What motivates you?

[redheadaussie]

Hello and greetings to one and all.
I got to thinking the other day..(yes, I know..it is a rare event and lucky for me nothing exploded...) of what makes me motivated to lose my weight, to continue the fight on education of the thyroid disease and generally just get up out of bed each day.
  My motivation for losing weight was to get wolf-whistled at....( I joke!), to fit into my nice sexy clothes and feel comfortable and also not get the diabetes which seems to run in my family. I have achieved my goal weight as of yesterday after 2 years of battling, and now I will keep going to keep my fitness up. That motivation is to climb Mt Shasta! Big ask!
  I continue trying to educate others on the disease so others don't have to suffer....good motivation there!
Getting out of bed each day can be difficult, especially when my old black dog climbs on my back and sits there panting in my ear....good old depression is hard to shake, and luckily my motivation for that is to prove to myself that I can beat it...and I do ...alot of the time..learnt my triggers so I put in place my "beat the dog with a stick" tactic and try hard to be calm.
   So, for me in the bigger scheme of things my motivation is my health and happiness...no body likes a big fat depressed loser...so I aim to be the best I can be!

What is your motivation and how are you inspired?

[ChitChatNine]

My motivation is helping people at MedHelp and knowing I'm gonna be around for a long time to come taking care of myself for not only me, but my husband, kids and friends.  Having had a brush with thyroid cancer and also melanoma, I realize that ea morning is a gift and I have cut loose the stress and the small stuff in my life .. it just isn't worth it.  The next 1/2 of my life (I'll be 50 soon) is better than the first and thinking of way to enjoy it motivates me to the hilt along with my friends here on this community.

BLUESTAR --- WHOOO HOOO HIPPEEE .. I am so so happy for you and that you are doing well since the TT and have chosen that as an option to be cancer free once more!!

C~

[redheadaussie]

Great Stella! So good to have family around....Yes, they drive us nuts, and give us grey hairs sooner than we wanted!
  Great motivation.......anyone else?

[stella5349]

My motivation are my kids. I wanna stick around to see them achieve a good life. Be around to see the next generation of our family. Sometimes I am at my wits end with these boys - but they really are my life and I want to be around as long as possible to be with them.

[redheadaussie]

That is great motivation! I really admire you for that!

[bluestarmom187]

1st of all.. I just had my TT for thyroid cancer on 2/18 and soon will start RAI. This is my 3rd time for cancer. The 1st was when I was 8 years old  just a cancerous mole, then again when I was 19 with cervical cancer. At that time i would always joke about having cancer twice and that the 3rd time I would be out of here. Well now I am at the 3rd time and I am greatful that this cancer is very treatable. My motivation is this....

God must have a plan for me to allow me to go through the cancer thing so many times and come out with flying colors. My daily motivation is to figure out what that plan is. What I am suppose to be doing. I know that this sounds a little cornny..but it is what gets me going everyday. Just to see how many people I can help by just a simple smile or maybe a kind word. I am also working on my weight..and my motivation is when I see how many older people there are that are over weight that have such a hard time just walking around. They are at an age to where regular excercise is more difficult. I do not want to be in that situation when I get in my late 50's and older and need help walking just because of the weight.
Best wishes to you.