I saw this on Tumblr and thought it was great:

100 Reasons to Exercise Now

Because it makes you feel confident


Because it helps you get stronger


Because exercise helps combat depression


Because you’ll feel proud of yourself


Because you have goals you want to reach


Because you’ll feel bad if you don’t


Because you want to move forward, not backward


Because it burns more calories than not working out


Because it improves your heart health
Because you want a great butt


Because it prevents diabetes


Because you want to be a good example to your kids


Because you want to feel good in your clothes


Because it reduces your risk of cancer


Because your body was made to move


Because you want to be an athlete


Because you want to look better


Because it lifts your mood


Because you want to stand taller


Because it reduces back pain


Because it feels good


Because it makes you feel accomplished


Because you spend most of your day on your butt


Because swimsuit season is always coming


Because strong is the new skinny


Because dieting only works so much


Because it strengthens your bones, too


Because it helps you lose weight


Because it allows you to eat more food


Because it’s the best way to spend “me” time


Because it helps you de-stress


Because it’s cheaper than therapy


Because you want a strong core


Because you want to take care for yourself


Because you take pride in your body


Because it strengthens your legs


Because it helps your clothes fit better


Because you want to push yourself


Because you are capable of more than you ever imagined


Because moving your body feels good


Because it keeps your mind sharp


Because it helps you beat belly bloat


Because it helps you sleep better at night


Because it gives you energy


Because you want to stay healthy as you age


Because you want to look younger


Because you want toned arms


Because it improves your balance


Because it burns off last night’s dessert


Because it boosts your immune system


Because sweat is sexy


Because you want to live longer


Because you want to get better at your game


Because you want to catch someone’s eye


Because exercisers earn more money


Because you’re more likely to eat better when you exercise


Because you want to shave time off your running pace


Because you want to breathe easier


Because you want to see the scale drop


Because exercise improves your sex life


Because you are worth it


Because being fit makes everything in life better


Because you promised yourself that you would


Because you deserve a better life


Because it’ll help you drink more water


Because you want to do real push-ups


Because it reduces your health care costs


Because you’ll miss fewer days of work


Because you want to create a new future for yourself


Because it’ll help you like what you see in the mirror


Because it makes clothing shopping more fun


Because you want to look and feel incredible


Because exercising can be fun


Because it’ll give your skin a glow


Because it’s a good way to spend time with your friends


Because it’ll help you prevent the middle-age spread


Because it reduces your blood pressure


Because you don’t want to let yourself go


Because you don’t want to squeeze into an airplane or rollercoaster seat


Because it strengthens your spirit


Because it’s a cheap way to entertain yourself


Because you’ll be able to reward yourself


Because you need a reason to wear those new workout clothes


Because you’re tired of being tired


Because not working out is not going to get you very far


Because it’s a great way to spend time outside


Because you made a commitment to yourself


Because you’re tired of starting over


Because there will always be another wedding, vacation or reunion


Because you’re not a quitter


Because it improves your cholesterol


Because it boosts your metabolism


Because it prevents age-related muscle loss


Because if you can do this, you can do anything


Because a fit body is a healthy body


Because it beats sitting on the couch


Because everyone has at least 10 minutes to spare


Because you want to be stronger than your excuses


Because not working out isn’t working out for you


Because the only workout you ever regret is the one you skip