I was reading a great post at one of my favorite weight loss blogs, Fat Man Unleashed. In the post Israel discusses how to find that motivation factor. In the post, he discusses why we need to have motivating factors and what his many motivating factors are.
Reading this post, got me thinking about my motivating factors and how they have changed throughout my life.
- When I was a kid, I wanted to lose weight, so the other kids would stop teasing me.
- When I was a teen, I wanted to lose weight, so the teenage girls would like me.
- When I was a young adult, I wanted to lose weight, so the young adult women would like me.
I also wanted to lose weight, so that I could feel better about myself and my appearance.
Dr. Kal
It wasn’t until I graduated from medical school and became a physician, that my weight loss motivating factors became much more focused and much less shallow. After working on a stroke care unit for two months and watching my patients die from obesity-related disease, I began to see my morbid obesity in a different light.
Before then, I simply saw my weight as an appearance issue. After that, I began seeing my weight as a life and death issue. Now, my motivating factors are completely different. Now, I am losing weight to:
- Improve my health and prevent chronic diseases.
- Be a role model to my patients, family members, and those that look up to me and my weight loss success.
- To look great in my clothes (still a little shallowness
).
What are your weight loss motivating factors? Share yours and read others’ over at Fat Man Unleashed.
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