#1 "What is your motivation?"
#2 "What is your (fitness) goal?"
I don't know why those two short sentences are so hard for me to answer. For many people their husband/wife, kids, career would be their motivations. But, let's be honest I have none of those. So, I have pondered the word motivation. By definition it is the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way. Ok, why the hell am I doing this?
I started with, what am I not able to do? Being very overweight there are small things that I was(am) not able to do that many people take for granted. I cannot wear high heels. I cannot participate in fun outdoor activities like 5Ks, hiking, canoeing, biking or simply walking long distances. I cannot cross my legs like a lady. These are all things that I WANT to do and the only way I am going to be able to achieve the laundry list of "cants" is busting my ass and changing "cants" to "cans".
My motivation is the "I cants".
Moving on to, "What is your (fitness)goal?".
Of course my first response would be some crazy out of this world goal like wear a bikini or run a marathon but I know I should to take baby steps.
I want to preface this with I rarely get on a scale. I measure weight loss by how my clothing fits.
My first goal is size 14 jeans. Why size 14? Because I was a 24. You do that math.
And my second goal, to wear high heels in my best friends wedding and not look like a baby giraffe learning to walk.
Those may seem like vain goals, but they are my goals and I will use my "cants" to get there.
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