so, what keeps you disciplined ...

Fear is part of mine too. Both fear of getting fat and fear of getting sick. My whole family has been decimated, mostly by cancer. I'm trying hard to beat those odds.

You ladies! Whenever I feel like NOT working out or eating something crappy, I think "oh boy, I'll have to tell the Cathe chicks!":p
 
This forum for me too! Although lately I've been slacking off on my workouts :( I think to myself, if those ladies who live in the HOT, HUMID states can workout in those weather conditions, I should not have any excuses. Also, now that I'm pregnant I'm trying to be more disciplined so that I can take off the pregnancy weight more easier this time.
 
I stay with exercise because:

1. I have tremendous anxiety issues. Working out keeps me mentally sane.
2. Health
3. Vanity! I'm 36 years old this year and and in better shape than anyone else in my fam, except one cousin who's a guy and doesn't count. :p Shallow I know, but after being the "fat one" for so many years...I'm lovin' it!!!!
4. Companionship. It's just cool to be a part of something like fitness. I like being identified as part of that crowd.
5. It's mine.

I could go on but am working on curtailing my chattiness, so I will end there :D


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What keeps me disciplined? Terror, I guess. Fear of becoming what I was before.

Finally feeling that I'm actually living instead of just waiting to die helps a lot in keeping me on the right track. Many things have become a joy that used to be a struggle, a hassle. It's all about being able to enjoy life and having the energy to do things and go places. Looking better, feeling better, and my newfound sense of accomplishment and empowerment all work together to keep me disciplined. That, and, as I mentioned before, pure terror. I never, ever want to go back to the way I was before.

Shari
 
Like many of you, fear.

Fear that my back will give out on me again, which started all this in the first place. It was my doctor who prescribed weight training and yoga.

Also that I'll be hitting 40 in 4 years, and before that happens I want to see how far I can take my body without having to deprive it and without getting obsessive.

Most of all, the pure fun of it, even though I suffer through DOMS a lot.

And oh... my brothers saying that I put them to shame. And their asking me how I got the small muscles in my back to pop out (sheer luck, honestly... my body doesn't store as much fat there). And my younger brother getting inspired to lose more than 100 lbs. when he saw how hard his skinny sister was working to gain muscle. Just knowing that I can hold my own with my boys.:)

Pinky
 
I think what keeps me disciplined to keep working out is seeing the change in my body. I have always been fairly athletic but have never had an "athlete's" body until recent years after getting serious about Cathe's workouts. I love the muscle definition, the defined abs, the absence of the saddle bags! It's fun to have accomplished this and I don't want to EVER to go back to my old shape.
 
Several things:
How I look, feel and function when I workout and eat well, vs when I don't. I also think back to a time when I let my exercising go for a while, and when I went to a conference and felt "dumpy, lumpy and doughy" and just unattractive. I don't want to get to that place again.

Habit: exercising and eating well has become a lifestyle and pretty much an automatic response.

Taste: I prefer the taste of healthy foods to the taste of unhealthy foods.

Age: As I grow older, I realise that bad habits have more of a negative effect on me than they would have in my 20's.

Vanity: I like looking better than many folks my age. Looking younger.

Negative role models: when I see the shape our former secretary is in (now diabetic, overweight, ailing, various aches and pains), I definitely want to avoid being like that. I pretty much can avoid what she does (eating high-fat processed foods) and do what she doesn't (exercise) to achieve an opposite effect!
 
Daily exercise is so part of my life that I could not imagine living otherwise.
I love how it makes me feel both physically and mentally. Vanity is the other side of the story, not to mention health benefits. But probably I'm just a serious endorphins addict....:)
 
I had to really think about this because it is just a habit at this stage in my life, I have been doing it for so long. But, I guess I keep it up because...

1. Sense of accomplishment (as Cathe says in Bootcamp "Don't you feel so accomplished". YES!)
2. Build confidence and I feel really strong mentally and physically
3. Keeps me in shape for tennis, hiking, biking, playing with kids, etc...
4. It is my time for me, myself and I
5. Seems to ward off illness

I know there is more, but I think those are the biggies. Of course, I like how I look from it too!

Nancy
 
I love to eat junk. What helps me stop eating all the time is to have built in cheat days. Then, I sort of plan what junk I will eat. Most days I have a lot of will power. But the days I don't, I keep asking myself "What is it all for if I have to eat candy/cookies everytime I am in the kitchen?" Then, at the end of the night, self pride keeps me motivated for the next time. Also, I check in here a lot to keep on track. Melissa
 
Maybe it's because I grew up in the seventies, but I don't believe in discipline. I just believe in liking the things that are good for me and enjoying them. I love vegetables. I love my Cathe workouts. If something gets boring, I move on to something new that I like. I guess I'd be a lot more successful in life if I could discipline myself, but I really would rather enjoy my life. :+
 
For me:

1. A fear of being overweight. I was overweight as a kid and was always very self conscious and had very low self esteem.

2. Vanity

3. The way I feel on the days I DON'T work out. No energy and usually kind of crabby.

4. Knowing that if I don't work out I will have to come on here and tell all you ladies I was lazy. Then I feel guilty when I see all the wonderful workouts the rest of you did.

Katie
 
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