH...i thought of ppl who are ACTUALLY disabled, who are able to make changes and still get done what needs to get done
and i thought "i'll be d*mned if i end up 60 years old and in a wheelchair because i failed to strengthen my body" after going through the chiro treatments
i feel now like i'm competing with myself...like "how fit can i get before my back flares up again?" or "how fit can i get now so that i dont need a cane at age 60?"...like i'm competing against my future self...that sounds SO weird lol
and the people that inspire me are the physically disabled people who still push themselves towards fitness...the Paralympics...anyone like that...and i think "if they could push themselves that far, i can at least finish this run even though i hurt"
Fashion mostly. There are so many trends out right now that I can not let pass with me being too big to rock. Crop tops, high waist jeans, double split maxi's...
I agree with this. I can't wait to wear high waist jeans or shorts without them looking like mum jeans.
I'm also inspired by the many people the I went to high school with who have made healthy changes to their lives. There was this one girl I used to sort of know who was obese. She's lost heaps of weight recently and looks gorgeous. She also ran a 10k not too long ago and I realized that she's now much faster than me. Another guy who was morbidly obese has lost heaps of weight. He seems to get smaller every time I see him. I had a friend who put on a little bit of weight after school lose it. She also goes on 16k runs just for the **** of it. I have another friend who has started going to the gym frequently and eating healtheir. Then there's my older sister who started weightlifting in the beginning of the year. She has always been thin, but she's starting to look strong. I'm going to finally get into weightlifting because of her. She's definitely laid my fear of bulking up to rest. There are others, but I'm going to be here all day. It's like every time I feel like giving up I see a post on facebook by one of these people and I'm inspired to keep on going.
Inspired?
I used to be an avid runner.... I've run a half marathon and I used to do 8 milers and 5k's almost on a weekly basis. I wasn't super thin. But I aspire to be that healthy again. To be able to look forward to rigorous activities. To be that happy person who had no problem making healthy food choices because it's the only thing I craved. And the icing on the cake is that I was a good role model physically, mentally for my 8 year old daughter. For her to be proud of my achievements and to see her mommy take such good care of herself. That's where I want to be again. No matter what weight or dress size that puts me at.
