Originally Posted by Hopeful8:
My biggest inspiration, and I know this sounds cliche', is my health. I'm adopted and I have no idea what my medical history is (it was a closed adoption and I've never met my birth parents). Last year when I was 29 I had my annual physical and my results came back w/high cholesterol. I was scared to death because I have no idea what types of nasty stuff is my health background. So my motivation is really to stay as healthy as possible since I have no indicators of what types of medical problems could be in my future.

Ditto. I have no clue as to what my medical history holds, aside from my parents' height, eye colour, and a couple of notes on my biological grandparents. My mother's mother was an alcoholic (and I have recently become allergic to the stuff, which I suppose is good, although annoying at parties), and I think my biological father smoked. The rest is just a big surprise, so I'm trying to be as healthy as possible on my own, and hope that the x-factor of my genes doesn't turn out to be a horrid medical issue later on.