Other reasons for losing the weight?

nilisabel

I want to wear an awesome spring dress for graduation! yay! oh, and I miss shopping for hot clothes. Also, I want to be a fun mom and I can't be a fun mom if I get so fat I can't go on roller coasters, so here's to nipping that in the bud!

soze

I want to add another "other" reason - I've been a fairly successful person so far in life - did well in school, went to a good college, got my Master's degrees, have a good job, etc. But... I've NEVER really been at a healthy weight. That is one area of my life where I've been failing since puberty hit. As sad as it is, people judge based on looks, especially in the "business" world. I've applied for my CPA license and should have that in the near future... I'm proud of what I've accomplished, and plan to accomplish more, and want to *look* successful too!!!

I've just applied for my license as well.

My other reason is simple, I want to play better golf.

laughingdani

I started for all the right reasons, but not to long ago I got a little side motivation. A (skinny) friend of mine was shopping with me when I got my first size 10 pants, while I got super excited she says "God, I suddenly feel so fat". Hello, did you mean to say that out loud? Im sorry your bothered that Im getting closer to your size. But on the other hand I owe her a super big THANK YOU because the extra motivation has done wonders for me. Im gonna be your size sooner than you think. I am now in an 8, and I WILL get in a 7 just to show off the tag. Oh and I will wear it well too, I can get in and zip them now but there will be No muffin top when I show off that tag to her.

I can relate to this. I have an aunt (my mother's baby sister) who is quite young in her 30's and has always compared herself to me. After she had kids she killed herself to get smaller than me. I was in High School at the time playing sports so I was super fit and I thought she was being ridiculous. Well, long story short I put on A LOT of weight 5 years ago after having my daughter and I have always felt like she was secretly happy that I was fat everytime she visited. So January of this year I started losing weight. Saw her in May and her jaw dropped. I was in a 12 at the time (started out in a size 18). She offered to give me some of her clothes that were too big for her so I wouldn't have to buy any. She gave me some 10's stating her exact words, "you can have them. I will never be that big again!". Ummmm...excuse me? Since when is a 10 big? Here I am ecstatic just to be in a 12 and she has to say something like that. Well, I am happy to say that not only are the 10's she gave me too big now but I am in a size 6/8. I just wore my first size 6 jeans last week! I haven't seen her since this summer. But I will see her during Spring Break. Hopefully by then I will be bikini ready. :laugh:

My main reason for losing weight is for health. On my 5'2 frame I felt like I couldn't breathe when I would lay down at night.
I literally felt like I was suffocatiing myself. Of course for vanity reasons I want to look good too.
I have tried over the years multiple times to lose. I think the thing that finally clicked this time was someone very close to me told me that I couldn't do it. I felt like a failure...because why would they think that I could when I had multiple failed attempts in the past?! I wanted to prove to them and myself that I could. Now, after losing 67lbs they are eating their words and I know I can do anything I set my mind to.

Innerglow

I've always been fat. Well maybe not, but i've felt fat since elementary school. I was made fun of at school and then verbally abused at home by my brother. (I am happy to say that my brother and I now have a pretty good relationship, not perfect, but good)

I want to be able to play soccer again and not be embarassed running down the field huffing and puffing.

I have a pretty good sense of style but feel like a *kitten* when I try on most clothes.

My ex's family has a strong history of diabetes and I want to be a good example of healthy living for my daughter.

I want to be able to go to the beach/pool and feel confident in a bathing suit

I want to feel good about myself

I dont want to be a "duff" any longer

I want to participate in life instead of watching it pass me by

I want self-esteem cause I don't know what that feels like

jdp21

I am doing it for many reasons, I guess.

1. Self-confidence: I think for all of us, this is a big one. I just don't feel confident in myself when I go out looking the way I do, and I feel that a slimmer, more toned me will help me with that.

2. Health: this is a no-brainer, really. I sweat a lot regularly, and I kinda hope that dropping the unnecessary weight will help stop this. I feel gross when I go into a room! It'd also be nice to stop breathing so heavily...

3. Family: this is one of those additional reasons, I guess. My parents have always been riding me about my weight issues ever since high school, and I just want to do it so I can show them I am capable and so they'll stop.

4. Friends: for a long time this was aimed at one friend in particular who, whenever I suggested trying something new to help with diet and exercise, would always put it down: this included telling me that jogging won't do anything for me, then telling me a gym is unnecessary, then telling me that cutting out and adding in certain foods wouldn't work, etc. And then, the summer before last, he lost a whoooole bunch of weight, and I just felt left behind because of it. So, I wanna catch up, and show him that I can do it with proper methods: proper diet and exercise.

5. Just to know I can do it: I think it would be the greatest accomplishment in the world.

MsPitt

I'd like to try some medieval re-creation style fighting, and need to be in better shape to do it. I recently joined a group called the Society for Creative Anachronism and I keep seeing these great rapier tournaments and heavy arms/armor battles, and I want to join in! But, at my current weight, I'd have way too much knee trouble to survive for very long.

Also, I'd love to be able to upgrade my wardrobe, and being plus-sized makes that much more challenging and expensive.

BigGail

I wanna feel like having more sex!

And yes - it's working!

ashley0616

LOL! I have one of those crazy reasons. I want to look AMAZING at my 10 year high school reunion. Revenge? Maybe a little. The rest of my life is already pretty damned perfect and totally jealous-worthy, now I just need to get myself there too. I was always the biggest girl in class, and we didn't have a ton of kids in my high school so I know it didn't go unnoticed, and I know a rockin' bod won't go unnoticed either.

I also want to be able to walk into any store and be able to buy something, maybe even without trying it on. Bliss.

samcee

I use to weight around 140 (height 5'2) and peaked at its highest at 154. I didn't mind being around 140 but my family use to mock me and my boyfriend of five years told me he was ashamed to take me out and left me. Unbelievable. I'm not a superficial person and thought it was okay as long as you had a good heart.

So I lost weight to prove to him that I can be found attractive. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost a sense of who I am in the process because I've turned into someone who is fussy about food, obsessed with my weight and fashion and trying to impress people by looking good to fake the confidence. I've become really self conscious and I was never like that before. I feel like I'm not really doing it for me but thats slowly changing.. I've learned that its important to value myself too.

I'm 127 - 128 right now and still losing weight. Hopefully this year will be a good one for me.

writtenINthestars

1.My husband and I want a baby.
2. I want to wear shorts for the first time during the dreadful summer heat.
3. I want to feel like I still "got it".
4. It wouldn't hurt to look hot again and get a few whistles here and there..
5. I want to run a marathon and finally say to some very specific people to suck it.

EmelyJ

My main reason for losing weight was to be a good example for my sons who have Cystic Fibrosis. They will have to be very active in their lives to keep their lungs clear & undamaged. The more exercise they do, the better they will do health-wise. In order for them to get the max amount of exercise, they can't have a mother who is sedentary. I wanted to get more fit to be able to do more with them, be a role model for them and to show them the importance. My actions will speak louder than my words so I need to be a physical example of fitness.

On a side note. My ex is a complete jerk. While we were dating ( over 3 years ago now ) his tagline was always 'i like my bit*hes with eating disorders". I was skinny and wouldn't eat anything other than a salad infront of him. I was ashamed of my weight, even though I was tiny, I was never "tiny enough" for him. I left him, found a real man, got married, had 2 kids (twins) all in the 3 years since I left him, and I basically have the "life he wants". He's jealous of my life and how things have turned out for me. I'm 25 and I have a beautiful family that I love and cherish. He's 31, depressed, can't handle the high stress of his job, is single and can't keep a girl interested for longer than 2 weeks (he really is a jerk ... nobody is surprised). Anyways, he saw me before my journey and made a comment about how if he were me, he'd get on a treadmill, and how I'd "put on weight since we were together". He told me that "kids destroyed my body" and that i was "damaged goods". The comments about being damaged after kids was enough to make me want to prove him wrong. My kids were a blessing and I wear my c-section scar like a badge of honour. I am NOT damaged goods and I can have a beautiful body after children. I keep that in mind when I'm working out. Next time I see him (with my husband on my arm, my beautiful children by my side and my 6 pack) he'll eat his words

You go girl.. Thank god you're no longer with that jerk

hroush

I don't care about being healthier or living longer (I'm 27, I'll live forever!), I just want to look good food one day in my life. I was always fat growing up, so I want to have a body that the girls want to look at. Of course, now that I'm married, my wife doesn't want me to show it off :grumble:

mumma2boyz

You go girl! I came from an abusive relationship myself, so I know how easy it can be to put your self confidence in someone's hands. Took me almost 3 years to leave him, but it was the best thing I did. We have children together, so unfortunately I see him quite frequently. But he's a miserable loser and my life is going great. Good things come to good people. And happiness comes from within. Keep it up!

cdoane

Number one is to be healthy, and feel better about myself and feel confident in clothes again. I hate how every morning i put something on and dont like how it looks so i change like a million times. I want to look good in my clothes again!

Another side reason is my best friend is getting married in September and is doing so in Cancun! For once in my life i want to go to the beach and feel good and enjoyr myself without worrying about how i look.

pouringraina

I don't want to be overweight like my parents are.

Also, I want to weigh less than my husband so he can pick me up without making a scrunchy face.

gertrude13

haha i STARTED

Franmagick

so i can stop saying 'oh noo i can't come, i'm not a very good swimmer!' when really i'm an awesome swimmer i'm just terrified of a swim suit / bikini.

SammieGetsFit

Lingerie

Jenni268

Most importantly so I can have the energy and stamina to run around and have fun with my kids!

But if I'm honest, in the farthest recesses of my mind, I want to look smoking for my husband! He's in the Army so we're around a lot of really fit people (and, yes, some that aren't so fit) and I just don't want to be an embarassment. My husband loves me regardless, I know this without a doubt, but I'd love to just look killer for him.

He deploys in a couple of months and I'm REALLY striving hard so that when he comes home and sees me for the first time, his jaw drops down... like the first time he saw me

Also, diabetes run in my family, and I want to get the weight under control before I REALLY Have to start worrying about that.

SabrinaJL

Ok, non health related things I want out of this...

I want to go horseback riding. My husband and I went on a trip for our 15th anniversary and it was something I wanted to do, but there's a 200 lb weight limit.

I want to go kayaking. Yeah, I could probably do it now, but I don't think I'd be too good at it yet.

I want to go for hikes without worrying about slowing everybody down because I keep having to take breaks.

I want to do lots of other outdoor, active things I've never even considered because of my weight.

I want to be able to knit myself cute things without it costing a fortune because it takes miles and miles of yarn.

jeffrodgers1

I also would like to be fit and strong in the event of a zombie apocalypse. Rule # 1 CARDIO CARDIO CARDIO. I refuse to be one of the first to go!

You don't have to run fast, just faster than the person behind you. :bigsmile:

Yes...and have a chain saw with you!

"You're a great friend but if zombies are chasing us I'm tripping you."

That'll be hard to do... I'll be in the car with the seat belt done up.

If your nice to me I might DOUBLE TAP a few on your behalf as I drive by? LOL!

Just watched that movie yesterday!

jeffrodgers1

I do this for my daughters and my wife.

I do this for the embarassment I suffered and caused them when I was over 320.

I do this because a rocking chair with a remington is no longer enough to keep the teenage boys away on a Friday night.

I do this because I am older and know better and want to lead for my wife and kids by example.

I do this because I love them more than they will ever know or understand.

I do this because I love myself.

And I am worth it!

anewlifeingrace

I desire to make sure that I can live the life I was put on this earth to live. . . without the weight keeping me back from my potential!

DAviles333

because i dont want to waste my years hiding behind cardigans smack in the middle of a NYC heat wave! :sad:

get_it_gone2012

Rule #1: Cardio.
That is all. Hehe! :laugh: (from Zombieland, for those who have never seen the movie).

But in all seriousness, I want to get hit on a bars/clubs. NOT be the fat chick that stands there and saves her tiny, sexy friends when the creepers come crawlin'. I want to need to be saved!
Plus, I want to be able to wear a bikini at the beach this summer, and get checked out because of my smexy-six-pack and not my rolls. :bigsmile:

I love this thread!

Edit: Aaaaand just read the other zombie apocalypse reference. Oh well, great minds think alike!
(don't forget, to survive a zombie apocalypse you can also dress as a zombie and watch ghost busters... until someone
confuses you for an ACTUAL zombie )

amercado3101

Does the P90X really work???

thomasdebraann

I have lots of reasons but first and foremost is that as a Christian, I am called to be a good steward of all things God has given me including my body and health. As I get older, I realize that I owe it to myself and my family to take care of me, all of me, the total package, mind, body, soul...There are also less altruistic motivators (not necessarily reasons) for wanting to lose weight. I am short and nothing fit/fit right, want to look and feel good in cute summer clothes, want to be able to move my body freely without feeling like every effort was a chore, want to look in the mirror and see toned muscles, want to run a half marathon, want to make some people jealous lol.

Juno99

I wouldn't mind getting a date every once in a while...I tend to be a "wing-man's gal"...I really want to go out with my thinner, prettier friends and not have to make small talk with the guy who's only there so his friend can meet my friend.

My ex once told me that if he met my sisters first he probably wouldn't have talked to me...I want to be the one people want to get to know.

EDIT* spelling mistakes

I feel that way sometimes, so I can relate to you. Although I think you are beautiful. Your ex is a jerk. Good riddance!! You can do way better than him. And one day he’ll regret that he said that to you. Once my ex told me that on a scale of 1 to 10, I am a 6. After we broke up, I lost some weight and down to a size 4. He wanted me back so bad. He told me his life is incomplete without me. I knew there’s someone out there better for me and I was right. I have never been happier with my husband. We have been together over 8 years now!

skinnyhopes

I don't want to be the fattest out of all my skinny friends!
And health is super important to me to.
my family has a history of so many diseases

flausa

What really got me started was signing up to do the Half Moon Walk in Edinburgh in June. There is no way I'm walking through Edinburgh in a bra with so much excess weight hanging around my middle! There's no way I'll get all of it off by then, but at least I won't look as bad as I would have had I not decided to join MFP.

I have since decided I also want to lose weight, because I've been overweight/obese my entire adult life, and I want to prove to myself that I can be something other than fat. I had convinced myself that I just wouldn't be able to do it, but I'm now 2 stone down and just below 190 lbs for the first time in over 10 years, and now I know I can do it! (2 stone down, at least 3 to go).

And I want to prove to a certain friend that I can lose the weight and keep it off. Every time she sees me counting calories, she shakes her head and tells me it'll never work.