Why Do You Want to Drop the Weight?
kayjosh2422
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Write down why you want to drop the weight, refer back to the reasons on those hard days. Reminding yourself why your here helps pick us up when we feel overwhelmed, discouraged or want to quit!
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To be healthy and still active as I get older.
To wear dresses as fearlessly as I did 45lbs ago.
To lead by example for my kids and encourage my husband to be healthy.3 -
I want to feel better and more confident. I want my clothes to fit and I want to be able to do fun things without being limited or embarrassed by my size.4
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To look beautiful and feel less achy in my knees
To finally (after 50 years of fighting with my food) break through into Onederland
To get healthier and live a long wonderful life3 -
To return to the weight I was at when I graduated high school by the time I graduate college! To be healthy. And to defeat my food addiction.3
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To lose the hip and leg pain, to be ahead of the game when I go see the doctor next month!3
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To be able to be active and enjoy life. I want to go hiking and swimming and on adventures with friends without being afraid I won't be able to becuase of the physical activity. Also, I want to be healthy!!!4
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To feel better in my own skin, be healthy for myself and my family, and get rid of the knee pain!! I've already reduced blood pressure medication, so my goal is to be completely off of it!3
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To be able to expand my family with a healthy pregnancy regarding weight!2
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I want to feel good about the way I look. I want to feel excited to go out and do things like I use to. I want to be able to wear the clothes and fashion I want to wear. I want to be able to run a 5k with my family. I want to not have high cholesterol or be considered overweight!1
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I want to be healthy for myself and my kids. I don't want to struggle to find clothes. I want the confidence and success I'm finding in the path to my career to show on the outside. I want to be active with my children.1
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Health, physical and mental. My mother has had 2 heart attacks, a stroke, Bell's palsey, is a diabetic and overall not in good health. I am trying to keep those things at bay.
To like what I see. In the mirror and in photos. Use to be not hard to hide from the camera but now days everyone has their phone out and are taking photos all the time.
To wear the clothes I want to wear. So many of us have an entire closet full of wonderful clothes we can't get into anymore. I don't want to buy new clothes again. To be able to put on my swimming suit without a coverup.
Energy. To be able to hike or bike all day and enjoy every minute of it. To be able to get down and play with the grandchildren. To be able to walk and run with my 100 lb dog.2 -
Health is a huge one for me since going through leukemia this past year. I never want to take my body and health for granted again. I'm determined to take the best care of myself that I can.
Confidence in how I look. I love fashion and want to wear the clothes that I love and know that I look good.
Activities. I use to hide away, embarrassed by how I had let myself go and the fact that I was out of breath with even the littlest exertion. I want my social, active, hike-a-mountain self back.
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To like how I look and feel, to be able to wear whatever I want with confidence. To not feel so sluggish and so unsure of myself when it comes to balance.3
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To feel better and more comfortable in my skin - to have more energy for my family.2
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After quitting smoking multiple times over the last few years, I went from 115 pounds to 150 and my weight was steadily going up. I had to buy new clothes different times. All my scrubs for work had to be replaced. I was devouring more food than I needed and drinking alot of calories in alcohol. It hurt when I sit with my little rolls pushing again my jeans that are yet again too tight and need replaced. Enough is enough! I quit smoking to be healthy. I've always eaten very healthy foods, but I have been eating way over my caloric needs and enjoying way too many high calorie craft beers. I'm ready to get back down to my happy weight.2
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I want to be able to be healthy, participate in activities, be knee pain free. It is only the second day and I screwed up about 350 calories during the Cubs game. A lifelong fan, I ate chocolate, crackers without even enjoying them. Instead of dinner. Tomorrow is another day and I did walk but I have to be more aware of skipping meals. I want to be confident in my decisions and plan ahead. We can do this.3
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I see myself in everyone's comments. The desire for better health, confidence, clothes, activities, and to be rid of the knee pain. After being overweight most of my adult life, I finally said enough is enough. I started logging my meals on September 9th and I've lost 12.7 pounds so far. I have 55 to go to reach my goal and I'm determined to make it. Let's do our best to support each other and make our dreams become reality!5
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I started this journey for my health. Nothing like going to the doctor sick, finding out you have pneumonia, scary high blood pressure, your heart is not healthy and your pre diabetic. It was a wake up call to get the weight off. I will keep working at it and I will get healthy4
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I want to lose weight and get fit. I want to fit in my summer wardrobe without having to buy more clothes that will just make me poorer of pocket and depressed about needing clothes in a larger size. I want to get my body ready to have another baby, but I want to enjoy it fit more than 3 months.3
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My reason is total vanity. I want to look great in a bikini in January
Related to that, I want to be able to wear clothes confidently, without the muffin top over my belt. I am actually relatively small already; started MFP at 126 lbs and I am 5'2" so definitely within the normal range and not what I would call "fat" but I am a former ballerina, so I long for my 105-lb super fit body from when I was 18 years old! Obviously not gonna get back to that, let's be realistic 
But one of my favourite activities nowadays is pole dancing and it's definitely a lot easier to hoist yourself up on the pole and do tricks when you are lighter! 2 -
To get back to the point where buying clothes is fun, and I don't feel like I'm trying to mask anything.
To feel more confident in the bedroom. *cough*
To be able to run long distances again. I KNOW this extra weight is holding me back.
To reach maintenance and really learn how to eat within that calorie range this time. I've never done that before.
To feel light and free in the summertime. I'm a pretty modest person, but I love wearing less and lighter clothes in the summer, and that feels way better when I'm in shape.2 -
To be more healthy. I thought I was fat at 132 and I am way over that now. Really need to get to at least 150.2
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I have a tummy tuck scheduled for Feb. 2nd. After losing over 40 pounds this year, I'm so close to my goal! I want to lose 15 pounds by Jan. 1st, so I can finally transition into maintenance after 9 years of yo-yoing up and down.1
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i want to lose the weight mostly just to feel a bit more comfortable about myself, to feel better for when i move in with my partner next year, to spend less money on food... also just to have a little more control over my impulses....1
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I want to drop the weight to avoid any possible health risks. I don't know my biological family's medical history, so I don't want to take any risks.0
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Why I want to drop the weight (not "lose" as I never plan to find it again!):
To feel less like a stranger in my own body
To gain confidence and a more positive body image
To be around longer for my daughter
To decrease dosage or completely erase my need for BP meds
To kick this back pain from heavy breasts
To help combat my depression and anxiety - to see what part of it comes from my weight issues - will address it with a doctor for medication if I still need after reaching my "goals"
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After reaching my desired goal weight, I started to gain weight again. Clothes feel tighter, so want to get back to where I was.0
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I want to lose weight so I can run faster and easier, so I can wear clothes without feeling awful, and to make my partner feel attracted to me again. We are doing a 6 night hike starting on boxing day and I don't want to go there feeling as yuck as I do now.2
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I want to drop the weight to feel energy, to not be in pain, to love looking at myself in the mirror, and to feel proud of myself.1
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1. To once and for all get a grip on my binge eating disorder.
2. Feel sexy in a bikini (I am young, I want to feel good in that realm).
3. Be healthy and a good role model for myself. I haven't felt that way in awhile.1
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