I had (and still have) little money, but at a certain weight made a conscious decision to move more, eat better and less, and change my life. It was HARD. Hard work.
In my case, it was reading about how the lymph system does not work if one does not MOVE. Somehow that statement galvanized me.. I'm 58, and just completed a 7-day hike up and down mountains and watched more amazing sunsets than I would have imagined a decade ago... It's not "crowing"--it's celebrating. A celebration that, for me, is most humbled by the sheer amount of work that went into my change.