Table 3.

Addressing self-limitations

	Illustrative quotes
3.1 Most successful address self-limitations	MOST SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEWEE: For me, it’s mind over matter. If I really wanted it bad enough, the only way it was gonna happen is if I did it. So I just did it.(…)It was something that I wanted to do. And I knew the only way that I was gonna do it is if I did it, and not procrastinate or have an excuse as to why I couldn’t do it.
	H: I hated going [to the gym]. I hated getting up. And I felt the best time for me to go [was] in the morning, so I was up at 5:00. I hated that. There was nothing I liked about the gym, so that was one reason I stopped going to that. I found that if I just did my own—like a walk, a three-mile walk—I was better and more likely to do it.
	H: See for me, because I know how I am. That’s why I got a membership next door to my job that I could work out on my lunch. Because if I joined Planet Fitness I was not gonna go after work because I’m tired. But if I use my lunch to go to the gym and it’s right next door—I just have to walk next door. I did things based on my personality. I could be a little lazy, so I had to do what I knew would be convenient for me by using my lunch to go exercise.
3.2 Weight-related functional limitations in least successful participants	I: And how does your weight affect your daily life? LEAST SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEWEE: I guess it affects my ability like if I feel like I have a lot of energy or if I can’t do a lot. If I feel, I guess, if I’m feeling literally—well not overweight like that, but I feel like it impacts how I feel, what I get done in a day, what kind of energy level I have for me.(…)I guess the level of activity, the level of exercise. I think if I feel too overweight or too overwhelmed it would limit me because I wouldn’t feel like it. It would just make me more dormant than more active.
	I: And how does your weight affect your daily life? N: Movement a little bit slower. My movement is a little bit slower.(…)Sometimes, just a little bit of difficulty going up the steps or down the steps.
	N: So, I haven’t been able to run as much as I used to because of pain. I: Okay. Aside from running, are there other ways in which your weight impacts what you’re able to do? N: Not really. I mean, I try to do more low-impact workouts now but, that’s basically it.