Revenge Weight Loss....

MightyDomo

I always thought it was the best revenge, look better and look like your doing so much better. Who wouldn't look twice and wonder why they let you go after that?

sgtrowley

Guilty - but I have to add that I also want the "pretty girls" from high school see that too.

Shameful, I know!

Ahh social media! I have seen (thanks to face book) many "hot" girls have became large.... lol, and looking back at my high school self... I've became pretty damn hot.....

EatClean_WashUrNuts

Anyone that does is doing so for the wring reason.

dare2love81

My ex's didn't break up with me because I was overweight. We split for a number of reasons - my weight having nothing to do with it. But even if it did, it would never be the reason I'd want to lose weight. Why would I want someone back in my life who didn't love me for me?

The flip side of this is hey...whatever it takes to motivate you to be a better you - go for it.

4_Lisa

I think the better question is Who DOESN'T have this motive

Those of us who don't have exes.

Yep, been with my hubby since I was 16... don't really care what my junior high boyfriends have to say! LOL, I want my hubby and kids to be proud of me... no one else matters to me.

SmilesIowa

I think this would definitely be a bonus!

shorrtcaake

There was... Now I decided to cut them totally out of my life and I'm partly doing this for my new life and new relationships :happy:

coyoteo

I wont lie, being a sexy little young thing in front of my husbands ex wife thrills the crap out of me.

EmilyJackCO

Permanent restraining orders are a wonderful thing.... I was 178 lbs when I kicked my ex out 5 years ago. No desire whatsoever to have him within the same county. But then, I don't believe in revenge either. Living the best life I can is more than sweet enough.

ebonypixie

Im doing this for me firstly, and for my boyfriend secondly who really always tells me I look sexy but is attracted to me even more so when Im fit because I was totally ripped when we first started dating

BUT revenge is SWEEEEEET Im guilty of looking forward to a friends going-away party at the end of March, which my ex and his new squeeze will be at. (BTW, my name is Niamh aaaand guess what his new girlfriends name is...lol. Niamh! HEHE)

It still bothers me that he said some pretty ****ty stuff about me when we broke up, told people I was a waste of space, had no prospects in life and would end up unhappy and he couldnt wait to rub it in my face. I just would like to make it clear that the joke is on him now!

He will see that I have an awesome bod, my own business, and madly in love with my boyfriend and our little family we have made for ourselves! Ive never been happier

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

never.

jessjayjenk

I think that it is a stupid reason to lose weight. I rather lose weight for myself and be healthy. I read somewhere that someone posted on their profile their sole reason for weight loss was to make their BF's ex more jealous then she already was. But how does she know that person is jealous. Maybe the person losing weight has self-esteem issues and is having problems with her BF and cannot admit it so cast the blame on someone else. I just think revenge weight loss is stupid. But that is my opinion.

I don't think it's stupid because it's a motivating factor. Whoever has different motives for starting their weightloss journey isn't dumb. It's a good thing because after you start losing the weight it does become less about your original motive and more about yourself. Whatever starts you off is great!

PS. I have done this before but my current journey to health and fitness is for me. I'm living alone and mostly independent so it's nice that that isn't my motive anymore.

MireyGal76

hehe - mine wasn't hidden - hell it's still on my profile...

thing is, I don't think he gives a rats *kitten* anyways... he's already moved on.
and at this point, I don't care about making him jealous anymore either... I've moved beyond that point too. :-D

loneworg

if it the motivation you need to get healthy i say go for it. Personally for me I hate my exes and i would feel like im doing it for them and not for my self. Just my 2cents but like I said if that what you like then go for it.

sevsmom

Never was a motivator. But I will admit when my daughter told me her stepmom said. . ."Your mom is REALLY fit. What does she do?" I was inwardly satisfied. Especially considering my ex went through a series of younger and younger women before he married this young lady. She is 14 years younger than me, so I was pretty flattered that she thought I was really fit!! :-) I don't know what the ex thinks, though. But, that's nothing new.

Shikonneko

I'm totally in this for me (all the countless reasons), but on the days when I'm tired and don't want to care it's a good reminder to think of how everyone else will perceive me when I'm done. Particularly my (soon-to-be) ex; I kept trying to get him to go to the gym with me, to help him feel better but he just wouldn't have any of it. Some days it's easier to push through the pain when you think of that sweet revenge.

PRMinx

I'm doing it for myself!!

But I would be lying if I said that when I'm at GW I wouldn't want to "accidentally" run into an EX and rub his nose into it. Cheating *kitten*. Doesn't help that one of his complaints about me were my cheeks (on my face) He used poke fun at them constantly!

Took the words right out of my mouth!

Breaking up and proving a point was definitely my motivation to kick start diet and fitness and go to business school. I'm not doing it to rub his nose in it, and I genuinely hope I never see him again, but success in any facet of life when you've been treated so poorly is the sweetest revenge. And it's good for rebuilding any confidence lost while in a bad relationship.

pawnstarNate

I dated a Florida Gator cheerleader when I lived in Florida years ago. Not facebook friends but, I've made it a point to send a message a couple of times to check on her family and such and I make sure my profile pic depicts my healthier side....and for the record, damn she's packed on the pounds!!! lol

creech6317

When I first signed up and started on MFP it was partly for revenge. I wanted to get all in shape and then rub it in his face. But after the anger from the breakup went away, he doesn't figure in my thoughts at all.

I am still working towards my goal, but now it is partly to show my family (my mother who said I will always be fat no matter what I do, and all of the aunts and uncles who haven't seen me in forever and are all at least 100+ overweight. I want them to see it isn't genetic, we can get healthy and have a great life.)

But when friends see me and comment on how great I am looking and want to know what I have been doing to get in shape, it feels great, and I love telling people about MFP.

VitVit18

My favourite thing is randomly seeing that my emotionally abusive ex has put on a ton of weight (he has moobs now!), and even though I put on weight after we broke up, I've lost most of it since he last saw me! It's an awesome feeling, I'm not going to lie!

fit4lifeUcan2

I think the better question is Who DOESN'T have this motive

Those of us who don't have exes.

This^^^
although I secretly love the look on family members faces when they see me now lol

Yanicka1

It was never a factor but it was sweet when he asked me what I was doing so he could tell his gf.

I wish I could rub it in the face of my high school bullies.

jacque1129

I must say I have a little extra motivation to be skinnier than my high school "BFFS" that called me fat etc, now they're fat and I'm quietly laughing behind my laptop as I exit out of their facebook pages. Muhahah, muhahah! MUHAHAHA!

Yeah I sound crazy but it motivates me every once and awhile :P