if health is #1, what is your #2 reason to lose weight?

motown13
motown13 Posts: 688 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I just want my get up and go, and go, and go back. I miss not being full of energy.

15 years ago I could do anything I wanted all day long, it seemed. Each day was something to attack, not something to watch pass me by. That's what I want.... to go attack the day again.

How about you?
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  • mizzie1980
    mizzie1980 Posts: 379 Member
    Scuba! Taking scuba lessons is my reward for getting to a healthy weight. I should easily be able to do it this summer; so excited!

    Otherwise, if health and health related things are first and scuba is second, I'd have to say sheer vanity. lol But vanity takes a far backseat to health when you have 70 pounds to lose just to reach the top of your healthy BMI range.
  • rose313
    rose313 Posts: 1,146 Member
    Looking good is my number 1.

    Endurance and ability to exercise is my number 2, I'll be carrying less around.

    I also care about other shallow sounding things, like pants size and being the small one in a group.

    Health is also important, but I'm young and want to look good, at least I admit it!
  • sakuragreenlily
    sakuragreenlily Posts: 334 Member
    vanity
  • RobynLB
    RobynLB Posts: 617 Member
    Naked confidece. Nothing feels better to me.
  • HealthyLifestyleG525
    HealthyLifestyleG525 Posts: 64 Member
    not looking so horrible in pictures is definitely at the top of my list!
  • SavageFeast
    SavageFeast Posts: 325 Member
    1. Appearance
    2. Health
  • zCarsAndCaloriesz
    zCarsAndCaloriesz Posts: 348
    My number one is to love myself.
    Two would be health.
    Three, to be able to shop without restrictions.
    :)
  • nightengale7
    nightengale7 Posts: 563 Member
    I can't wait to fit into my high school pants again. I have been out of high school for 10 years, and I don't want to be the one that "let herself go" at the reunion.
  • lacurandera1
    lacurandera1 Posts: 8,083 Member
    And the survey says "to look better nekkid."
  • motown13
    motown13 Posts: 688 Member
    Wow, appearance or vanity before health..... to me that's really sad. My guess is that that if you chose that, you have never had any real health issues, otherwise that would be even sadder.
  • LassoOfTruth
    LassoOfTruth Posts: 735 Member
    Have a baby.
  • sheppeyescapee
    sheppeyescapee Posts: 329 Member
    - Disabled horse riding lessons
    - Re-fitting into old nice clothes
    - Look good naked
  • jojo37696
    jojo37696 Posts: 93 Member
    health would be number 1
    shopping for any clothes I want and not using specialty shops would be number 2
  • hannahsteveeee
    hannahsteveeee Posts: 11
    Looking good- I particularly want skinny legs that will look nice in jeans, and to be able to wear cut-out dresses without worrying about my rolls showing. I had skinny legs once. How I miss those days.
  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
    Health isn;t number one.

    Its about being fitter, faster, stronger and that just in bed

    BOOM
  • RobynLB
    RobynLB Posts: 617 Member
    To anyone who frowns on people for being shallow because they want to look good: you must not know how exilerating it is to love how you look. People also treat you better and think more highly of you, you get paid and promoted more, and you have a broader range of relationship prospects. There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to look good. Everyone wants it, and regardless of what anyone says, it does improve the quality of your life tremendously.
  • 4_Lisa
    4_Lisa Posts: 362 Member
    Freedom to do what I want when I want... IF someone calls and wants to go for a mountain hike, I wanna be able to go on last minute and keep up!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    To look good naked!
  • motown13
    motown13 Posts: 688 Member
    To anyone who frowns on people for being shallow because they want to look good: you must not know how exilerating it is to love how you look. People also treat you better, you get paid and promoted more, and you have a broader range of relationship prospects. There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to look good. Everyone wants it, and regardless of what anyone says, it does improve the quality of your life tremendously.

    Every single bit of that is probably true... and yet, how can one possibly put that above good health? I can't fathom it.

    Then again, I have a VERY rich friend who swears he would rather be dead than poor.
  • PomegranatePriestess
    PomegranatePriestess Posts: 2,455 Member
    Health isn;t number one.

    Its about being fitter, faster, stronger and that just in bed

    BOOM

    Faster is not necessarily a good thing in bed... just sayin'.

    BOOM!
  • stfuriada
    stfuriada Posts: 445 Member
    To anyone who frowns on people for being shallow because they want to look good: you must not know how exilerating it is to love how you look. People also treat you better, you get paid and promoted more, and you have a broader range of relationship prospects. There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to look good. Everyone wants it, and regardless of what anyone says, it does improve the quality of your life tremendously.

    Every single bit of that is probably true... and yet, how can one possibly put that above good health? I can't fathom it.

    I don't have health issues, so yep looking good is where it's at.
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    How about you?

    My reason for losing weight is rather selfish ... I want to like my reflection would be my reason #1. I hated the fat me and dressing her was difficult. Now that I have lost more than 134.5 lbs (if I am to include my numbers when I'd actually started this journey half-heartedly), things are a wee bit better, but for the minor tweaking. Patience is the name of the game though, right?

    Reason #2 would be to be able to function as the me I know and not the stranger I had become, even to myself, as of the past 3 years. Road running and being able to trek up a mountain trail without getting sore and winded are the small victories gained over the course of this journey for me.
  • SarahofTwins
    SarahofTwins Posts: 1,169 Member
    #2 - fit into smaller sizes
  • DP325i
    DP325i Posts: 677 Member
    Well that's not judgemental at all motown.... :grumble:
    For me:
    #1 - To look sexy at the beach/pool:love:
    #2 - Keep up with friends on the basketball court and not be "the fat one" out of the bunch:glasses:
  • Saffyra
    Saffyra Posts: 607 Member
    Vanity is my number one reason for losing weight. I dont have any health problems and I see nothing wrong with having "looking better" as a motivation to lose.

    I have to second whoever said looking better in pictures, though :D
  • Kath1391
    Kath1391 Posts: 138
    I don't want my stomach to stick out further then my boobs
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    To be able to do more, and to, well, fit.
  • KnAsMom021109
    KnAsMom021109 Posts: 3
    #1 is to look good
    #2 is health

    The more I work out to look better, good health will follow. I just can't wait to shop in any store I want :)
  • martinnorton923
    martinnorton923 Posts: 2
    Health is definitely number 1.

    Number 2:- being able to wear my wetsuit and not have to go up a size every year.:bigsmile:
  • ShunkyDave
    ShunkyDave Posts: 190 Member
    While you'll find I"m tracking my weight loss and calories burned, I'm not actually doing this for weight. I want to look and feel good. I want my clothes to fit nicely. I want to look like I feel in my head (not chunky, but solid and well proportioned).

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