You're so Vain!

Jesea

I want to look hot. For so many reasons!

tldust

Of course, I want to look hot! Hopefully, younger too, but I won't hold my breath. I want to be able to walk into any store and find my cute little size 9, try it on and look fabulous. I was limited to Lane Bryant and The Avenue for sooo long. I'm now on the edge of normal. Able to get into a size 14 at JC Penny's. You know regular clothes are much cheaper. I want to have the ability to find the cool stuff at Good Will and those Vintage shops too. I love the Mad Men styles.

SPNLuver83

To look good naked and not cringe in the mirror.... to be able to wear those clingy dresses without looking frumpy, and without wearing any "control" items underneath to smooth things out as has been suggested to me. Might make you look good in the dress, but when it comes off those things are not sexy lol. And to be fit and healthy so I can be active and have more outdoorsy type fun. I miss that. I used to be such a tomboy as a kid.

dusty_712001

Hmmm, really? I am the only one doing this to look good.

Not at all. I am primarily doing this for the way I look. Secondly, to experience less back pain when doing anything. To be completely honest, my overall health has never really been a driving factor (I know that is bad, but it's truth).

CookieCrumble

No.... you're not alone. The others can't answer right now, I expect they're busy posing infront of the mirrors... :bigsmile:

This is the dress I just ordered... http://www.lightinthebox.com/trumpet-mermaid-halter-floor-length-evening-dress_p245970.html?utm_campaign=cartcross

I'm here to fit into it... the health and fitness are delightful side effects. Now THAT'S vanity..

That dress is amazing...i'm way too short to ever wear it, but it'll look amazing on you

Oh you're very kind, but my profile pic isn't of me. The dress would look fab on that model (it's a Boden model with the other outfit on that I've ordered). I'm about the same height as the gal wearing the dress I've just bought but she's a UK6 and I'm going to be a UK12 to wear the dress (currently a UK20). I'm also blonde and a bit (a lot!) top-heavy, but whatever it takes, I'm going to FIT INTO THAT DRESS. I chant it like a mantra, every day, every hour.... WHEN I get into it, I'll be spamming the board with a picture of me wearing it, and not in a 'shrink-to-fit' kind of way.

My personal trainer always tries to motivate me with 'healthful' thingies but he's given up with that and now he talks about 'The Dress' because he knows I'll do ANYTHING to get into it....It's just pain afterall...

Sarahmeridith

I want to have cute clothes agian, and I want to have clothes that fit nice...now i feel like no matter what size I buy the fit just isnt good.

BostonMatt

I really thought this post was about me.

mommajolynn

I'm doing it so my son won't be able to walk up to me and jiggle my belly fat anymore. And I want to wear shorts. Pants get soo hot.. I don't even feel really comfortable in capris sometimes because of all the fat at my ankles. I want to be comfortable in my body and be the sexy girl I know I can be...

Also.. Bikini...

bulbadoof

My non-health reason is that I want to be a singer, but I know I can't get anywhere in the entertainment business as a woman without a pleasing figure. In addition to managing the heart health-related anxiety I've been experiencing for years, I'm jumping through the hoops I have to jump through in order to be successful in a performing career.

Lolli1986

yep, i'm within a healthy weight, just vanity weight to lose. i do think weighing less will make being active easier though. >_>

Phoenix1401

I WANT to look hot! I'm going to be honest right now....I'm going to be a slut when I drop all this weight.

andreamelo1

i feel good about myself when i exercise, i feel good at the difference i'm making for my kids. but i dont agree that its because i want to "look hot" or "get skinny" i want to be healthy & if that makes me vain then thats what i am

McLifterPants

Here's a vain reason: my mom took family photos at Christmas and I was pissed that I was way fatter than all my sisters! (There are 4 of us, and they are all gorgeous). I had to hide in the back of the pics to disguise my belly. So yeah, I started out competing with my sisters, but now I'm doing it because it makes me feel good, haha. Although the fact that I'm getting married in 2014 and my sisters are my bridesmaids is still a consideration... I WILL look hotter than them in my wedding photos!!!! Hahaha.

This is us at Christmas, with me hiding on the far left:

MonkeyBars

er....bugger....yup, chubby vain or thin vain, I'm vain

But my training is first for functional strength so I can be the best I can be and keep challenging myself,
it's just a nice side effect to look fitter too

Now where's the mirror LOL

ps
I'm over 40 and past it....other peeps may not be, but I collect injuries like they're going out of fashion,
not like in my 30s, when I'd spring back in days, not weeks!

HotMamaByVday

To look good naked and not cringe in the mirror.... to be able to wear those clingy dresses without looking frumpy, and without wearing any "control" items underneath to smooth things out as has been suggested to me. Might make you look good in the dress, but when it comes off those things are not sexy lol. And to be fit and healthy so I can be active and have more outdoorsy type fun. I miss that. I used to be such a tomboy as a kid.

And they are not comfortable either. PLUS, it just moves your fat around. Not pretty

juliecat1

I have a cheer leading uniform tucked in the back of my closet that would be fun to get into. I thought I was so fat back them. Duuuuuumb.

BigBrewski

i want to be able to walk around shirtless

LifeChangingExp

I WANT to look hot! I'm going to be honest right now....I'm going to be a slut when I drop all this weight.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

ladytinkerbell99

No.... you're not alone. The others can't answer right now, I expect they're busy posing infront of the mirrors... :bigsmile:

This is the dress I just ordered... http://www.lightinthebox.com/trumpet-mermaid-halter-floor-length-evening-dress_p245970.html?utm_campaign=cartcross

I'm here to fit into it... the health and fitness are delightful side effects. Now THAT'S vanity..

^ Your dress is gorgeous!! Good luck...I know that you will look smashing in it! :flowerforyou:

darrensurrey

A moment of truth - What is the real (by that I mean vain) reason you are trying to lose weight?

Mine is to 1) Look like the skinny girl I was in high school at my 20th reunion and 2) to look hot in a bikini again.

Same for me.





Apart from the "being a skinny girl" or looking "hot in a bikini". It really is down to vanity and I've accepted this a long time ago. I feel no shame about it, either.

HotMamaByVday

A moment of truth - What is the real (by that I mean vain) reason you are trying to lose weight?

Mine is to 1) Look like the skinny girl I was in high school at my 20th reunion and 2) to look hot in a bikini again.

Same for me.





Apart from the "being a skinny girl" or looking "hot in a bikini". It really is down to vanity and I've accepted this a long time ago. I feel no shame about it, either.

Ha! I had to check your profile to make sure I understood. So, you want to look hot in a speedo?

sktllmdrhmz

Lady boners.

MaraDiaz

I have reasons other than appearance. Good reasons, and lots of them. But I'd be lying if I said I didn't take out the photo album to look at the skinny pics for motivation at least once a month. Apperance isn't reason #1, but it's definitely on my top ten. It might even be in the top 5.

crimsoncat

Why should we feel ashamed? Looking good is something to be proud of. Those that worry about the sinfulness of vanity are a little to self-loathing for my tastes. I see no need to flog myself for speaking the truth.

I'm totally in this for the looks, eating healthy is only a side effect.

Brandicaloriecountess

My first motivation in Jan 2011 was to look good on the cruise I went on last summer. Now it's to keep on getting hotter.

darrensurrey

A moment of truth - What is the real (by that I mean vain) reason you are trying to lose weight?

Mine is to 1) Look like the skinny girl I was in high school at my 20th reunion and 2) to look hot in a bikini again.

Same for me.





Apart from the "being a skinny girl" or looking "hot in a bikini". It really is down to vanity and I've accepted this a long time ago. I feel no shame about it, either.

Ha! I had to check your profile to make sure I understood. So, you want to look hot in a speedo?

Speedos... naked... topless when training... taking a break from washing the car to drink a can of Pepsi... *shrug* :-D

Interestingly, vanity requires dedication and hard work.

dad106

I'm doing this because I was tired of being fat.. and to make my friends jealous.

Up until I discovered Alcohol in college, I was a size 6.. left college and I was a size 10 at 180 pounds... and I was fat! I was not happy with what I saw at all... Had a stomach pooch, love handles, the whole 9 yards.

Fast forward a year, I weigh the same as I did 4 years ago... and back then I was wearing a 10.. and now I wear a 4! I haven't been a 4 since High School.. and It feels amazing! I'm also stronger and tighter... which means I look awesome naked!

lilbpixie

Ta hell with looking good in a bikini.... I wanna look smokin naked! :devil: :explode:

snw_

um, to look rad and get attention?

Momma_Grizz

I have my big milestone birthday celebration booked in September and I really would like look HOT getting in and out of that limo! :bigsmile: