https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ-JjlvmCyY
Three things in ascending importance of how they led me to get fit and start lifting.
1. Peer pressure. Once I got to college, all my new friends were either thin or at a normal BMI, with one friend who's a bodybuilder, and another other is into MMA. I consciously decided to lose weight by asking my bodybuilding friend for help in not being a fat-fuck, and I think I also unconsciously helped myself lose weight because I was surrounded by thin/fit people who didn't overeat or constantly graze on food like my family does. When I was out of a fat environment, I changed to fit into, well, a fit environment. By my second year, I had gone from 250 lbs and obese to 190, later dropping another 20 lbs to 170 lbs where I'm at now. And I still plan to lose another 15-20 lbs before August ends.
2. Imminent Race War/Political Revolution. By Freshman year of college, I had really moved away from my old political beliefs of basic bitch Republicanism/Objectivist Libertarianism, and was moving towards something resembling semi-authoritarian civic nationalism. Then the whole migrant crisis made was in full-swing and could easily be learned about. I started to read more about ethno-nationalism, Fascism, Monarchism, and National Socialism. Eventually, I fell where I am today out of necessity for viewing political reality as it is; a high-Authoritarian ethno-centrist, anti-international Capitalist society (eg: Nat-Soc, Fascism, or Strassserism) will be the only way to save and advance European interests beyond the second half of the 21st century. Democracy and Capitalism are lying in their graves, and no one beyond the fanatical consciously and faithfully believes that a multi-racial/multi-cultural society of atomized, libertine deviants is worth fighting and dying for. Now, I'm getting fit to fight, and my (LARPy, but honest) life goal is a desire to fight in a European revolution against Liberal Capitalism and strive towards the goal of resurrecting European National Socialism/Fascism/Strasserism as mainstream ideologies that are in charge of strong European nations. This is kind of a death wish honestly as well. I have no real idea of what I truly want to do after university, even though my current plan is to go into law enforcement/city administration…. fucking kill me. But my greatest fear is that I'll live my life like any other nihilism fueled hedonist in the Western world who just wants a quiet life working their 9-5 job, living in the city/suburbs, and helping the local Parent Teacher Association set up their next bake sale. That would be a living hell, and I'd sooner go mad and live in the forests than submit my life to that mediocrity. I want to die with some meaning, with some aspect of violence and struggle defining my final moments of life; violence that will celebrate my glorious death.
3. Get laid and/or form a relationship. In High School, I was a fat but sociable kid. While I was never awkward and disliked by my classmates, I knew that my physical appearance was disgusting, and I never made any attempts to start a romantic relationship with any girls in my school, or even have sex. Now that's changed. My BMI is 24, I have significantly more muscle mass than I did Freshman year of college, and my straight jawline and good cheekbone structure is now visible due to lack of facial fat. However, I'm still suffering from nagging self-image issues, and I still think of myself as that 250 lbs butter golem, even though I know that I have changed. So, the virginity card is still with me, and I really haven't made much progress on that front.