Why are you losing weight?

I am losing weight for myself this time !!!!!

all the other times, I believe I was doing it for all the wrong reasons... and mostly to attempt to please others!!!

now its my time to dedicate to myself completely !!!

i just want to feel confident with myself, not hating the sight of me on the mirror and pictures, for my family to be a gud example to my kids

I'm just tired of being overweight and wishing I was the skinny guy. I'm not getting any younger so I'm going by the fit by forty philosophy.

Because I am 35 and hit my heaviest weight on my wedding day 6 weeks ago (and my BMI is in the obese category). Because I am 35 and want to get pregnant next year and I want to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Because I want to be healthy after I give birth and want to teach my future child/children healthy habits. Because I don't want to be a fat mom. Because I want to wear my size 4 pants again (and always!) .

Many reasons:

I became aware that I was in sin of gluttony and it showed.
My mil became extremely ill due to her gluttony.
My husband didn't like me packing on the pounds while having to deal with his mother's health issues.
I was accomplishing stuff - writing a book, graduating from business school, having babies - but this one thing was still dogging me.
Lost 40 lbs quick due to long walks needing to cool off from marital issues.
Got a makeover to please husband.

And then...

I started wanting it for myself.
I wanted to be healthy.
I wanted to beat this sin.
I prayed, told God that if I could do it myself, it would have gotten done a long time ago, so I apologized to God, and asked Him for help.
I enjoyed looking good.
I enjoyed having more energy.
I enjoyed the great outdoors.
I realized that thinking of me and focusing a little more on fixing me was the best thing I could do for the people that love me. When I take care of myself, I'm taking care of my family.

Trying to get 100 lbs lost by Christmas just to see if I can, and if I can, just to say I did.

Look good and feel better

For health reason, I don't wanna be fat anymore. I have kids that I wanna be active with. Also, I wanna look good naked

I lost weight because my body felt wrong after I gained weight - it felt uncomfortable and heavy, and I felt lethargic, and so I realised that my body is at its best health when I am a lower weight. It wasn't for vanity reasons - I don't think I looked bad, but I felt bad. I'm not losing weight any more because now I've lost the weight that I gained, and my body feels comfortable again now. Now I'm gaining muscle, because that makes me feel even better.

Hated every time Summer came along. Wanted to enjoy myself. See people going for runs, swimming, biking, playing soccer, playing hockey. Which i could do, but not close to everyone else. My nephews an athlete and not being able to keep up with him sucked.

Went out with my friends one time and one of the girls took pictures of all of us. I see her uploaded the pictures on Facebook and i was just disgusted with myself. Weighing over 246lbs at 5'7. Knew I had to do something and that's when I started reading up on nutrition.

Before that I had a gf of 2 years and she broke up with me. I know big people can get girls, but why make it that much harder for myself?

A combination of a lot of things that just pushed me over the top. Couldn't deal with it anymore and went ham. On and off, but this time I'm here for good!

Because my weight is a manifestation of my personal unhappiness and deep ingrained self hatred. It stemmed from childhood and followed me through college. I never realized what a big deal it was until I started to lose it. That being said, I started to lose weight because I thought I was fat and unattractive and the kind of men I wanted to date wouldn't give me the time of day, but as it came off I realized so many things were attached to it. Little bits of myself that I just buried and never let out. I let my fat define me for so long, but now, I just feel freer and lighter and so much better.