What is your HONEST reason for losing weight??????

To get a hot girlfriend and to look amazing

when i was back in high school my buddies would show off their arms and they little bicep bumps and i had nothing! So i had to buy my dbs back then. Also i didn't want to have sex with the body i had back then :P

This extra weight makes me slower than I should be. I want to be competitive in my running and triathlon races.

To eliminate my ankle and knee pain -- either because the weight loss will "change the weight bearing characteristics on the joints" as my doctor says --OR-- (and I think this is more likely) I will prove to my doctor that there is more to the problem than just my weight even if they can't find what's wrong (and has been progressively wrong for at least 23 years WAY before I gained all the weight) so they will have to stop blaming it on weight when I've done my part and really get in there and look around and find out what's going on and get it fixed for real. Either way I lose the pain so it's a win-win scenario!

I'm 20kg lighter than I used to be 4 years ago.
I think I look fekking amazing compared to then.
But, now I'm playing derby and it's ok to be bigger and wear the uniform, but I don't want me to be asking for pics removed because I look crappy or to be the one the texts go around about after the pics go up 'Did you see Pwnie's *kitten* in that shot?'
I don't want my tattoo artist to tattoo massive thighs.
I don't want to be the fat slow one at derby anymore.
I don't want to be full of excuses why I don't commit to my health.
I don't want to sit in the car with my PT friend and make excuses to her why I didn't get off my butt this week.

Mine is vanity and performance around derby. I want to kick lots of *kitten*, not have it.

I hate having to buy clothing that is cut to cover up troublesome spots. Those clothes are still ill-fitting, don't make me feel good, and aren't what I truly want to buy. Also, I don't want to walk into a trendy jean shop and be told they just don't have any sizes that fit me.

And I've lost weight before but I've done it all the wrong ways.
I'd like to inspire my partner to eat better also and.... Gosh I really didn't want to say this but honesty is honesty right?
I don't want to be the fat step mum. I've got three step kids and their mum is tiny tiny tiny. She's naturally small and I know that I'll never get to be that size but I HATE when my step kids call me fat and mean it. I hate when they say 'Mum says you're fat and fat is gross' or when she texts my boyfriend and asks him why he's with me when he could be with her. It tears me apart to hear 'I don't want to eat all my dinner because it'll give me a fat tummy like my step mum'
I want to be a good role model for them. That you can be whatever size, play sport and still be healthy as long as you are good to your body. I don't want them to think that looking good or being attractive is only based on the size of your pants and how much makeup you wear. I want them to know that healthy is paramount.

And I want to know deep down that even though people yell at me in the street or give me filthy looks (I got to a size 14 once and looked sickly lol how does that work?) that even though I'm currently an 18 that I treat myself well. I don't want to be upset by those comments any more.

I need knee replacement surgery and I have numerous other health issues. Mostly though I want to be able to play with my grandchildren without being in constant pain.

to be honest not sure. I would like to think it will help with increasing my mental functions(get smarter,more creative, etc), reduce depression, and increase confidence. At one point I tried to convince myself I'll have more sex if I do. But that extremely most likely indefinitely won't happen. I will still be boring:laugh:

I mean, isn't it kind of depressing when you realize that--maybe not--I'm more apathetic. But I could have huge arms and a six pack, and I'll still be weird as hell.

It is at times(gets very bad also). But I rather stay a geek/nerd and be weird regardless of weight or shape then just trying to fake my way threw life and relationships. Too much work and energy and I imagine it would suck the joy even out of sex(that is if sex is as good as people make it out to be)

So that I feel like I'm someone worth marrying.

I wouldn't marry someone who was as self-destructive as I was, drinking too much, smoking, taking drugs, eating crap constantly. If I was a man, I would want to marry a healthy lass who loves life and wants to LIVE it, not watch it walk by. Someone healthy enough to bear and raise kids, and still have enough energy to have fun.

Someone who looked gorgeous, radiant and full of life in the wedding photos.

I gained 75 pounds when I was pregnant 23 years ago and it took me 15 years to finally lose 60 pounds of it. I exercised, I ate well, I felt good, I was beautiful. Then my mother developed dementia and my teenage son and I became 24X7 caregivers. I worked full time in the office when she was in day care and at home when she wasn't. My son is a full time college student and was trying to juggle her transportation around classes and job. It was demanding when she was early stage, but then she went middle and late stage and we have struggled to handle it for 4 years, each in different ways. I gained over a 115 pounds, my son escaped to his friends on weekends wrapped in guilt because he felt he was abandoning me. I felt like I had lost him and lost myself. My mother passed away 5 months ago and we're slowly finding our way back again. He's doing all the things a young man should be doing and now I need to do the things to take care of myself. My BP and cholesterol are up, there is diabetes in my family and at 55 years old I creak, groan and my joints hurt like an unhealthy 80 year old. I'm afraid it's too late, that I have damaged myself physically and there is a certain measure of hopelessness when I look at myself or the scale. But I have to make this work, I don't know what else to do. I have 130 pounds to lose and I don't want to look and feel like this anymore. I want to find the person inside me again. That's my reason for wanting to lose weight.

So i can feel and look better!!!

To feel young and energetic. I'm sick of carrying around extra kilos.

Rudimae, Thank you so much for saying something to me. I read your post and it was so similar. I think that your husband is a good man to support you in the way he does. He has your back. :-) I have good support from my son and he encourages me, telling I've done far harder things. I've depended on him so much for these years I think I need to find support in a different way and that's why I joined this site and then spoke up on a forum. Talk about outside the comfort zone! Your reaching out to me and sharing how you feel lets me know this was the right choice.

These manboobies gotta go!