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.

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

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

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 .

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

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.