What was your motivation to begin having a healthier lifestyle?

Question

There's so many things I could do differently such as: drinking more water, exercising more, eating healthier..
I'm finding that a lifetime of bad habits are hard to change.
What motivated you to make changes for the better in your lifestyle?

Answer 1

I used to wake up with back aches and neck pains. I got sick pretty often....at least I caught every cold that went around. I always felt like maybe I needed to shed a few pounds, so I was never entirely confident and happy with my body. I made myself quit smoking, start working out regularly, lose 15 pounds, drink more water, and eat healthier. I didn't do it all at once. I think I woke up one day and realized how unhappy I was with my lifestyle. You never know what day is going to be your last. So everyday should be spent being happy. Yet, everyday I was spending feeling guilty for how I ate, or for how many cigarettes I smoked.

That was my motivation then. My motivation now is feeling the difference in my life. I don't wake up with aches and pains anymore. I used to get sore from working out. Now I get sore if I don't work out! I exercise an hour a day 4 to 5 days a week. And it can be fun....you don't have to force yourself to run on a treadmill. Take up biking or rollerblading. Find somewhere to play sports. I joined my gym's volleyball team. Whenever you're having fun, you don't even notice.

All these things...smoking, exercising, drinking...they are all just habits. You made the habits, and you can break the habits. You don't have to do it all at once. But one by one, you can look in the mirror and be proud of what you have accomplished. Admire your trim waistline, or the extra definition in your legs. Give it a month of healthy eating and exercising; you won't believe how much more alive you feel. You won't even want to go back to your old bad habits.

Answer 2

My father was diagnosed in his fifties with adult onset diabetes. I used to give him shots and help care for him-he was blind (not from the diabetes). Both sets of parents have some bad diseases in the family, and I knew it would hit me mid-30's. I also knew that if I was ever diagnosed with diabetes, I would do what I should. For some strange reason, that is exactly what it took. I was diagnosed in November 2005 with Type II Adult Onset Diabetes. I immediately stopped drinking pop (that very day, none since), increased my water intake, began walking at least 20 minutes a day (I have increased to about a mile and a half a day, which isn't a lot for a die hard walker), moved into a house with 17 stairs, and began a food diary. I see a wellness specialist/nutritionist at least once a month. I have lost 40 lbs, feel the best I have in my life, and still have a ways to go. However, it is controllable with diet/exercise and one pill a day. My sugars have been so good they said I can get off medicine soon. Unfortunately, it sometimes takes something that drastic to wake us up.

Answer 3

I turned 28 and realized that a couple of women who were already in their 30's and were also mothers had no stomach despite the children. One of them even had 3 children. I was so envious and so motivated b/c I realized that I didn't have to be stuck with this mommy fat for the rest of my life. I also began to think that I would like to see where I could take my body. What could it do if I pushed it? Another stimulus was the fact that when I was younger (16-23) I used to take long walks. At one time I took walks of 5-10 miles daily and that was just to get away from my parents. If I could do it once, I could do it again.

Answer 4

Point No.1. Take them seriously. Do step by step


Point No.2. Try to reduce bad habits by slow and gradual method. For Eg. if you want to quit smoking you should not attempt at quitting suddenly. You can do that gradually. In place of 10 cigars you can make it to 8 , next week 6 .....and so on.

Point No.3 Above all ,you should want to get rid of that bad habit sub-consciously.


When u achieve these . you can over come any bad habits and live a happy life.

Answer 5

How these days? it may take some weeks to get into your new way of life. behavior take time to alter. you may desire to maintain interior the front of your ideas why you opt to alter your weight. if your concentration is on that, this is will become greater handy to stick with your plan. Like others have reported, enable your self the occasional take care of each and every couple weeks, yet shop it small. keep in mind that each and each step away out of your purpose places it added away. workout. It does 2 issues. a million. Get's your heart beating and a couple of. Takes you faraway from nutrition so as that there is no longer something obtainable. nutrition. Throw out all and that i advise ALL risky nutrition out of your place. this is plenty greater handy to circumvent temptation if it is not in front of you. Get some books on the library and study to make healthful and tasty dishes. ingesting precise is easy if the nutrition tastes large!

Answer 6

I was getting in into my mid 30s and saw that ugly gut coming. It looked like sh\t, I lost the gut and feel much better about myself these days.

Answer 7

dreams & attitude