Hi coaches, the question might sound very silly but the answer seems not so obvious for me.  What does it mean to like your reasons, making sure you like your reasons?  If I have to list the reasons why I exercise:
– I feel accomplished afterwards for doing something hard
– I like endorphins
– exercise brings some intensity in my daily life
– I like to feel my body crave for food
– It wakes me up and gives me a hit that lasts for the rest of the day
– I do not have a solid trust in eating what my body needs, so doing exercise reassures me the consequences of these become less visible
– I more easily feel my body is worthy of rest and appreciation
– When I appreciate my body I have more desire to connect to other people
– I actively do something to care about my shape

Now, I have had a history of being nostalgic for how my body looked, feeling dejected for not being able to keep my body in a stable shape that I like when I look myself in the mirror. Some of the reasons listed here above are an attempt to reduce the nostalgia and dejection in my life. So buffering? I guess so, but having a new relationship with my body image is a long process and I don’t want to risk to see my body change while I climb my way to body love. If I did not experience nostalgia and dejection would I still exercise? Probably. I would just exercise less precisely, just “when I feel like”.

So in the list above there are some reasons I seem to like.  Some others I may like less.  How can I tell if I am loving my reasons enough? Should I stop exercising because I have conflicting reasons and go into a sort of exposure therapy in front of my nostalgia and dejection. I do not have yet a strong enough reason to embark myself into something like this…