Gym peeps, what made y'all started working out?

Just got fucking sick of looking at myself every damn time.

Start majboori mein kia tha, ab maza aa rha hai.

For my wife. Went from 108 to 80 kg in 1 year and maintaining it. Workout 4 days in a week. Not sure if I should say this, but now have great stamina , and my wife is super satisfied. By the way we work out together .

I just wanted to look good in a plain t-shirt and a pair of jeans.

11/10 walked in my life, i want to look great for him

I use to buy tshirts every 3 months None of the size use to fit me like even small use to bigger for me Decided this needs to change have been doing from 4 years no looking back Went from 51 kg to 68 kg No regrets

Story time So at the time I was doing an internship. Started going to the gym because a friend used to go and running/walking on treadmill to loose weight was my understanding of fitness. One fine day I saw a really hot chick and I was like “Koi mujhe dekh ke nahi sochta hoga na ki ye banda kitna mast dikhta hai” didn’t like the answer to that question. Rest as they say is history. Though now it’s so mucchh more, it’s a lifestyle, it’s the one thing that is such a controllable it keeps me sane. Joe Rogan said it best “The reason I workout is that on the day that I workout I have respect for myself, I wasn’t a lazy piece of shit that day”

My daughter

Started for validation, now it's Just a discipline reinforcement exercise 😆

Looking jacked naked and getting laid.

Warning: Long Post- sharing my weight loss journey Pehele shaadi ke liye I lost some 12 kgs in a year by following fad diets like keto+intermittent fasting+gym, water diet, OMAD, and finally last 2 weeks before marriage- Starvation. Post marriage 4 mahine me got back 8 kgs that I had lost. Koi fad diets mat follow Karo yaar. It messes up your metabolism. I learned this the hard way. Anyways now I'm eating a balanced diet 3 times a day. Initially I had to force myself to eat even 2 times. But slowly increase Kiya to 3 proper meals and fruits as snacks 2 times. Saath me I've started working out without targeting any weight loss number or deadline and meditating daily to keep stress away. Abhi bhi initial stages me hun. But I've never felt healthier even though moti toh abhi bhi hun. But I feel I'm on the right path after so many years.

1. Emotional Control 2. Strength 3. Keeping diseases away 4. Looks

Oh so many reasons! Where do I even start? 1. Did not liked what I saw everyday in the mirror. 2. Ridiculed for being short all my life, stress and sedentary lifestyle made me fat as well. 3. Zero romantic prospects because I was apparently the ‘cute/nice bhaiya dost’ all the damn time. 4. Poor self-esteem and confidence giving crippling impostor syndrome letting me fear my duties as a manager. 5. Diagnosed with Stage-1 Parkinson’s during the same time my father is battling with it as well. Meaning, my body is going to stop listening to my mind at some point in life. 6. Got involved in a ‘road-rage’ situation in Bangalore with a gang of local goondas who hit us and robbed us in broad daylight. We were a group of 6 guys. If we couldn’t handle that situation in any better way, god forbid, what would’ve happened if we had our mothers/sisters/partners in the same situation with us. Decided one day that enough is enough. Started hitting the gym first thing in the morning every single day. This was on Jan 1st this year, never missed two days in a row even on vacations. Falling in love with the process and my body slowly and steadily. Lost about 6 kgs, and 5% body fat. One day or day one, you decide.

In case you’re a women, my period cramps disappeared after working out. Biggest motivator ever

Got fed up being like this

Depp , anxiety and releasing emotions

I watched Tyson fury v deontay wilder -1 when in the last round fury got knocked down only to rise up and draw the fight. Then I saw Leon Edward’s v Kamaru Usman with Leon knocking Usman out for the title. Former made me start boxing, latter made me start kick boxing too.

The quote, “Hell on earth would have been to meet the person you could have been”

Had free time after 9-5. So better utilise it for something good