Why do people lose weight for the wrong reasons?

The OP might be going a little far with this, but I think we can all agree that there are a lot of unhealthy mindsets when it comes to weight-loss. For instance, one who is trying to drop pounds for an abusive partner likely should make some life (and partner) changes rather than hope that weight loss will fix their relationship.

Outside any dangerous practices or delusional beliefs, I don't really take issue with anyone's motivations. If you're losing weight because you liked how your collarbones looked when you were a normal BMI, all the power to you.

Looking better naked is a definite motivator for me. I don't think my husband takes issue with this, and I personally don't care if a stranger does, either.

Ok OP, I'll throw you a bone.

When I first started posting on here, I got into a conversation with a male user saying he was eating 800-1000 calories per day, so that he could lose 10-15lbs. for 'fashion week' or something, which was a few months away. He was very upfront about not caring that he was under-eating, and not caring about what happened to his body or weight after he reached his goal for that event. He obviously did not care about his health, or improving it at all.

That is a case in which I would state someone had the WRONG reasons.

Again..... people are confusing wrong reason with improper execution. Why he wanted to do it is NOT WRONG!!! How he went about it, was not the best method, but achieved the results he wanted (maybe/ maybe not)

WHY someone loses weight is valid regardless of the reason.
HOW they do it may lack proper judgement.

:grumble:

Ok fine, the reason in itself of wanting to be a smaller size is not inherently wrong. You got me, you win, all the cookies for you.

But I think that someone who intends from the get-go for their weight loss to be short-term, and to potentially damage their health in the process, is in the wrong. I don't understand why someone would want to yo-yo diet on purpose (outside of bulking/cutting).

YAY....I get cookies!!

Actually no, I'm going back to my first post. "WHY someone loses weight is valid regardless of the reason." <<< I don't agree that it is ALWAYS valid. That leaves out people who are at a healthy weight for their age/height, and wish lose weight to become dangerously underweight.

*takes cookies back...*

I think people can lose weight for any personal reason they want and we shouldn't judge them.

Soggy pancakes.

@ajpete, your eyeliner is absolutely to die for. just wanted to throw that out there

I wish I had a wrong reason. It would make this so much easier.

This is earth: tons of people do tons of things for really stupid reasons. It isn't good, but it is the nature of unenlightened people, according to Buddhism. According to me, it's because a lot of people don't take 'the big picture' into view in their lives and don't know how to get happiness and avoid suffering and trouble, so they do stuff that doesn't make them happy although they would do it right if they could. Actually, that's Buddhism too, which has a good philosophy: gain insight and compassion, because everyone has suffering and doesn't want to suffer, and get to be good at being wise and compassionate and being skillful at what you do. My philosophy is 'don't be a jerk, and be decent to others and to yourself'.

I'm only losing weight and getting healthy to increase my chances of surviving the zombie apocalypse.

I'm only losing weight and getting healthy to increase my chances of surviving the zombie apocalypse.

I just want to make sure that when I get turned during the zombie apocalypse, I become a sprinter zombie, so I have more chance of getting braiiiiiinz!!

Is losing weight for a smaller vajayjay the right reason or the wrong reason?

Careful. Don't lift heavy weights too much or you'll bulk up down their. True story.