What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?
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Because my ex-best friend has been nothing but cruel to me since I started losing weight and became thinner than her. I know she stalks me on social media, so I carefully only post pictures of myself that are exceptionally awesome (full body pic of me finishing a 5k). After being told that I am a "loser fat B, and will always be a fat B", I am done being nice.38
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Because my ex-best friend has been nothing but cruel to me since I started losing weight and became thinner than her. I know she stalks me on social media, so I carefully only post pictures of myself that are exceptionally awesome (full body pic of me finishing a 5k). After being told that I am a "loser fat B, and will always be a fat B", I am done being nice.
🤘🤘. There will always be haters. All shapes and sizes are beautiful. I feel sorry for people that have to tear others down to feel good about themselves.10 -
I want to like seeing pictures of myself.15
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Because my ex-best friend has been nothing but cruel to me since I started losing weight and became thinner than her. I know she stalks me on social media, so I carefully only post pictures of myself that are exceptionally awesome (full body pic of me finishing a 5k). After being told that I am a "loser fat B, and will always be a fat B", I am done being nice.
🤘🤘. There will always be haters. All shapes and sizes are beautiful. I feel sorry for people that have to tear others down to feel good about themselves.
Very true. Which is why I don't say anything on most social media (here is the exception), I don't even acknowledge my weight lost (other friends do, in ways that are supportive and nice - you know, what real friends do), but I know that posting my successes pisses the haters off. Ran the Wounded Warrior charity 5k - took pics with my "running buddy", Sgt Ortiz (he was blinded by shrapnel in Afghanistan) - that picture went up. Having fun "coaching" peewee soccar (coaching is a very loose term with 4 yr olds) - that one goes up too. So yeah, the best revenge is to say nothing, but prove them wrong.17 -
Because my ex-best friend has been nothing but cruel to me since I started losing weight and became thinner than her. I know she stalks me on social media, so I carefully only post pictures of myself that are exceptionally awesome (full body pic of me finishing a 5k). After being told that I am a "loser fat B, and will always be a fat B", I am done being nice.
🤘🤘. There will always be haters. All shapes and sizes are beautiful. I feel sorry for people that have to tear others down to feel good about themselves.
Very true. Which is why I don't say anything on most social media (here is the exception), I don't even acknowledge my weight lost (other friends do, in ways that are supportive and nice - you know, what real friends do), but I know that posting my successes pisses the haters off. Ran the Wounded Warrior charity 5k - took pics with my "running buddy", Sgt Ortiz (he was blinded by shrapnel in Afghanistan) - that picture went up. Having fun "coaching" peewee soccar (coaching is a very loose term with 4 yr olds) - that one goes up too. So yeah, the best revenge is to say nothing, but prove them wrong.
You are spot on. Keep rocking it. 🤘5 -
I know that many of us choose to lose weight because we want to have a healthy lifestyle and feel better about ourselves, but c'mon, we also have "I'm going to stick it to X" reasons.
For me, it's because I don't want to be the fat gay cousin. I want to be the hot gay cousin. I also want people's minds to be blown when I can lift heavy boxes by myself.
What's yours?
People say I will never be thin (including some family members). I want to prove them wrong.10 -
My petty reason is that I don't want to feel insecure when "the lights are on," if ya know what I mean. Also, want to wear a bathing suit without shorts on to cover up my ginormous booty. And to be completely honest, I've hit mid-thirties, and I want at least a decade or two of hotness so I don't feel like I wasted my youth disgusted by what I see in the mirror. I want to feel confident like so many of the other beautiful women my age seem. I do understand that those issues run a bit deeper than extra pounds, BUT...damn it. I want to see my legs and LIKE them in shorts and want to not worry about cellulite or what I look like.16
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eurotrashcc wrote: »I have many reasons, but my pettiest is that my girlfriend has cheated on me and still talks to various guys online. I want to lose weight so other women might find me attractive and want to talk to me. At that point, maybe she'll straighten up, or I might finally start over and be able to find a woman that both fully loves me, and is faithful for once.
She is who she is. It's time to start over.19 -
Because my ex-best friend has been nothing but cruel to me since I started losing weight and became thinner than her. I know she stalks me on social media, so I carefully only post pictures of myself that are exceptionally awesome (full body pic of me finishing a 5k). After being told that I am a "loser fat B, and will always be a fat B", I am done being nice.
🤘🤘. There will always be haters. All shapes and sizes are beautiful. I feel sorry for people that have to tear others down to feel good about themselves.
You find out who your real friends are, for sure.4 -
I'm losing weight to have a baby with my husband (in and of it's self not petty). Petty part -- I'm doing it because my stepkid finally pulled the "mommy will let me ..." fill in the blank of anything Daddy & I haven't let her do age 5 - 11 - "so I'm living with my mom now". I feel like after 5.5 years of helping my husband raise his daughter, who lived with us 5 states away from her mom who regularly disappears/moves to other states, while parading around the midwest bars/honkytonks like she's the next karaoke queen of the universe restarting (again for the 3rd time) her own family w/out keeping a single regular phone date with her own kid, providing child support or even sending along a birthday card/note regularly, that it's time for he and I to focus on our family's future. So it's petty, but also a little like freedom. Like I'm getting a second chance to have the family I dreamed about w/out the input of a slacking, yet opinionated 3rd party. I'm probably gonna lose friends for this ... oh wells.13
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I've barely scratched the surface of this thread, but jeez, so many of you with terrible unsupportive family or false friends in your lives. But they always do say the best revenge is living well.
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I grew up in an emotionally abusive household where I was always harassed for being chubby. I lost alot of weight as a kid then out of fear due to inappropriate attention I gained some of it back. Now my petty reason is to literally throw it back in people's faces. I want to be considered STRONG. Not either fat or petite (I'm super short yo) i want my parents to see that they can't hurt me because I've taken charge of my own life and I AM going to look good from now on. It's kind of stupid but I want them to to feel bad for what they've done in every way. I want to prove I'm not fat, I'm not weak, I'm not a hypocrite etc9
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I always wanted to be skinny so I could more or less ask women that I go out with if they would have dated me when I was fat. Then call them vain if they don't9
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So people who haven't seen me in 20 years from back when I was an athletic professional cheerleader (you know, pre-baby) can finally STFU about how much I have "changed ". It's just 50 lbs, geez!12
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Casually picking up the small size clothes in the shop while the 20 something next to you can't find 'her size'. It's great to be a light weight
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I don't think I am particularly handsome or good-looking, so I want a good body to make up for it!11
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The non petty bit is obviously to look good, feel good and ohhh to feel confident in what I’m wearing.
The petty bit - group selfies with my 2 tiny friends where I’m always hiding at the back. Compliments are all “you’ve a pretty face” or “you’ve got a great smile”. I don’t want to be hiding my body forever.5 -
eurotrashcc wrote: »I have many reasons, but my pettiest is that my girlfriend has cheated on me and still talks to various guys online. I want to lose weight so other women might find me attractive and want to talk to me. At that point, maybe she'll straighten up, or I might finally start over and be able to find a woman that both fully loves me, and is faithful for once.
Hate to break it to you but she will always be doing herself regardless of what you do to better yourself and mend your broken spirit.
Think about if she is what you want for the rest of your life. Don't you deserve the best?!4 -
I'm not sure if it's petty, but I'm getting married in 4 months and don't fit into my dress anymore. Talk about motivation.11
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I just recently completed my associates degree, but in all my grad photos, pro or personal, look like I'm annoyed or in pain, just because of the fat on my face. I want to actually LOOK happy at my bachelor's graduation.16
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