Your "why" is VERY important

I've been fat 90% of my life.

For as long as I can remember my whole life is just a series of attempts at dieting & failing. I was forever looking for the latest diet fads and giving them a try. When they didn't yield results within a week I'd already considered quitting.

Everyone made it a point to let me know that I was fat. Strangers pointed & laughed. Friends made fun. Family members are forever telling me "you should lose weight". Doctors would remind me how fat I was, and how there were a lot of potential risks to my health.

Even with all of that, for myself? Honestly I didn't really care.

My attempts to lose weight were more of a form of peer pressure than something that I actually wanted for myself. I think I would have been ok living the rest of my life morbidly obese if there wasn't so much comments about it. While some of the comments did cut deep, it had never cut deep enough for me to want to lose weight THAT badly.

Until this last time. This time I lost over 50kg.

This was the 1st time in over 30 years of being morbidly obese that I actually wanted to lose fat. I wanted it badly. So so so so badly.

Looking back, I can now see that it's where I found my "why".

My "why" was simple. I recognized that in order to have any chance at chasing any dreams I have in the future, I needed health. Without health, dreams stay dreams without a chance of becoming reality. That thought scared me. It made me evaluate where I was in life. I was 123kg, very far from healthy.

With a “why” that meant the world to me, it became easier to get past obstacles. It was no easy road. Before I had a “why” everytime I met an obstacle I gave up. I didn’t see any reason to try hard to get past it. This time? I was willing to do whatever it takes to get past it all obstacles.

Your “why” could be anything. It could be to look better. To be stronger. To be healthier. To compete. Anything at all. But it needs to be something you actually really want.

With a firm “why” it makes getting back track easier. And getting back on track whenever you mess up? That’s everything.

What’s your current “why”?