Weight loss Tattoo ideas?

osothefinn

I hate to say this and please treat this as just one person's personal opinion ... but my weight + tattoos has really inhibited me from wearing nice clothes and feeling classy. I started getting my tattoos removed a little while ago but had to stop due to lack of funds. I then put on so much weight that (believe it or not) tattoo removal would have cost more because of the additional inches I'd gained.

Now I'm losing, I'm starting to get them removed again. Please, please, please don't get a tattoo. Treat yourself to an experience that you'll never forget, your dream dress/shoes/bag, some jewellery, a make-over & some photos ... just don't mark yourself for life

(fyi, my tattoos can all be covered up - at the top of my arm, ankle, belly, hip - but as a 34 yr old woman in a corporate environment, there's no way I could wear a sleeveless shirt in the heat of summer or shorter-than-ankle-length skirt)

I know there's going to be some people who retaliate to this post and this is just my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I think people who go all-out and it's their style look amazing. But if you're not that 'stylee', please don't. You're so very beautiful how you are.

Good on you for stating your opinion, even though you're going to get post mugged over it. A dissenting opinion never hurts.

ash8184

My brother passed away due to complications during gastric bypass When I lose my first hundred I am having angel wings with his initials tattoed

Oh my gosh, so sad.. I am so sorry to hear this :-(

Phoenix_Warrior

I'm getting a phoenix feather tattoo on my shoulder blade once I reach my goal. Rising from the ashes

FrauHaas2013

It's definitely a personal choice to get a tattoo. The only visible tattoo I have is on my left ankle, and if I really feel the need to, (maybe attending a super-swanky event and I just don't want to draw attention to it), there are makeups out there that can cover tattoos. (Try Kat Von D's - it works!!!) I used to have a few small ones, but now I have a humungous back piece - it takes up all the way from the base of my neck down past the small of my back and completely side-to-side. I work in a professional environment, and believe it or not, people don't even know I have it - unless I choose to let it peek through.

I have long hair, so if I ever do wear something that reveals a little of the back of the neck, my hair covers it. Most of the time I wear shrugs or blazers, anyway. The typical reaction - say if someone sees me on the weekend or something and I'm wearing an open-back tee shirt - is usually, "WHOA!! I had NO IDEA!!" And that's the way I like it. :-)

crackur

im getting a phoenix on my side/rib cage

*** A phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor.

this is a good one I thought about a phoenix

I have 4......one half sleeve

tfpdunn

I hate to say this and please treat this as just one person's personal opinion ... but my weight + tattoos has really inhibited me from wearing nice clothes and feeling classy. I started getting my tattoos removed a little while ago but had to stop due to lack of funds. I then put on so much weight that (believe it or not) tattoo removal would have cost more because of the additional inches I'd gained.

Now I'm losing, I'm starting to get them removed again. Please, please, please don't get a tattoo. Treat yourself to an experience that you'll never forget, your dream dress/shoes/bag, some jewellery, a make-over & some photos ... just don't mark yourself for life

(fyi, my tattoos can all be covered up - at the top of my arm, ankle, belly, hip - but as a 34 yr old woman in a corporate environment, there's no way I could wear a sleeveless shirt in the heat of summer or shorter-than-ankle-length skirt)

I know there's going to be some people who retaliate to this post and this is just my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I think people who go all-out and it's their style look amazing. But if you're not that 'stylee', please don't. You're so very beautiful how you are.

I totally agree. Glad you're brave enough to make this statement, as many are already clubbing you for it.

I'm really befuddled as to why so many people would willingly and knowingly mark their bodies for life in such a way.

jlahorn

I'm not self conscience or embarrassed about it because they are extremely tasteful.

Speaking as someone who has been a manager in charge of hiring in a variety of environments... people can do whatever they want to their bodies, but there is no such thing as a tasteful tattoo. They're all varying levels of WTF. When you display a tattoo, you're telling the people around you something about yourself. Simply displaying one is a "look at me" cry for attention.

Not everybody feels this way, but many do. Whether or not you care is up to you.

KokowithaK

I'm not self conscience or embarrassed about it because they are extremely tasteful.

Speaking as someone who has been a manager in charge of hiring in a variety of environments... people can do whatever they want to their bodies, but there is no such thing as a tasteful tattoo. They're all varying levels of WTF. When you display a tattoo, you're telling the people around you something about yourself. Simply displaying one is a "look at me" cry for attention.

Not everybody feels this way, but many do. Whether or not you care is up to you.

Are you saying I'm not tasteful?!! Well then... Just kidding! We all have our opinions, although it sounds more like you are stating fact. I do agree that some may feel we (us tattooed folk) are 'crying for attention' but it's a bit sad that people feel prejudiced that way. It's literally judging someone based on their outer appearance (which I would hoped wouldn't happen, especially in a forum such as this). I personally got tattooed because I'm a lover of art. I grew up with artistic parents, grandparents, siblings, and other relatives. It's my way of life. My main hobby is illustration. I didn't get my tattoos in the hopes that people would look at me funny; it's a side effect. And I'm alright with that. At the tattoo shop that I worked at, I came across people getting tattooed from all walks of life. A person getting a symbol to show they defeated cancer. A memorial piece for a deceased lover. Remembrance of 9/11. 18 year olds who want to prove their worth. A 90 year old woman getting her first piece of ink. An 85 year old getting their sleeve finished. I've even worked in a 'medical' tattoo parlor that only did ink for people who have lost their hair and for women who have lost their breasts to cancer and wanted their nipples to be tattooed, in order to feel whole again. Some are really loud and obnoxious while they're sitting down; others will put their head phones on and not say a word during the entire session. All in all, it's extremely hard to generalize an entire group of people based on the fact that they got ink.

Not everybody feels this way, but many do. Whether or not you care is up to you.

I would go a step further and say whether or not you feel the need to judge is up to you.

Edited to remove extra quote.