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Who Is Your Biggest Exercise Motivator?

Posted on Sep 10th 2010 10:00AM by Hilary Walke

Filed Under: Fitness

Here at Fit Buzz, we ask our users, fans and followers a different diet and fitness question each week. Find out what the That's Fit community is saying this week, and check back next week to get the latest buzz.

Who is your biggest exercise motivator?

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Sara K.
The mirror.......

Sharon B.
My Facebook friends who are on this journey with me are my motivation!

Molly M.
The pants in my closet that I can't button at the moment. I gave away all of my bigger sizes when I lost weight, and over the summer I've put on a few, so now I'm doing something every day.

Lori W.
My best friends. We are each others' accountability partners. Joined my fitness pal together.

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Mary C.
My children! So I can show a healthy example and still keep up with them!

Debbie L.
My jazzercise instructors!

Hyla G.
All the money I pay to have a membership at the gym!

Marie B.
My niece Mary. She goes to the gym on a regular basis, no matter how tired she might be, or how busy she is. She also does a lot of half marathons and full-marathons on a regular basis. She always encourages me to keep going and to never quit. I honestly don't know what I'd do without her.

Suzanne R.
The mood lifter I get from working out. Love Chalene Johnson - she keeps me going when I'm ready to stop.

Paula J.
Myself.......

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Ginny H.
My trainer, coworkers and hubby.

Joyce M.
I met my best friend in my water aerobics class. We now motivate each other to go to class. I went from a 254 couch potato to a 142 part time water aerobic teacher. So I guess I also motivate myself. I feel so much better when I work out. Not to mention I look better.

Ilyse S.
Leslie Sansone!!

Marija S.
The picture of a better-looking me I have in my head :)

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Ward 9-11-2010 @ 8:36AM

The best thing to get me to run is somebody coming after me with a baseball bat. And I'll run to my car and then exercise my 2nd Amendment right to defend myself.

owen 9-11-2010 @ 12:11PM

My motivator is DEATH... dont need anything else. go to the gym 5 days a week without fail.

NurseRiverBoat 9-13-2010 @ 12:17AM

My personal trainer motivates me alot. He is very expensive and he flakes off from time to time, but he's the real McCoy and his body is physical perfectiona and I want the female equivalent to what he has....when he works out and does the work he's supposed to do - the results are nothing less than inspiring!
I wish he'd quit cancelling our appointments so often, but when I work out with him, he pushes me harder than I'd ever push myself then afterwards, I get the endorphin afterglow that you would not believe! The endorphins are a neat reward for me.

didikl 9-11-2010 @ 12:38PM

I am a mom, wife, woman who must loose weight & exercise. I started after an intervention from my 27 year old daughter, who exercises 5 days a week, eats right and is very health conscious since she was a pre-teen. She is an inspiriation, she is a grad student , lives in Manhattan, beautiful, caring woman and a person everyone knows will succeed in earning her Ph.D.. She is an overachiever.

Chezman rules! 9-11-2010 @ 1:19PM

my motivator: i came to the point where ididn't feel good and my clothes didn't fit. i was going to have to buy new clothes, BIGGER clothes. i decided i'd rather buy smaller sizes and feel better.that meant workout/exercise on a routine basis. that was two years ago. i hit my goal two months ago and now aim for new ones.

Dianne Finnegan 9-11-2010 @ 1:42PM

My biggest exercise motivator is fall weather here in Wisconsin! Just makes you feel perky and ready to take on the world and whatever that brings your way! I want to be fit so I can do lots of outdoor activities and have boundless energy to enjoy this time of year!

Ruth 9-11-2010 @ 2:51PM

Me, too, but I'm in CO. Love to trail run in this kind of weather. Also, the winters can get kinda long, so gotta get while the gettin's good!

But the Farmer's Almanac says this Winter will be mild--hope it's right!

Sherry 9-11-2010 @ 2:27PM

My trainer....he is the BEST!!! He will push me far beyond anything I could ever do myself, the results are simply AMAZING. I have lost 17 lbs, 9inchs, 10% body fat, all in just 7 months....and I have NEVER FELT BETTER!!!