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Why are you losing weight?

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  • mholmes
    mholmes Posts: 949 Member
    Going into a room and knowing I might not (well I never am) be the prettiest girl in the room

    I think you got that already love :wink:

    Not being the prettiest girl? :cry:
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    Going into a room and knowing I might not (well I never am) be the prettiest girl in the room

    I think you got that already love :wink:

    Not being the prettiest girl? :cry:

    omg, you knew what i was saying.... ok thinking simpler

    I THINK YOU ARE THE PRETTIEST GIRL :wink:
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    double post
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    Going into a room and knowing I might not (well I never am) be the prettiest girl in the room

    I think you got that already love :wink:

    Not being the prettiest girl? :cry:

    omg, you knew what i was saying.... ok thinking simpler

    I THINK YOU ARE THE PRETTIEST GIRL :wink:

    just read my first post and yeah i ment to edit it and change the meaning lol, sorry about the confusion :blushing:
  • mholmes
    mholmes Posts: 949 Member
    Going into a room and knowing I might not (well I never am) be the prettiest girl in the room

    I think you got that already love :wink:

    Not being the prettiest girl? :cry:

    omg, you knew what i was saying.... ok thinking simpler

    I THINK YOU ARE THE PRETTIEST GIRL :wink:

    just read my first post and yeah i ment to edit it and change the meaning lol, sorry about the confusion :blushing:

    *ppuurrrr* Hubby look out! haha j/k, but no srsly, then again....
  • mholmes
    mholmes Posts: 949 Member
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    Let's make a baby! :laugh:
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    Going into a room and knowing I might not (well I never am) be the prettiest girl in the room

    I think you got that already love :wink:

    Not being the prettiest girl? :cry:

    omg, you knew what i was saying.... ok thinking simpler

    I THINK YOU ARE THE PRETTIEST GIRL :wink:
    just read my first post and yeah i ment to edit it and change the meaning lol, sorry about the confusion :blushing:

    *ppuurrrr* Hubby look out! haha j/k, but no srsly, then again....

    I am right, just trust me
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
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    Let's make a baby! :laugh:

    I want to be on you...

    wait....

    :laugh:
  • scrumpy21
    scrumpy21 Posts: 19
    umm... cos i'm a fat ba$tard

    OMG you made me laugh out loud too!!!!, and that is the name of one of my favorite wines!

    Cheers!
  • mholmes
    mholmes Posts: 949 Member
    3105393_main.jpg

    Let's make a baby! :laugh:

    I want to be on you... :laugh:

    wait....

    Are you wearing Sex Panther? :bigsmile:
  • mholmes
    mholmes Posts: 949 Member
    umm... cos i'm a fat ba$tard

    OMG you made me laugh out loud too!!!!, and that is the name of one of my favorite wines!

    Cheers!
    :noway: your fav wine is called Fat Ba$tard?
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    umm... cos i'm a fat ba$tard

    OMG you made me laugh out loud too!!!!, and that is the name of one of my favorite wines!

    Cheers!
    :noway: your fav wine is called Fat Ba$tard?

    yeah i was thining that too... sounds posh lol
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    3105393_main.jpg

    Let's make a baby! :laugh:

    I want to be on you... :laugh:

    wait....

    Are you wearing Sex Panther? :bigsmile:

    Sex Panther by Odeon. This stuff is illegal in 9 countries.
  • casey34472
    casey34472 Posts: 280 Member
    I was 30 pounds over weight and I could feel every bit of it and I wanted to look at myself in the mirror and liked what I saw.:bigsmile:
  • mholmes
    mholmes Posts: 949 Member
    3105393_main.jpg

    Let's make a baby! :laugh:

    I want to be on you... :laugh:

    wait....

    Are you wearing Sex Panther? :bigsmile:

    Sex Panther by Odeon. This stuff is illegal in 9 countries.

    and what 60% of the time it works everytime :wink: :love: :bigsmile:
  • scrumpy21
    scrumpy21 Posts: 19
    umm... cos i'm a fat ba$tard

    OMG you made me laugh out loud too!!!!, and that is the name of one of my favorite wines!

    Cheers!
    :noway: your fav wine is called Fat Ba$tard?

    Yes! it is it is a beautiful wine. Google it! the up side you can tell someone off at a dinner party, I once handed it to my host, and said I picked a wine that reflected you LOL HEEE compliment?? insult???
    LOL
    I love fat Ba$tard, it is great... serious it is a nice group of wines!
    Cheers
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    3105393_main.jpg

    Let's make a baby! :laugh:

    I want to be on you... :laugh:

    wait....

    Are you wearing Sex Panther? :bigsmile:

    Sex Panther by Odeon. This stuff is illegal in 9 countries.

    and what 60% of the time it works everytime :wink: :love: :bigsmile:

    Well... Let's go see if we can make this little kitty purr 23.gif
  • mholmes
    mholmes Posts: 949 Member
    3105393_main.jpg

    Let's make a baby! :laugh:

    I want to be on you... :laugh:

    wait....

    Are you wearing Sex Panther? :bigsmile:

    Sex Panther by Odeon. This stuff is illegal in 9 countries.

    and what 60% of the time it works everytime :wink: :love: :bigsmile:

    Well... Let's go see if we can make this little kitty purr 23.gif

    :blushing: ok enough enough :wink:
  • peej76
    peej76 Posts: 1,250 Member
    So many reasons. First I want to be happy, I know that's not always the answer but it's a start, I don't want to be disgusted every time I get undressed, I want to feel sexy, and shop for the clothes the skinny girls look cute in lol! Secondly, I just want to be a good role model for my kids, get healthy, and be active. I want to run or bike without getting out of breath, especially since quitting smoking 4 months ago. Thirdly, I ache for that day when I can pass up a bag of potato chips and that chocolate bar without arguing with myself, or I can have a treat without making myself feel like that was the worse mistake I've ever made. Basically I don't want food to take over my thoughts, or to be my enemy. I want to make myself proud!!
  • ru4art2
    ru4art2 Posts: 14 Member
    I am getting married in a couple of years.......on the beach. I think that pretty much explains itself. However, I also just want to feel prettier. I am constantly surrounded by people skinnier than me (and shorter) however I mainly want to FEEL better-both mentally and physically. :smile:
  • ru4art2
    ru4art2 Posts: 14 Member
    So many reasons. First I want to be happy, I know that's not always the answer but it's a start, I don't want to be disgusted every time I get undressed, I want to feel sexy, and shop for the clothes the skinny girls look cute in lol! Secondly, I just want to be a good role model for my kids, get healthy, and be active. I want to run or bike without getting out of breath, especially since quitting smoking 4 months ago. Thirdly, I ache for that day when I can pass up a bag of potato chips and that chocolate bar without arguing with myself, or I can have a treat without making myself feel like that was the worse mistake I've ever made. Basically I don't want food to take over my thoughts, or to be my enemy. I want to make myself proud!!

    Congrats on quitting smoking!
  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    Midlife crisis...And to re-jump my pole dancing career. :huh:
  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    Mine was more health reasons. My bp & cholesterol were too high & I didn't want to have to start taking drugs. Well......those kind of drugs. :laugh:

    Plus, I was tired of being disgusted with myself.

    Now I just use my personality to disgust. :blushing:


    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    The ultimate weapon!
  • jenbar
    jenbar Posts: 1,038 Member
    I don't want to be the fat ugly friend. I want to HAVE the fat ugly friend. I want to be the friend all the ugly people want to hang around to make THEM look good.
    :happy:
  • Poison5119
    Poison5119 Posts: 1,460 Member
    Believe it or not, within three years, I put on 40 lbs and could not for the life of me figure out how that could have happened. I just didn't own a scale or even get on one at the doctors office (maybe I did but they didn't SAY the result out loud). I worked retail pretty much most of my life and was always a reasonable and acceptable 130-135 lbs.

    Suddenly, I turned 41, and all heck broke loose, apparently. I seemed to look okay enough in the mirror. About 1 1/2 years ago things just weren't fitting the same, and I began school for medical coding. The nursing program area of the school had a scale and I got on and measured up to 174 lbs! I was SHOCKED, needless to say. But being in school, I was super-concerned about having enough energy and sleep to make the Deans List all year, so I didn't worry too much about diet or exercise.

    Having spent this past year and a half attached to the medical industry, I learned some things about weight and health. Many morbidly obese people live in conjunction with comorbidities: usually diabetes, copd, hypertension, and degenerative joint disease. These conditions exacerbate one another until it's a chicken/egg situation.

    I just thought it would be wise, if I have almost nothing else going for me (no higher education, no retirement money saved, few teeth, don't own a house, bad credit) that I take a decent body weight into the aging process. And yes, I'm only 45, but that's about halfway in my eyes. There are enough unexpected health problems that one can encounter, and I think that if you go in physically 'prepared' for aging, anything that comes a long in terms of 'bad news' can be handled a lot better if you don't have 40++ lbs weighing you down.

    In the short term, I hate that things don't fit right. And truth be told, at this point, it's almost like a game to me. This is FUN!! Without compromising my health (that means not skimping on calories), I want to see how much weight I lose every week, and how many inches I shrink. Like Christmas every week. I want to see if I have the discipline required to reach my goals. I have reached lots of goals, both short and long term. I've been described as tenacious, and this is no different.
  • Poison5119
    Poison5119 Posts: 1,460 Member
    Midlife crisis...And to re-jump my pole dancing career. :huh:

    LOL.. Funny, I LOVE LOVE pole dancing!! I did it for awhile (age 39 and 40), but couldn't make any money. But I got a smokin' hot body out of it (and promptly lost it!:grumble: )

    Good for you.
  • destiny_206
    destiny_206 Posts: 430 Member
    So my main reason is that we finally found a ring and are getting married in early 2010, I wanted to be in atleast a 12 by the time we got married but now I am shooting for much lower as 14 already fit. I also want to have a healthier life style before having children, I think that what you eat as a kid and how you are raised to eat desides your teen and adult habits and I want my kids to have a good start but in orger to follow through with that I need to be a good example. Also diapeties runs in my dads family and I hate needles. Of course the being SEXY part always helps.
  • jill927
    jill927 Posts: 471 Member
    Well to be honest, I always kind of felt like the DUFF (designated ugly fat friend) that people hang out with to make themselves look hotter. Plus, I am super shy with boys. Sorta. I have TONS of friends who are boys (in fact I'm pretty sure some of think I AM a boy), but no boys who are interested in being more than friends, if you get the drift. I know people should love you for who you are on the inside, but I always feel too shy to actually get to actually meet people with any confidence... therefore, they never get to know me enough to love me :tongue:

    Plus, heart disease, high bp, high cholesterol, type II diabetes...etc etc etc ALL run in my family. Both sides of my family. :ohwell: SO. starting now is probably a good idea... lol.
  • JayEm47
    JayEm47 Posts: 49
    another reason i want to lose the weight.... i am going to be living in house with 3 boys next year at school (i know i must be crazy) and one of them is my ex :grumble: so i want to make him jealous that he can't have me anymore. i want other boys to be attracted to me so he feels bad for losing me. i know its a veryyyyyy superficial reason to want to lose weight but in the back of the mind it keeps me motivated. :tongue:
  • runnerwithstyle
    runnerwithstyle Posts: 146 Member
    I want to look like a celebrity, plus I am interested in fitness modeling
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