Selfish/Shallow Reasons for losing weight?

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  • blakejohn
    blakejohn Posts: 1,129 Member
    hahaha my shallow reasons:

    - want ALL the boys to look at me
    - want to look amazing in bikini
    - want to make those two liitle *****y girls jealous when they see me

    THIS ^^

    this mans looking
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I'm obsessed with my body fat. I sit and find every flaw. -_- I want to look perfect (and know that will never happen).
  • BRenkwell
    BRenkwell Posts: 30 Member
    Um...I feel super shallow and terrible for this one - so I guess judge away, but I have a belly - I wish I could provide a picture, but it's like my gut is on a shelf. I've got a flat stomach from my hip bones and across, but my belly fat is all gross and stuff above that. Anyway, I'm extremely terrified of being one of those people who's belly gets so big that when they sit, it falls between their legs. I'm scared that since my gut is already the way it is, that I'm predestined to be one of those poor people.

    I'm a terrible person.
  • filming_ghosts
    filming_ghosts Posts: 81
    I think a lot of us would be lying if we said looking good wasn't a big motivator for us haha. But to everyone who thinks that when you lose weight you can just walk in a clothing store and pick anything off the rack and it'll look good, that's not always the case! I wear a size 6 and a small/medium in most things, but clothes won't always be flattering on your shape. Plus smaller sizes sell out quicker...I can't tell you how many times I've found a really cute top but it was way too big for me!
  • Farmerj2000
    Farmerj2000 Posts: 210 Member
    I'm losing weight so that when the zombie apocalypse comes I can outrun all you suckers.

    LOL Not if we are in shape Zombies
  • Nix143
    Nix143 Posts: 522 Member
    All of the above and owning it!

    To be honest the health benefits are a nice side effet - my main motivator is to get my mojo back, to get my strut back, to be confident in my body - to get back into my rubber! Love me some latex clothing and it ain't pretty if you're carrying excess baggage.

    I'm 43 in a month and I refuse to believe I can't be hotter in my 40s than I have ever been before - anything is possible and damn, I'm gonna try really hard to get there.
  • AmyP619
    AmyP619 Posts: 1,137 Member
    I think everyone is going to have some small part of them that says looking good sure would be nice!!!!!! Even if you're doing it for health reasons, I think there's still a part of you that is excited to be that much more attractive. Everyone wants to look good, it's just human nature!
  • Kelsie89
    Kelsie89 Posts: 1 Member
    When it comes to getting healthier I think any motivation is better than no motivation at all. I think that the majority wants to lose weight for shallow reasons. I know that's why I want to! :)
  • pkw58
    pkw58 Posts: 2,038 Member
    The first three times (once in my 20's, 30's and 40's) I just wanted to look better. This time, it was all about healthy until I woke up a size 8 vs the 10 I was aiming for.. the last 7 pounds I lost was all about vanity! It's great to be a size 8 at age 53! I have have a dress and one pair of jeans in size 6.. but jeez, now I want a long lean ballet body..so I added Barre3 for that reason.

    I am happy to stay in my doctor mandated weight range of 129-139, but shallow vanity pushes me to narrow that range to 129-134!! prefer to stay at 132 or below!
  • solyhhit
    solyhhit Posts: 97 Member
    I'm 35 and still wanna be a superhero. Wait, is that selfish or stupid?
  • kngarber
    kngarber Posts: 227
    I suppose many of my reasons for wanting to lose weightare shallow. Eh, whatever.
  • Ashlee2421
    Ashlee2421 Posts: 58 Member
    Pretty much what the OP said.
    I'm tired of being the fat friend. I'm tired of going out with my 5'1 118 lbs best friend and watching her get number after number when she doesn't want any of it and I'm the one that's so damn tired of being alone.
    I figure my sparkling personality must not be enough to get a number, I better go down a roll or two.
  • Gremlinz
    Gremlinz Posts: 3,259 Member
    Selfish and shallow? You bet! All through school I was the fat kid who no one (ie, girls) ever paid attention to, or paid negative attention to. Well, since that is about to change, I can pull out the old "screw you, how ya like me now?"
  • Jmstill300
    Jmstill300 Posts: 239 Member
    Oh yeah...I really want to make people jealous from high school and college that I haven't seen it years that I kinda hated or especially the ones that may of picked on me in high school.
    Lets get a little more shallow...yes..SEX! I'm single, and when I was 265, sex isn' that big of an occurance, especially when your self esteem is at its lowest. Well my self esteem and definitively increasing, and I'm sure I'll be at my max once I hit 199...ohhhh the ONE-derland! And with that I would expect more sex to follow...

    I'm honest! :)
    Well said, man! Well said indeed. :smile:
  • marinebiologist_girl
    marinebiologist_girl Posts: 300
    Mine's a combination of both. At my heaviest, I hated myself so much. But it's also for stamina for training, and to avoid some health issues my family has history of. (:
  • Diyah13
    Diyah13 Posts: 76 Member
    Darned spanky that I decided to lose the weight for selfish reasons. If they weren't, why would I do it???? I really miss eating all of that pizza and fast food. It was yummy! However, I didn't like the way my body looked. My physician was telling me I am in the obese category year after year, and I agreed with him. My reasons for losing the weight? I wanted to look slim again, and I wanted to wear those clothes that appealed to me, too. The extra bonus I got is that my husband now eyes me from across the room. That hasn't happened in a while, either. Is it selfish? Oh YEAH it is!
  • GaiaGirl1992
    GaiaGirl1992 Posts: 459 Member
    I can't wear the fashions I like, because they don't look good on a heavier frame...
    I want to have guys do a double take when I walk by...not all of them, just some of them XD
    I want other girls at the club to be jealous cuz their guys are looking at me!

    yes, I am a little vain ^^"
  • Graceious1
    Graceious1 Posts: 716 Member
    Abso-freakin-lutely! If you're shallow and you know it clap your hands!

    Clap clap :wink:
  • klacount77
    klacount77 Posts: 270 Member
    my selfish reason ... to look better than my ex-husband's new wife. That just motivates the hell out of me!
  • BamsieEkhaya
    BamsieEkhaya Posts: 657 Member
    yeahh mine are pretty much ALL shallow

    1. Done with being the "fat"/"chubs" friend
    2. I want to be able to "jump" with a nice *kitten* :laugh:
    3. Spending all of next summer in a bikini, unless I attempt alaska

    and because I'm just vain =) health benefits to all this are a plus....after looking and feeling good
  • Effpcos
    Effpcos Posts: 350 Member
    It's terrible but I'd probably have to admit that my most motivating reasons I lean on are the shallow/selfish ones- making friends & exes jealous, being attractive (though I'm very happily married & my husband has always told me I'm sexy), not being treated like a "stupid fat chick" by shop assistants when clothes shopping for clothes.
    When I'm struggling through a workout it's the thought of the look on an old friend's face when they see me again that gets me through the wall.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    Where to start.. sick of having 5 different sizes of clothes hanging around taking up space so I have something to wear depending on what my weight is. I'm tired of having to fish boxes of the right sized clothes out of storage depending on whether my weight goes up or down.

    I'm tired of packing 5 times the clothes I need when I go on vacation so when I get there I can try to decide which ones I look less fat in.

    I'm very smart and a hard worker, and I'm tired of people assuming by looking at me that I'm lazy.

    I'm tired of feeling out of shape and being overly exerted doing simple tasks like walking a block or going up a flight of stairs.

    I don't want to worry about my skin not snapping back as I get older and it gets less elastic.

    I'm single and I'd like to be in a relationship again eventually. I don't want to be with someone out of shape, so I can see why someone wouldn't want to be with me out of shape.

    I would like to feel normal in a bathing suit and it doesn't have to be a bikini. However I freakin HATE those fat women bathing suits with the skirts around the bottom. I'll swim in clothes before I put on one of those god awful things.

    I like doing active things like hiking, and I don't want to feel like I'm going to die.

    I can probably think of more, but this is a good start. :ohwell:
  • belladonna786
    belladonna786 Posts: 1,165 Member
    I think everyone has shallow reasons, who doesn't want to look good? I must admit mine is purely for shallow reasons. I am healthy as healthy can be. No high blood pressure, no high cholesterol, no high blood sugar, all of my tests from the doc say that I am very healthy even my good cholesterol is high. So I am an example of just wanting to do it to look good and I am not ashamed of it!!!
  • butterflylady86
    butterflylady86 Posts: 369 Member
    LBD for me too. Always have had that idea. Even at 47. Yes I can and will get it. Peace!
  • medaud10
    medaud10 Posts: 20
    Whatever the motivation for losing, a major benefit is still that you will be healthier.
  • emmy3111
    emmy3111 Posts: 482 Member
    Is there something wrong with wanting to look good? I don't think so... btw - that is absolutely my #1 motivator...
  • SweetMe1
    SweetMe1 Posts: 73 Member
    Okay, I'll admit to a shallow reason. My main reason is for my health, BUT I also want to see the look on my sister-in-law's face when she sees that I'm thinner than she is. :devil: And it has nothing to do with age. Both of us are 62. :bigsmile:
  • BaileyKat52
    BaileyKat52 Posts: 461 Member
    My reasons are totally shallow. I want to look good! Who doesn't? The health benefits are a wonderful side effect. I have better hair, better skin, I can walk the length of myself without being exhausted but I can honestly admit that I started this because I wanted to be HOT!!!
  • shanpwn
    shanpwn Posts: 66 Member
    My reasons are completely shallow. I've been healthy my entire life. Now I want to look good naked.
  • jazzalea
    jazzalea Posts: 412 Member
    lol I lost 173 pounds to get the guy :) ..... and it was worth it!.....now I feel like I USED him to look this good ;):laugh:

    Dam I always miss out on picking up the hot chick


    who me?????? tosses the guy to the side and waves frantically!

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