if health is #1, what is your #2 reason to lose weight?

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  • JustHilsie
    JustHilsie Posts: 41 Member
    #2 i don't want to worry about fitting in chairs or breaking them when i go out in public
  • ElizaRoche
    ElizaRoche Posts: 2,005 Member
    vanity for sure. Look better in mirrors and pictures, since I have avoided mirrors and cameras pretty much all my life.
  • jakidb
    jakidb Posts: 1,010 Member
    me
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    Right now it's the 11 weeks, 3 days til I hit the seven mile beach at Negril! LOL
  • Kellyeee2013
    Kellyeee2013 Posts: 221
    1. To be the best version of myself I can be! (thinner, fitter, stronger, healthier, energetic, etc. It all goes together)
    2. To make my ex go insane next time I see him. Ha!
    3. To make other women hide their boyfriends from me. I joke! I joke!
    4. I have no reason NOT TO GET FIT!
  • IowaJen1979
    IowaJen1979 Posts: 406 Member
    To walk into a store and be able to try on anything I want, not having to worry about finding a size big enough for me. And to look good in the clothes!
  • 5pmsomewherenow
    5pmsomewherenow Posts: 163 Member
    For the previous few years, I had gotten into the poor-health-habit of snoring quite loudly EVERY night. It was a symptom of being over-weight and drinking too much each night. I knew things had to change, because this was driving my husband into the guest room just about every night. BINGO - about the time I lost 25 lbs, and wasn't drinking anymore (3mos into this journey...) No more snoring!
  • Myosha86
    Myosha86 Posts: 46
    VANITY !!!!!!!!!
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    I don't want to live the second half of my life as a dumpy lady. I look much better thin.

    You can be young, plump, and cute. But it doesn't work any more in your 50's.
  • azwen
    azwen Posts: 237 Member
    My goals/priorities/reasons:

    Improved health/fitness, both now (in my 40s) and into old age. (This includes healthy body fat %, increased muscle, improved cardiovascular fitness, energy, decreased risk of heart disease/diabetes/etc.)

    Improved ability to enjoy lots of activities. Currently I take horseback riding lessons and hike. I like snorkeling when we go on vacation. I would like to get a kayak someday. I want to do more cross-country skiing when we're up in the high country in winter, and even get good at it! I don't want my weight or fitness level to keep me from enjoying things I have the opportunity to do.

    Improved appearance. I want to feel good about how I look, and enjoy clothes again. (I am already doing a bit better in this area, as I was able to buy a smaller jeans size, and my husband says I look slimmer.)

    Setting a good example for my son. I want him to be active, to keep trying new activities and learning new things, and to develop habits that will hopefully keep him from struggling so much in middle age as my husband and I have.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    What if health isn't # 1? I'm thinking that if I cared more about my health, I would quit smoking cigarettes. Meh... *shrugs*


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  • algebravoodoo
    algebravoodoo Posts: 776 Member
    So I don't turn into my mother!!!!!
  • Reb2979
    Reb2979 Posts: 19 Member
    I want to not only look amazing in a bikini this summer but also be able to squeeze into a sexy little black dress for my 21st in november!
  • RandiLandCHANGED
    RandiLandCHANGED Posts: 630 Member
    So I can quit hearing "You look great....for having three kids." Nothing irks me as bad as that. I just want to LOOK GOOD!!
  • DorkothyParker
    DorkothyParker Posts: 618 Member
    I'd like to wear anything I like again. In fact, that's #1.

    I don't need to "lose weight" to be healthy, just work out for heart health. So that's #2.

    I'm hoping when I look better I won't worry so much so I won't pass my neuroses onto my daughter when she is older.
  • algebravoodoo
    algebravoodoo Posts: 776 Member
    For my wedding and to look hot for my fiance later that night :wink:

    Just remember... half of HOT is in your attitude, not just your thighs!
    I'm sure you'll let him know just what a lucky man he is :smooched:
    Congrats!
  • bethygirlie
    bethygirlie Posts: 311 Member
    To rub it in at the reunion....when I graduated high school I weighed 350 pounds. Now I'm 165. So they can put that in their pipe and smoke it.
  • sugboog29
    sugboog29 Posts: 630 Member
    Yes #1 Health
    #2..stay in good health for cheaper insurance
    #3..to show myself I can do it...(and show my mom too)
    #4..so my grandkids have a cool slim gram!
    #5..that next class reunion!!
  • RobfromLakewood
    RobfromLakewood Posts: 684
    This may seem stupid, but I really want my boyfriend to be able to feel like he has a hot girlfriend. I think he already feels that way, but i want it to be true for everyone, not just him. I think with guys I have dated in the past, maybe they have secretly been a little embarrassed to introduce me to their family or friends (This VERY well might just have been me projecting that on them). The current one is amazing and I've never felt that with him, but I just want him to be proud of me and be proud to call me his.

    This makes sense to me. Most of my life I have been confident in my looks. After dating and then marrying my wife, we got into a very sedentary and fatty food abundant lifestyle. We really attacked this new and not improved us in July 2012. For me, a major motivation is that my wife is 16 years younger then me. She's already going to have to change my diapers one day, but why bring that day on sooner than it has to be or have her friends wonder why the heck she married the old fat dude. Now they can just wonder why she married the old dude.
  • Shabbyrose
    Shabbyrose Posts: 35
    My number 2 is to prove all the neigh sayers wrong.
  • stormtruck2
    stormtruck2 Posts: 118 Member
    So I no longer beep when I backup/walk backwards.
  • Iceman420
    Iceman420 Posts: 195
    I want to be able to buy clothes at Wal-Mart and other regular stores. I want to look normal for a change. And since I was the fat kid in school, I want to be 180 when our next reunion comes up :)
  • motown13
    motown13 Posts: 688 Member
    I want to be able to buy clothes at Wal-Mart and other regular stores. I want to look normal for a change. And since I was the fat kid in school, I want to be 180 when our next reunion comes up :)

    It is nice to not be "ripped off" with over inflated prices of "big men's" clothes, for sure..... I'm borderline 2x - 3x, so I can buy some stuff in regular stores, but the variety isn't great. I laugh when I go into Casual Male and they want $20+ for a T shirt. Well, really, I kind of cry, but you get my point.
  • liltenji
    liltenji Posts: 69 Member
    So I no longer beep when I backup/walk backwards.

    that comment has made my day ahahahah!
  • liltenji
    liltenji Posts: 69 Member
    i cant decide if its for confidence, proving people wrong or fashion. mostly fashion i think :)

    health doesnt come into it tbh. I just want to get into better clothes.
  • emilybrianne15
    emilybrianne15 Posts: 31
    My reasons are looking good in cute outfits and feeling confident about myself. :)
  • 1KiwiChick
    1KiwiChick Posts: 479 Member
    to have a full , fun, awesome exciting life from now on. Ive been overweight since my teens and a mum since age 18 so with my 40's looming its time to put me first!
  • mortyfit
    mortyfit Posts: 354 Member
    Forget health reasons......I just want to look good naked.
  • schondell
    schondell Posts: 556 Member
    vanity

    Testify!
  • Yasmine91
    Yasmine91 Posts: 599 Member
    To look good naked.

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