What is your motivation of losing weight?

My motivation FOR losing weight is me! My quality and longevity of life, and the type of rolemodel I want to be for my kids.

I like to think of it this way:

'You can get inspiration from others, but motivation has to come from within!'

I have a lot of different motivation, but one thing that helped me through the first week was Diet Coach app on Android. It just has little quotes and advice for any situation, like emotional eating, boredom, craving sweets, exercise laziness, and those quotes really helped me get off my butt and start working out. Also I took pictures of my body and look at those when I feel like giving up. All that fat isn't gone yet, so I'm not done!

Holiday in March, want to go by the pool and not be self conscious for the first time in a long time.

High blood pressure, Diabetes, and being 46 and waking up in the morning feeling 66. After 2 weeks of healthy eating, getting
on the scale and losing 6 lbs...which made me realize I didn't have to starve myself to drop weight....I felt like I had found the keys
to the Kingdom !!!!:laugh:

To stay healthy for my kids as well, to have more flexibility, mobility, and stamina in my martial arts training, and to feel comfortable taking my shirt off at the beach.

Everyone does it for different reasons. One person's idea of a shallow reason may be an important reason for someone else. To each their own. Whatever your reason, good luck!

I have all the mortivation and still am not losing, hopefully my body will give in, up 5 pounds in water weight again ugh...but seriously I have five kids and my family is predisposed to weight related issues, so I want to be as healthy as I can for my kids and family so I can be around for the long run.

It was the one thing I could work on fixing when nothing else was possible. It still is. I want to get it out of the way, get as healthy as possible, then tackle everything else that is completely effed up in my life.

Besides, I fully expect to end up homeless at some point during my odyssey, in some far off country somewhere. And I figure it's much safer to be a skinny homeless woman than a fat one, because it's harder to run away from danger when you're fat!

Good reasons: Better Overall Health, Disease Prevention, Longevity & Quality of Life

Practical reasons: More (and often cheaper) options for clothes, save money in the long run by having maintained health, fit into seats comfortably, not concern myself about fitting into spaces or move past people because Im large and awkward, able to take part in athletic activities, want to be light enough so when I take up dance I can be lifted by partners, feel comfortable in my high heels for longer periods.

Shallow reasons: Want to be the hottest women where I am, be sexy, look mind blowingly f**kable naked, have photos that are lovely and gorgeous, have even better sex

Thats most of them I think

What she said.

My main motivation is kids. I want to live a long healthy life for them.

I wanted to be healthy for my kids, but I'll admit I also wanted to be "hot"

Exactly...lol

Goal(s) achieved.

I want to not have to suck it in where ever I go

Matching the person I see in the mirror everyday with the self confident bubbly creative sensitive person I am on the inside.

Health! Plain and simple. I am against losing weight for any vanity reason as I find it to be a sign of weakness.

Ouch! This is just annoying.... Really? The question was WHY YOU are doing it and not what you are against. Stick to your shiz and don't strike other people's nerves. I am pretty sure there is at least half of us on here who do it for "vanity reasons"

Initially it was all just for my health. I went to the doctor for chest pains I was having while eating and was diagnosed with acid reflux. I walked out of there and a little light when on in my head. I knew that at 338 pounds and 41 years old it was only a matter of time before I had more serious issues, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. I did not want to end up on medication for things I could control myself, nor do I want to drop dead of a heart attack long before my time. So I made the decision that day to take control of my eating, and so far I have done that.

however, now that I am where I am, there is also a little of the other starting to creep in. I know that I am healthier, and I will continue to do everything I can to be as healthy as possible for as long as possible. But I always want to look good, to be able to buy clothes anywhere that I want to( i can really do this now), etc. There are a ton of reasons, but the biggest one is still my health, being around for my kids, and setting a good example for them.

I got sick of being "the fat girl" in pictures.