What event caused you to start working seriously at getting fit?

[martyfellow]

For somepeople, it was getting sand kicked in their face..

;lke Jack Lalanne..

For others, an injury, like Bannister...

[Darkfairie17]

I would have to say that for me, the even that caused me to want to work towards better fitness would be the realization that I am only getting older. I'm not old, I'm only 23, but I know how bad it can get when you are older. Better health means a better life.

I want to be fit because when I am older, I want to be able to do things. I am already starting to notice differences in my abilities versus friends who don't exercise or eat well at all. I have a friend who was skinnier than I am (I am fat), and we were walking, and she could maybe go 30 minutes, and then had to have a break. Yet I am probably good to go for a couple hours at a decent pace.

Now I exercise regularly, eat well, and am very health concious. She on the other hand, eats terribly and sits on the couch all day, plus she smokes. However, people looking at both of us would say she is healthier. But I beg to differ. She's even younger than me by a year.

I also ended a relationship with my boyfriend of 2 years. He wanted different things than I do. And I realized that no guys are going to want me as I look now (unfortunately this is the truth).

I look good now, but I'm still fat. If I were fit, then guys would actually like me. I think this is true anyway. It seems to be. There are some guys who will have me, but the problem is, they are hard to find. I want a decent guy. Someone who is nice to me and treats me with respect. Unfortunately, I am limiting my pool of available guys by being fat. Because many guys won't date a larger lady.

Hopefully by getting more fit, I can attract more people and have more people to choose from.

I would really like to get married and have kids someday, and I just can't see that happening if I stay the way that I am.

I also want to look good for myself. I want to be able to wear nice clothes, and actually look good in them :) I have a very interesting sense of style, and I want to be able to show that off!

[Anonymous]

I was tortured about my weight my entire life, pretty much. My family, people at school, people out... I just constantly heard about how gross I was. None of that made me change, it just made me withdraw even more.

When I was 23, I was talking to my niece. I had never even gone on a date in my life, a guy had never actually liked me back. She was just asking innocent questions and it made me realize how much of my life I had not lived. She said, "You sound dead." Pretty profound for a 7 year old, it hit hard. So, I started living. I lost 150 pounds with diet and exercise. Thanks, Daisy :-)

[martyfellow]

wow, what a stgry!

[Opinion Owner]

Thanks.

And thanks for BA :-)

[TeamNiceGuy]

Congratulations :) that's a lot of weight to drop! You should be really proud

[Opinion Owner]

Thank you :-) I am!

[aMuse]

I have no idea. When I was a kid I just liked to play soccer, bball, hockey, street football with the neighborhood kids, etc. Then I started wrestling and I just liked to win. lol Then I went through a party faze in life, but still lifted weights and bboyed a good deal during that time even though I smoked tons of weed, cigs, drank like fish, stayed out late and ate tons of junk food. lol Eventually I wanted to push myself harder to do crazier and more demanding power moves so I stopped the smoking and started training harder, then got bored of late nights out at clubs and sh*t, so I started waking up earlier in the morning and decided to start running. I figured, well I might as well do a marathon and just kept pushing myself until I had done it. Around the same time I picked up mountain biking on weekends because its fun. I just exercise because I like it, I don't go to the gym with goals to body build or impress other people I just do what I like to do, and just happen to like to do a lot of outdoors type things. I go through periods of very fit, to kind of slacking off but over all I'm in reasonable shape. Someone thought I was 22 the other day, so that's got to count for something. lol

[RedThread]

When I look in the mirror and realized that I have the potential to be really attractive. My good looks were just buried under pounds of fat and grossness. It is also became very clear when I was in public and I was disgusted and embarrassed with the way I looked. I wanted to hide from the world and never leave my house.

I still have a ways to go but I know that once I'm done I'm going to be incredible and able to take on anything life throws at me. I've always been very vain especially when it comes to my skin care routine. The way I'm presented is everything to me. Once I free myself from my shackles I'm going to see the world and meet lots of interesting people.

[shumailkazimi]

Rambo, Rocky, Expendables...Sylvester still has it... I saw Arnold Schwarzenegger at 56 preparing his physique even after heart surgery and Bike accident for Terminator 3 within 3 months he was in the same shape as he was in 1991 T-2..Even now he is ready with his phsique These 2 guys and their achievements were enough to fuel me and give me inspiration

As for my personal reasons I was very much interested in Bodybuilding and I enjoyed it so I started it during my vacation and never looked back...First I lost fats ...lots and lots of fats ...Then got into muscle building regime

[assley]

i went out one night with a bunch of people. I curled my hair, did my makeup, got all dressed up in heels and everything. I thought I looked hot. then later in the week I went to the club's website to look at the pictures their promoter takes throughout the night. my friends usually go and tag themselves in them. as I was looking through the pics I could see my friends and I in some of them in the background...OMG l was mortified. I looked like a whale compared to everyone else. I'm not obese, just kind of chunky. plus I'm like 6ft tall with heels on so I stick out to begin with next to my shorter average height friends. but the pics that were taken where I wasn't aware of it or I'm in the background I have a nasty double chin, my bigger boobs make my top half look like I'm a line backer. it was just shocking to me since I actually felt like I looked good before I left that night...i realized I needed to be more aggressive and work on some things. I have let myself go especially since I was in a 2 year relationship, but it was gained slowly and unnoticed. I've gained about 30 lbs and good God it makes a huge difference. those pics of me when I wasn't posing and giving the camera a good angle were horrendous.

[Ickyy]

"my bigger boobs make my top half look like I'm a line backer" LMAO!

[jessik424]

When I was young, I couldn't eat much food. I still can't because I get So full easily. That made me really skinny. And though I'm more full now and more fit, I always get scared whenever I remember how much I used to faint all the time. Now even though I still get really full easily, I try to eat more so I wouldn't faint and experience that again. I also try to exercise whenever I can so I could be physically stronger and feel emotionally stronger so I won't be afraid of fainting because of the lack of food.

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

A few things, partly reaching an age where from the media its percieved to have a good body as a guy (even though very frequently in TV and such older men play those roles, hence the unrealistic body) and then I've just always had an interest in bodybuilding and men such as arnold. So I've always had a desire to be fit in some sense of the word.

[martyfellow]

Pls rate the question, Adonis.

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

You have an obsession, verging on annoyance, with regards to rating questions

[martyfellow]

It iannoys ME me when my interesting questions go totally unrated!

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

It is an underused system. If there was a +1 xper boost for giving a rating say limited to 20 questions a day then it might be used a bit more.

You know it only gives the QA a xper reward for ratings until 24 hours after the question is asked.

[confused415]

A string of dating jerks. I had enough and I wanted to look awesome in my 20's. You cannot be fat in your 20's, that is just ridiculous. So I started doing things I was afraid of like running and lost a ton of weight and now I have the confidence to choose the guys that are good to me.

[wanderer83]

I was down and depressed because my ex fiance moved back to florida from Alaska. I went on her Facebook and she was hotter than ever and posing for her guy friends t-shirt business.

I was tired of being alone, sad and pathetic and laying down all the time so I went in my work out room and started working out 24/7. I didn't have a job, car or my own place at the time. I was living with my parents. And I wanted to change myself for the better so it wouldn't happen to me again. Because the pain of allowing myself be pathetic was unbearable.

[RedSmartie]

I was very fat from the age of 8 to about 15. I was teased in school a lot and I became really sick of being treated like I was less than human so I joined the swim team and started eating better and I was pretty fit by the time I turned 17. I dropped from 170 pounds to 120 and I've been there ever since.

[sashasmiles]

When a guy told me that the person I was on the inside did not match my outer appearance. I guess he expected girls with a little bit of padding to be frumpy and sad beings. Anyways I took it as a sign that I needed to step my game up and beautify my body so that I could match all over. Now I'm obsessed with living a healthy lifestyle.

[aggiipaggii]

I'm not aiming for that fit, ripped body, I just work out regulary because I'll get fat if I don't I feel like, hahah!

But my mot on the other hand (46) is working out all most every day and is really serious about her work out routines and diet. She's not fat or anything, but I have a slight feeling that she is thinking she wants a younger body. But I don't know.

[jokersgirl]

I wanted to lose weight since I left college but I hate working out. A lot of my family eat Paleo and I contemplated doing it too. The exact moment I decided to do it and eat healthy was when I looked down and couldn't see my vagina. It was awful lol So I lost the weight I wanted to and now I can see myself all over :P

[iPood]

When I saw an old photo of myself when I was really fit and then looked in the mirror and thought 'oh my god when did I get to this point' and then after that I lost 30 pounds that was about 2 years ago now

[tctnc]

I watched an episode of Supersize vs Superskinny on Youtube and it just...clicked with me. Also, just a couple hours before that I cut off my Dreadlocks after 8 years of being a dreadhead. So I guess it was the perfect time to get off my behind and make a change.

My hair grew again and I lost over 41kg (92+ pounds).

I was never bullied because of my weight though, so this didn't factor into my decision at all.

[meli1820]

being a fitness trainer lol and naturally in good shape, I took advantage and believe it is healthier to strive for fitness because it doesn't only compliment the external asthetics but the emotions of the person who owns that body and esteem...

[Ladydi1980]

My family diabetes condition. My father is going through a kidneys problem, dialisis and everything as a side effect of the Diabetes. I want to lower my risks. Also cause I wanna look hotter :)

[Girl1991]

I've always tried to stay fit for health reasons and also because my family will say something if I gain weight. Now I'm trying even harder 'cause I got a boyfriend who also stays fit.

[Prettygurl12]

I've always been thin, just not fit. I felt like my boyfriend, who is in very good shape, deserved to be with a girl who also was in good shape.

[Cuddle_Muffin]

tbh, when I wore my bra one day...with a v neck spandex tee and I saw bra/back fat...i knew I needed to get my fat ass to the gym.

[sef0181]

I still haven't!

But I have worked very hard at becoming a great cook... It just has sent my waistline the wrong direction.

[kitkat1991991]

Being around others who were serious about getting fit.

[MyNameIsJonas]

Im secretly a very angry man. If I don't exert my energy I become restless and agitated.

[adamfk1]

the fact that I'm ugly and woman hate me , I blamed it that I was fat , now I'm fit and I regret wasting time at it , because women still hate my ugly face