What do you think being fit will get you?

kimad

I might not exactly answer your questions, I am just going to ramble on here LOL!!

When I was 245 lbs, it didn't matter how happy I thought I was, I wasn't.. I mean I had a good job, a family, did fun things, had great friends but beneath it all I longed to be thin, I longed to feel sexy, I longed to shop wherever the hell I wanted.... It was coming to the point I was making excuses about how I would just have to accept that I would be fat forever.

I got so tired of saying 'if I would have only kept with it, I could be this weight by now' etc. Last April my friend asked me to join her running and on MFP, I honestly said something like ' I will join you becuase I will be pissed if you get skinny and I am still fat'

Here I am 84 lbs later and such a brand new person internally. I mean I am still the scarastic smartass I once was but the self confidence, the self esteem, the happiness I feel now can be very overwhelming.. During this process I also left my ex of 9 years and started dating... as I lost weight the confidence with that all emerged as well. My current BF of 6 months has told me more than once that he loves how I can just leave the house and know I look fantastic. I have never once ever asked if I look good.. I know I do. It's empowering...

I know it was a hard road and to maintain will be even harder (as I sit here eating pizza) but I can't go back and I won't go back becuase I love this new person LOVE HER!!!!! and so does everyone else.

Time is going to pass anyways, and now I don't go 'how much could I have weighed if I stuck to it' I say thank god I didn't gain another 50+ lbs...

You got this girl!

ETA - and who knew exercise could be so addicting and make you feel so good.. You just need to find what exercise YOU enjoy doing.

yourenotmine

I just want to be comfortable leaving my house in something other than scrubs. I hate going anywhere or being seen in public. And having someone take my picture? Not happening. As a long, long term goal, I'd like to be able to carry my own groceries, etc, and be able to go up and down stairs by myself when I'm old. Since I can't leave my house, I'm sure to be alone when I'm old.

polishmehappy

I'm curretntly trying to back into the swing of things. I was doing really well before I had an accident - although I did workout today!! WOOT! I have to remind myself why I want this.

What's the REAL reason you want to lose weight? How do you think your life will change once you get there? Is your weight stopping you in other areas of your life?

I'm sorry for the bombardment of questions - I just find hearing other stories interesting and inspiring.

My REAL reason:
I'm terrified of CVAs and MIs. Most of the patients I meet with these problems are overweight. Granted there are some who are not but the majority are. It's not the "dying" part that scares me...it is "living" depending on others to wipe my *kitten* that frighten me.
Secondary reasons?
High heels, smaller clothes (clearance racks are kinder to smaller sizes and my pocket is tiny) My weight is stopping me from buying nicer clothes to wear and from going out with my friends like I used to

abbylane35

*Reduce my paranoia about everyone judging me for being overweight (even though I know it shouldn't bother me, but it does)...

*Make me more willing to get out and do things...and not let my self-consciousness get the best of me.

*Hopefully more time in this life to spend with my son.

*The ability to wear clothes that I actually like...instead of what I can get in my size that looks decent and I can deal with.

*Hopefully to motivate my husband to lose weight so that he doesn't suffer from his weight...

I could go on, but I think you get the point...with every pound that I lose I am gaining a part of the me that I want to be but have been afraid to be...

teacheatsleep

Confidence! I'm shy and try my best to not be noticed. I can't live like that anymore. When I've reached my goal, I can't wait to yell, "Look at me!"

SheilaBradshaw

I want to be able to love myself and my body. I've always struggled with low self-esteem. Now that I've lost 28 pounds (only 12 left to goal weight) and 20+ inches, I'm beginning to be proud of me. I've put in so much hard work changing my eating habits, working out, drinking my water, and drinking my Shakeology daily, and now the hard work is paying off.

It will also let me be a product of the product. Drinking Shakeology and doing my Beachbody workouts have changed my life. Now I can pay it forward and help others change their lives.

I love my life now.

runfatmanrun

I don't want to have to take pills to live. If I had stayed fat or got fatter I am sure I would have been on cholesterol med, diabetes meds, high blood pressure meds, or something else. For me, none of these would be caused by heredity so that would mean they were self inflicted laziness pills. What moron does that to themself. Getting fit keeps me healthy and off stupid pills.

kini324

To get healthier. My dad is a severe Type 2 diabetic and only has five out of ten toes. I do NOT want to put my kids through what I've gone through.

ohmykai

Most definitely my Self Confidence Back, plain and Simple.

tbodega

1st reason: I HATED how I looked in one pic taken that it made me get serious about getting back to a healthier weight.
2nd reason: I watch Ninja Warrior and I want to be healthy enough to run that course someday without failing at the 1st obstacle due to being out of shape!!
3rd reason: Sometimes it's annoying or not convenient to work out but it's far more annoying and inconvenient to have to take pills, surgery, ect to being unhealthy!

Darlis

I have always been overweight, but as I began to feel worse and worse my weight spiralled out of control. At over 300 lbs, I found out I have MS, depression and pain made me gain more. I picked myself up out of the depression and started this journey to stay OUT of a wheelchair. I am hoping that being fit will keep me independent longer and help keep me MOVING!

EvilMomma

I'm 1/3 of the way to my goal and I'm struggling to get over the hump and start the next 20 lbs; this is a great topic!

The first 20 gave me back things like being able to breathe after running up a flight of stairs, painting my toenails without struggling with the belly in the way, and my clothes fitting better.

The next 20 will bring things that I'm scared of....like people noticing the weight loss. It'll take away my excuse to exercise. It'll force me to acknowledge that I'm in charge of my body rather than letting it be a fluke that I'm losing weight.

There! I've said these things out loud (okay, typed them) in public. Now, maybe, I can get over the hump and get on with what I want--to be healthy, sexy, free, and self-determined.

Cathy_Daydreams

The real reason for me losing weight is to ensure I have a healthy and long career as an actress and to also feel better about myself, raise my confidence and open a few doors that have been closed because of my low self esteem. I hope that I will feel a lot better after losing the weight and that I will feel that I can not only live without horrible friends who said I wouldn't do it and made me very unhappy about the way I looked, but also show the world that I'm better off for it.
Although my weight has never stopped me, directly, apart from when I've been trying to squeeze into my old jeans, it has lowered my confidence which has stopped me a lot, it's made me more vulnerable to harsh comments, stopped me getting into certain drama groups and made me feel like I can;t do any better than the horrible friends I ended up with who made me feel like the dirt beneath their feet.
It's time for a change.

Tat2dDom624

It'll make my mind sharper, i'll be a more relaxed person, a better Martial Artist, and i'll have some sort of cushion if i do fall off the wagon.

GaglianiGirl

I am only in my 20s. Most people don't really worry about losing their parents to health issues that young, but sometimes I feel like I'm just waiting on the call. Most of my mom's health issues are weight related. She couldn't really help much when I had my babies. She was able to make it, but she can't even walk over to pick up the baby or babysit while I had a nap. I think it hurt her feelings bc she wanted ro do those things. She has a hard time getting in and out of the bed and car, and has had to have several skin grafts on her legs to try to save from losing them... I love her and I want her to be around for a lot longer. I want to go shopping with her and bring her to the zoo with the kids and so many other things. I want to be able to buy her plane tickets to come visit us. My main motivation is to not be her. I want to be around for as long as I can for my kids. I want to get in the floor to play with my grandbabies one day and all those things. My other motivation is the hope that my mom and brother will see my transformation and feel inspired and motivated to help themselves. We will see her again at the beginning of next year and I really hope I am at least 100lbs down by then.

LisaB55

I have to admit that to some degree vanity has been a big motivator. I hate thinking about how fat I am every waking minute of every day. I would love to be able to go to the regular women's section of any store instead of having to shop in the "fat ladies" area.

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes several years ago and have to take 2 meds to control it. I am so terrified of having to start insulin. My job would make it very hard to leave the room and check my blood sugar--especially without telling anyone why I was leaving. I am so humiliated that I have done this to myself that I can't even admit that I have diabetes to the people I work with. It is especially embarrassing because I am a doctor and feel that I should have known better--and assume that everyone else judges me harshly for that as well.

When I am in better shape and not as big, I plan to be more active. I love to hike, but doing it would just about kill me right now, which is pretty sad. It would also be nice not to have to worry that the person walking down the aisle of the airplane is hoping they don't have the seat beside me when I get on the plane to get someplace I actually can hike.

Perhaps the most important thing is that I will be an example and inspiration for my family. My husband is proportionately even bigger than I am and although it doesn't seem to be happening yet, I am hoping some of this will rub off on him and give him a push to do something about it. It is already working on my 16-year-old daughter who started the journey with me a week after I found MFP. It will be so fantastic to know that she will be able to feel comfortable in her own skin and be the better rock climber she dreams of being.