What motivates people to lose weight?

Noticing that they're surrounded by an event horizon.

I didn't like the way I looked and felt. The weight on my body didn't bother me so much but my face looked bloated and awful. I looked like a puffer fish. I felt sluggish and lethargic all the time. I put on weight because I went from working in restaurants where I was on the go all the time and mainly worked evenings and weekends, so wasn't watching much telly, to working in an office where I sat on my arse all day and out of boredom I'd eat crisps and all sorts of junk. By the time I left work in the evening I was so tired from sitting down all day I'd stop off and get a takeaway and sit in front of the telly for most of the evening. Takeaways and junk food are the devils food. The more of them I ate, the less energy I had, so I got lazier, ate more junk and kept getting bigger. I knew I was putting on weight and kept telling myself that one of these days I would go on a diet and stick to it (just not today...someday....when I get motivated...).

It was actually the dole diet that sorted me out. It wasn't until I no longer had the luxury of being able to buy whatever I wanted, when I wanted that I realised just how much ****e I was eating. Everytime I'd go into Dunnes or a newagents, I'd automatically reach for a "treat" but then I remembered that I was on a crappy budget and had to kept my money for more important things. The first week was torture. Without all the coke and junk my blood sugar levels were all over the place, I was getting headaches and I was a bit moody but that settled down after a week or so. I didn't set out to lose weight but because I had to properly plan and budget my meals it happened as a nice bonus. Not only did I lose weight but my skin was better and I felt better. I would never go back to eating as much ****e as I did and don't buy junk anymore.

I can see how people get overweight - it's something that creeps up on you slowly and by the time you decide to do something about it, your bad food habits are so ingrained they you aren't even aware of them and they are hard to break. It is worth it though and if you seriously want to lose weight STAY AWAY FROM DIETS. They are fads that do not work. The only proper way is to cut out all the ****e and eat proper meals you cook yourself. It's a hard slog but if you stick with it, after 3 or 4 weeks, that will become your new habits and with your renewed energy you will get the motivation to stick with it. Have realistic expectations. You will not be losing half a stone a week and any diet that promises you this is bollox. It takes a few months but it is well worth it.

I didn't mean to post such a long reply but typing keeps my fingers slim and toned

Being fat?

WindSock wrote: »

It has to be an overhaul of lifestyle, get into good habits so it doesn't feel like a chore, but a daily routine that you don't have to think about doing after a while.
Or so I believe.

Also, a good body is made more in the kitchen than the gym, so there's no use rewarding yourself with pies after a workout.

I would disagree. I've lost 1.8kg in 3 weeks from walking regularly, and I haven't changed my diet at all, and it wasn't good to begin with.

for me what makes me want to lose fat is from seeing my stomach bunch up when i sit down, not attractive. i'd like to be able to jog without it being a big deal, but realistically if i get to losing all the fat I want to lose, I won't work much harder, only to keep it off.