Why are you here? No, for real...

littlemiss5foot1

WANT TO INCREASE THE QUILITY IN THE QUANITY OF MY LIFE

ipock

Recently equalled the highest weight of my life after a rough patch with stress at school, job hunting, and home life. I'm about to turn 30 and want to get in the best shape of my life for my next big move and new job.

lizziebeth1028

Well I have to admit that I've done a really good job at maintaining at healthy weight all my adult life. And I'm also a avid exerciser. And all this was working for me up until MENOPAUSE hit :grumble: Even though my weight stayed the same everything kind of shifted around and I started losing muscle. All the things I had done in the past didn't seem to work as well. I decided that I really needed to fine tune my diet and exercise program and really get 'scientific' if I wanted to see results. As luck would have it I ran across this website which is an awesome tool for this purpose!!!! I now feel like I'm winning the war on menopause:bigsmile:

mamakira

I found myself too big on fotos. I saw pics from years ago and looked way slimmer then.

I fly Ultralight and there is a maximum weight for pilot, petrol and luggage. I don´t want to get too close too that, otherwise I end up just taxiing around but not getting in the air anymore.:huh:

rachaela06

My two beautiful daughters would say I was jiggly and squishy!! I did not want to turn 40 being a jiggly mommy. I still have a lot of work, but now they like to punch my stomach and say, ooh it isn't squishy anymore.

stackhead

Because my flatmate is a size 10 (UK) and looks amazing and i'm incredibly jealous (damn good motivation though)... and i'd really like to not be the fat friend on nights out! ... and wear a dress without tights...and i'd love to feel good enough to make a comittment to the guy i'm dating, he deserves a girlfriend who isn't fat!

Nice and honest Oh and for myself and to be healthy and whatnot...

stellaskies

I wanna be tiny, but not in an unhealthy way don't get the wrong impression. I'm not really overweight so I get a lot of "why are you on a diet?" questions and I tell those jokers straight up that it's because I'm vain and want to have an amazing body. Shuts 'em up and it's a totally honest response.

SilviCor

After a divorce, I took some time and realized that I was ready to meet someone new and start my life over. However, I knew that at my weight, I wasn't going to attract the kinda guys I wanted (guys who are fit!), and I knew that if I didn't love myself, how could I expect someone else to?

So I decided to lose weight so that I can love myself and let myself be loved!

lizziebeth1028

Okay, so a confession: In 13 months, I'll be going to a family reunion where I'll get to meet up with two of my first cousins who are almost exactly my age (all of us were born in December 1969). One of them regularly runs half-marathons and looks fantastic. The other just lost 50 pounds and is 110 lbs. soaking wet. All three of us look very much alike, though one is blond, one is brunette, and one is a redhead (that's me!). We're all of a similar height, similar build, and similar personality.

I do NOT want to be the ONE that looks fat and frumpy when we're all three standing together. That is why I'm finally so very serious about losing this damn weight. I know, shallow reason, but it's my reason and it's getting my butt in motion.

There. I feel better admitting that. I mean, sure, sure, I want to be healthy, too, and I want good blood pressure and blood sugar, and blah blah blah - but really, I just don't want to be "the one" that let herself go. :blushing:

Now, pass the wine. :drinker:

So, what finally made YOU take the plunge? Not the one you tell everyone ("I wanted to get healthy!" "I wanted my kids to look up to me!") I mean the other reason, the one buried deep inside that you know is shallow as hell but it worked. (I have nothing against the public reason, it's just... public. I'd rather hear the other reason(s), that's all.)

You are not being shallow!!! What woman wouldn't want to looking awesome for an event! Just use this as a spring board to a new healthy lifestyle:flowerforyou:

WickedGarden

Because when I was skinny, the fat people glared at me (ok, I don't know why my stupid manager made me work in the Women's World section when I worked for Macy's when I was a skinny 19 year old) and then I realized all the skinny people were treating me poorly. I saw a pic of myself a friend took, and was shocked at how fat I was. (oh why can't you see yourself as you really are in the mirror?)

I'm getting there, slowly, but I'm getting there. (I'm noticing that more bigger girls glare at me than the skinny girls)

neikoboo927

Because I gained 40lbs from 10/21/11 (when I had a full abdominal hysterectomy) until 5/14/12. I kept having to get bigger jeans and that is so not ok with me! So i decided to calorie count, cut out soda and fast food from my diet and start exercising.

It has been hard for me because I have never had a weight issue, or exercised; but with the only drinking water and stopping fast food I dropped 10 fast. Now I just have to stay on track and just keep swimming.

diannethegeek

I started losing weight because I had 3 upcoming weddings over a 6-month period to attend and was freaking out trying on dresses. When my sister scheduled her wedding right in the middle of the others and set it on a beach in Aruba I knew I'd have to drop some weight to be comfortable at any of the events.

Originally I started out on my own with the aid of different calorie websites. I'm here at MFP now because I'm approaching the one-year anniversary of starting my diet and I need some help pushing through these last 15 pounds. That and I lost the support of my friends and family who don't understand why I'm still dieting now that the weddings are over. My best friend has drunkenly taken me aside more than once to try and get me to stop before I'm smaller than she is. So now I have to lose the weight and show them all up, right?!

Merithyn

I also did it to get the attention of a man who already had a girlfriend.

is that ok? maybe I'm wrong, but that seems wrong

Right or wrong, it worked for her.

No point in judging the reasons. They did what they were meant to do.

krbates84

I saw a picture of me from a family weekend and said it's TIME. I've tried everything and never stuck with it. I've very short and battled weight my whole life. Also, we are beginning to talk about having children and I want to be at a much better weight before becoming pregnant.

RF3377

Well at the time of starting out a lot of my friends were loosing weight and I decided I wanted in on this too! Most have given up but not me! I also hate looking back at photos from any nights out I think I always look massive in them, even though I know some of my friends are bigger than me but I was always worried people were laughing at us for been the "fat chicks"

surromom2010

LOL'D IRL..Girl comes out of office, "what's so funny?" all I can say is Diabeetus...

Dave198lbs

I also did it to get the attention of a man who already had a girlfriend.

is that ok? maybe I'm wrong, but that seems wrong

Right or wrong, it worked for her.

No point in judging the reasons. They did what they were meant to do.

fair enough...but if it was your man? you still gonna be so non judgmental?

surromom2010

Wanted to be a healthy BMI to be a surrogate mother, and kept going from there

calalily77

I guess it all started before last years family vacation to mexico. I worked hard for a few months and then gave up. So after seeing the photos I decided it was really time to get in shape. Also, having people tell you that they are glad you are still working on it cause they didn't think you'd stick to it helps the motivation. I guess I thank people who have no confidence in me cause it makes me want to prove them wrong. I'm doing it this time.

BerryH

Oh and I never noticed switching from being the youngest in the office to being the only one over 30 - by a long way - in an office full of skinny 20-somethings. :embarassed:

Merithyn

fair enough...but if it was your man? you still gonna be so non judgmental?

My man wouldn't notice. He's happy where he is, so any girl that wants to look good for him can feel free. They'll be healthier, and I'll still have my man.

breezymom81

I have a totally shallow reason for working as hard as well! I mean I want to be healthy and blah, blah , blah BUT I work out everyday- skip big Macs and gave up Dr Pepper to show my sister up :blushing: Everytime I talk to my mom she goes on and on about how my sister is loosing her weight....looking good, but she' s not and she eats horriable doesnt take care of her self. I enjoy the comparision that is made when we get together----this is the only area that I outshine my sister in my mothers eyes :ohwell: So there you have it..... silly but it motivates me!

jdploki70

Midlife crisis. One day I was putting my kid to bed and he warned me not to sit on his bed because I was too big and would break it. When your 7 year old tells you that you're fat, only in not so many words because he's polite, it's probably time for a change...

Cliffslosinit

Didn't like what I saw in the mirror.
There was stuff all over the floor.

UsedToBeHusky

fair enough...but if it was your man? you still gonna be so non judgmental?

My man wouldn't notice. He's happy where he is, so any girl that wants to look good for him can feel free. They'll be healthier, and I'll still have my man.

This. Maybe if she had been a little more secure in her relationship, then they would still be together. Obviously, I was never a threat. But hey, thanks for reminding me how little someone I had feelings for actually cared about me. A little salt in that wound really helps.

montana_girl

My reason for starting to lose weight was fear... I was closer to weighing 300 than 200 and scared me. Over the years, my reasons and motivations have changed as I have changed.

What keeps me here and keeping the weight off now? Lots of reasons, but the two that I don't mention are, I don't want to end up alone, depressed, and extremely unhealthy like my mother. She rarely leaves her house and when she does it's to buy fattening foods or to go gambling. Its sad, but she's not willing to change.

The other reason (or my reason for getting my butt moving with exercise) is a friend of mine. She's very overweight and complains about it, does the "diet of the month" (for about 3 to 10 days before coming up with an excuse to quit), exercises for a day or two, then comes up with a dozen excuses why she can't/shouldn't/won't exercise. When I start thinking of blowing off my exercise for the day, I think of her and it gets me moving. I don't want to be the whiny friend; I want to be the happy, fit, healthy friend!

There. I admited it.

DrMAvDPhD

I was disgusted with every picture that was taken of me, my size 12s were getting too tight, I was in the "overweight" BMI for the first time ever, and I felt unattractive in every piece of clothing I owned.

Brandicaloriecountess

Cause in Jan 2011 I decided I was so over being fat.

RLDeShazo

One of the reasons I'm here is because I seperated from my husband 7 months ago, and I want a new bod to go with the new life. I have my eye on someone new, but I just don't feel comfortable persuing it looking the way I do now.

BerryH

I've just remembered why my starting weight was significant - it just tipped me over into an "obese" BMI.