I picture myself when im 90 and think i still want to be somewhat active then.

Whelp...I'm not sure I can be classified as "someone who exercises" YET...

but I did just join a local gym, and I'm going for my first workout tonight with my super sexy personal trainer.

My motivation is:

#1 - I don't like what I see when i look in the mirror

#2 - I'm sick of getting winded walking upstairs.

#3 - the next person who asks me if i'm pregnant is going to get punched in the face.

For me, my motivation is longevity and femininity.

I want to live a long fulfilling life and this is much easier being in shape. I think I am a beautiful woman, but there was a time when I was not... when I was eating anything I wanted and smoking a pack a day. Our bodies our fragile and need to be taken care of. My confidence and sex appeal has increased tremendously over the past year and now that I know what that feels like, I am not willing to give it up.

My motivation is to be horizontal and still in motion on my good days :>P

I love the way I feel when I've exercised and I want to keep up with my toddlers!

I'm a typical gym rat and musclehead lol and i'm very proud of it :)

I take it to a level higher than simply exercising, being a bodybuilder and therefore train much differently than others.

Even with as much as the average joe blow on the street says differently, i love the way it makes me look and feel, both for myself as well as the person i love. It also serves as a good role model and example to my children, especially since i'm steroid free.

I also have a very high tolerance of pain and i love pushing myself to the absolute limits and then beyond. Let me put it to you this way..when you go to the gym and you hear someone grunting and groaning and the banging of weights somewhere in the back.....that's me lol

I also love the feeling of the pump! Ever see Pumping Iron?

The feel good affect(Endorphine release) after a gym workout. Healthy body is important for longevity and continued activity throughout life.

Looking in the mirror is not so depressing, I can see my pecker unlike most of my mates and it keeps me lively.

You will love the gym Ldmay and notice a lift in your mood and motivation towards activities. Lmao off about the "If I'm pregnant" comment, guess that would motivate you my 'Butt' to the gym.

my kids are what keeps me motivated for the most part, they are 4 and 7 and I need to keep up with them, I also don't ever want them to be embarrassed by how I look. Plus I have already had cancer once and that taught me that life is short and I want to live a long healthy life, see my kids grow up stuff like that. I also want to be able to have wild crazy freaky sex with out wondering what's gigglin that shouldn't be lol Ya that's the biggest reason. Now if I can just find someone join me for that kind of sex, my exercise will not have been wasted!

My job keeps me motivated, ever try draggin 150 feet of charged inch and 3/4 line in full turn out gear with air pack, ( gear weighs an extra 30-40 pounds) looking for seat of a fire in pitch black on your hands and knees? not an easy task then u add that i'm a competitor on the firefighter combat challenge team, making me an athlete soo yea i got plenty of motivation.

Not to also mention that once you start a gym routine and stick to it for a week or so, it becomes addicting. Between how you feel after a workout to making some new friends and looking forward to seeing them when you go, to being able to do thing physically that you couldn't do before. And you don't have to be a bodybuilder to get that, it's for anyone that exercises regularly. I live in chicago and we have some bad snow out here, but you'll still see us diehards making our way in there at 4am thru it all! lol I have a 4X4 so the snow isn't a problem anyway :)

i quit smoking 5 months ago so ive put on some weight it suits me i have bumps in all the right places lol, so i keep fit by power-walking and spining classes,and i swim twice a week,to keep myself toned,healthy and happy about my body

Oh my goodness, I love going to the gym! I obviously don't have the same strenuous gym routine I had five months ago, but I am still going at least twice a week, doing light exercising. It ain't easy trying to stay balanced when you're carrying a small watermelon out front and trying to do ellipticals or powerwalk, lol.

I do it because I want to keep up with my kids and heaven forbid, lol, my grandchildren as they grow up.

I have been exercising on and off for about 6 months now. When I was in summer school finishing up my degree, I rode my bike to class everyday, then to the gym and worked out an hour. I did this for about 6 weeks and lost about 6 pounds, but felt SO much better as if I'd lost 20.

After I moved home, I had no gym to go to and no motivation. I got a job sitting on my ass and gained the weight right back. My neighbor owned a Curves so I started going there, and after a few weeks felt loads better, more energy, etc. Then my office moved and it was no longer economical to go.

Finally three weeks ago I joined the new gym that opened down the street. I HATE exercising, but look at it as an investment in myself and my future. Kind of like going to the dentist. Not pleasant, but an hour 3-4 times a week will not kill me, and actually WILL make me stronger haha.

That plus I feel like a fat slob and want to look and feel sexy again.

Oh and ldmay, I feel your pain...when I was in Ecuador, a local guide was helping me into a harness so I could canopy walk in the rainforest. As he did so, he patted my stomach and said "Un bebe?" I knew enough spanish to set him straight, and that was 10lbs ago...God only knows how much worse it is now.